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Unlocking smart meter data for research

Smart Energy International

James O’Toole explains how the UK’s Smart Energy Research Lab is enabling researcher access to smart meter data. With over 21 million smart gas and electric meters now in Great Britain’s homes, there is a growing wealth of half-hourly and daily domestic energy use data available to those who can access it.

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US Residential Storage Shines in First Quarter, Nabs Fourth Consecutive Record

GreenTechMedia

Residential batteries outperformed the rest of the energy storage sector in first quarter deployments. The first quarter of 2020 marked the fourth consecutive record for home battery installations, according to the new Energy Storage Monitor , from Wood Mackenzie and the Energy Storage Association.

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Air Quality Monitoring Networks Support More Climate-Resilient Communities

Energy Innovation

This post is the fourth in a series titled “Real Talk on Reliability,” which will examine the reliability needs of our grid as we move toward 100 percent clean electricity and electrify more end-uses on the path to a climate stable future. It was written by Savannah M. Communities across the U.S. 2019 ; D’Evelyn et al.,

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Game changers with automated metering infrastructure

Smart Energy International

Being the sole power utility provider to Karachi, which is home to at least 20 million people, K-Electric (KE) is the only privatised vertically integrated utility in Pakistan, and confronts various challenges on multiple fronts on a regular basis. As of October 2021, there are 328 engaged communities, with over 5.4

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Endesa – electricity theft from cannabis growing increases in Spain

Smart Energy International

Endesa has reported a doubling in electricity theft from illegal cannabis operations over the past four years. In 2021, these operations accounted for one fifth of the energy recovered in the frauds detected by e-distribution, Endesa’s network subsidiary, although making up just 2% of the total 71,000 fraud files investigated.

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Report highlights risks to effectiveness of BNG legislation

Envirotec Magazine

The independent public spending watchdog’s document assessed whether Defra and Natural England have made good and effective progress implementing statutory BNG, a policy incorporated in the legislation of Defra’s 2021 Environment Act. Defra did not give local authorities additional money specifically to monitor or enforce on-site gains4.

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Victoria utilities to lead flexibility market development in Australia

Smart Energy International

Together the two utilities deliver electricity to around 1.27 million homes and businesses in Melbourne’s central business district and inner suburbs and about two-thirds of regional Victoria. With population growth, home electrification and the rise of electric vehicles, the need for grid flexibility has become increasingly important.