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Smart Energy Finances: SMS smart meters lift dividends and €15.1bn EIB green financing

Smart Energy International

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances sees Smart Metering Services (SMS) post lifted dividends, citing increased smart meter installations – up to 40,000 per month – and their first grid-scale battery project coming online. SMS strong H1: 40k monthly smart meters and grid-scale battery project.

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Smart meters: Rollout gathers pace with 27.8 million devices now installed across Britain

Business Green

Installations picked up in 2021 but pace still lags behind pre-pandemic times, official figures show. million smart meters were installed in Britain last year, as the rollout once again picked up pace following the slowdown experienced during the earlier stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest official data has confirmed.

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Tech Talk | Smart grids and the importance of the four ‘Ds’

Smart Energy International

With the energy transition focussed on what has become known as the four ‘Ds’ – i.e. decarbonisation, decentralisation, digitalisation and democratisation – and public support critical for its success, questions arise on issues such as public awareness and expectations that can drive this support. Have you read? Europe’s DSOs – Fit for 55?

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How energy providers can prepare for summer heat with innovative solutions

Renewable Energy World

Last summer’s record heat waves triggered a surge in power demand that maxed out supplies and led to outages across the West. But rising temperatures from climate change are just one challenge. And the state’s last nuclear power plant and numerous coastal gas power plants are facing retirement. THE BIG RETHINK.

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Comment: Smart water reuse and flood management technology “could be a vital strategic water asset”

Envirotec Magazine

The National Infrastructure Commission has called for a water supply and demand reduction of 4,000 megalitres per day to avoid severe drought risk by 2050 (published in its 2021 Annual Monitoring Report). Decentralised protection. Proven successes already. “In Strategic water planning. “So,

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The largest and most spectacular wind farms in the world

The Environmental Blog

The Gansu Wind Complex, China The Gansu Wind Complex stands as a testament to China’s commitment to renewable energy and sustainable development. Unveiling the Giant: Gansu Wind Complex The Gansu Wind Complex is one of the world’s largest wind power installations, covering vast expanses of the Gansu Province in northwestern China.

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Consumers Energy seeks rate hike for grid modernisation

Smart Energy International

Investor-owned utility, Consumers Energy has proposed a $272 million investment in Michigan’s electric grid in what it said is a bid to increase reliability and prepare the grid for more renewable energy. In the second half of 2021, Consumers Energy filed a five-year, $5.4 per month.