Smart Energy International

MAY 1, 2024

Although the electrification of road transportation represents a significant challenge to our energy systems, adding pressure on power grids at the national and local levels, V2G provides immense potential as a source of flexibility to support the energy system of tomorrow, explains Francesco Nobili of Charles River Associate (CRA) Energy.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Government and grid operators in the Netherlands are taking new, urgent measures to ensure sufficient space on the Dutch power grid as demand continues to surge in the compact country. That is good news, but it also puts enormous pressure on our power grid.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

The price of battery energy storage systems rose for the first time since records began in 2022, as raw material and component costs soared, and developers and system integrators increased their margins in the face of challenging economic headwinds and soaring energy costs worldwide. link] pic.twitter.com/C55UHprYIv.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This latest briefing, “ Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, makes the case that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In addition to the obvious investments such as putting $7.5 billion toward building new renewable energy capacity over the next two decades, investing in transmission, and adding 800MW of battery storage in Missouri by 2038, the company explained how it is working to build EV charging infrastructure and reduce voltage.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

. £119,000 for Lightricity Ltd (Based in Oxford and partnered with Bradford Swissport Limited): Using a unique, patented technology that harnesses the energy from indoor and low-level lightsources to power battery-free tracking devices.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

The year 2023 was a record-setting year for investment and growth in clean energy, with the International Energy Agency projecting over 500GW of new renewable capacity to come online by year-end globally. Acknowledging that the world at the end of 2023 is an increasingly challenging one, Eric Dresselhuys of ESS Inc.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While hydrogen may have an important role to play in future, batteries are the better option for rail decarbonisation in the short term, argues Hitachi Rail CEO Andrew Barr. As an engineer I find the speed of innovation in batteries incredible. Batteries and hydrogen. Becoming a climate change innovator with batteries.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Over the last decade, Phoenix Contact has invested in new business fields as well, with a future vision of an all-electric society through the transformation of the mobility sector to electric mobility. In the beginning of 2022, Phoenix Contact established a new team within the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 4, 2022

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 was a record-breaking year for investment in the energy transition and the deployment of renewable power, battery storage, and sustainable transportation, according to the 2022 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook published by BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE).

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Smart Energy International

JULY 15, 2022

The Spanish electric utility company Iberdrola through its subsidiary Neoenergia has been awarded its largest power grid line project, according to the regulatory agency, National Electricity Agency (Aneel). Have you read: Iberdrola switches on commercial-scale battery system in Ireland Smart metering and power line communications.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come. lags behind China, Japan and the European Union in infrastructure and research investments to reach this potential.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 7, 2020

Minnesota utility Great River Energy confirmed Thursday that it will pilot Form's technology, identified for the first time as an "aqueous air" battery system. GRE announced Thursday that it will shut down Coal Creek in the second half of 2022. That means scaling it up for future projects won't require redesigning the system.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 19, 2023

NextGrid is a new research and innovation project that prepares those working in grid company operating centres to manage the complexity and automated processes needed for the future power grid. This will lead to an increasingly unpredictable power flow. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

” Levelized cost of energy data from WoodMac shows both wind and solar now beating new-build combined-cycle natural gas plants, with solar slated to undercut wind prices in 2022 in Wisconsin. More utilities are making the jump now, Manghani said, because of the coming phase-down of the federal Investment Tax Credit for solar.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Instead, the greatest expansion in energy storage over the last decade has been in batteries. There has also been growth in the number of energy storage projects outside of lithium-ion batteries, such as compressed air energy storage and flywheel storage. Gretchen Whitmer and the MPSC of the MI Power Grid initiative.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

The federal government has released a new paper, Powering Canada Forward , which lays out the federal government’s vision for a 100% clean power grid by 2035. Canada’s grid is already 84% emissions free, but as the energy transition progresses, more homes, vehicles, and industries will be plugging into the grid.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 17, 2019

What’s more, we have a secret weapon that many Canadians aren’t aware of: our power grid is over 80 per cent non-polluting and getting cleaner every year. In other words, when we plug things into that grid, the pollution reductions are significant. This accelerated tax write-off makes a big difference.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 28, 2020

wholesale energy markets to aggregated solar systems, smart inverters, batteries, electric vehicles, smart appliances, grid-responsive building controls and other distributed energy resources (DERs). power grids — at least, not yet. power grids — at least, not yet. 3) Technical challenges.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the study, factors driving an increase in the adoption of microgrids include: The inability of grids to meet growing energy demand. The study states that continued increases in energy demand are resulting in the failure of traditional power grids to maintain energy reliability and security. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 26, 2024

However, with the advent of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, the continent’s competitive position has started to come under scrutiny. Klingel believes that the EU and UK have been ahead of the US, both in renewables adoption and in “thinking about the grid in a more connected way. We are at war. But is it enough?

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The two firms are offering free installations of smart EV chargers worth £5,500 to Nissan Leaf electric car drivers living in the three regions as part of the 'Electric Nation' trial, which aims to test the ability of V2G technology to help balance the power grid at times of peak demand.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Winners include manufacturing, up 133% from 2022, and emerging climate technologies that saw a whopping 10x jump to $4.3bn.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

UK energy bills were already set to increase by over 50 per cent in 2022 prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with further increases now feared. It's also about investment and jobs. Fully decarbonising the power grid by 2035 will be essential to reduce fossil fuel dependence and cut emissions in other parts of the economy.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

” Achieving India’s target to deploy 450 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030 is critical if the country is going to succeed in displacing coal generation on the power grid as overall energy consumption grows. “All of this will require substantial investment in a modern, flexible electricity system.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Research published by the influential financial think tank this morning concludes wholesale power market costs would have been £7.2bn lower between January 2021 and October 2022 if the price of electricity had not been tied to the price of gas. Officials tasked with power system reform have a challenge ahead of them.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 5, 2022

Have you read: Grid enhancing technologies – a potentially cost-effective option for transmission upgrades Zenob? constructs Scotland’s first transmission-connected battery Spain’s Transmission Grid Planning to fast track renewable integration. RM21-17-000 issued April 21, 2022). NOPR proposals. page 213 of Docket No.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

In this edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column, Yusuf Latief explores the energy storage financing climate in Europe, looking into the different instruments and models that are available for investors attempting to move into the space. But is it enough? billion) through 2050.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Uplight says the acquisition can lead to more customers enrolled in utility energy programs, more DER connections, and more program options for utilities, grid operators, energy producers, and businesses across increased market segments and geographies. Schnieder Electric acquired AutoGrid last year.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 27, 2019

operation: It will supply battery systems to an entire new residential community, with a contract in place to deliver grid services to the local utility. Sonnen will install more than 600 ecoLinx batteries in developer Wasatch Group's Soleil Lofts apartments in Herriman, Utah, a rapidly growing region south of Salt Lake City.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2023

The IPR, which was founded by the UN-affiliate investor group the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), highlighted a raft of significant new climate policy announcements and investment plans from major Western economies in the past three months.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Renewables has overtaken gas to become the biggest single source of power on the UK grid so far this winter, with power generated by wind, hydro and solar reaching a record 34TWh from 1 October 2022 to 13 January 2023.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Not to mention President Biden also signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 , putting about $67 billion toward zero-carbon industries and climate research. The #1 thing keeping infrastructure investment dollars on the sidelines is uncertainty. “The Inflation Reduction Act is the infusion of funding we need to push the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

First, it’s one of the largest-ever efforts to aggregate distributed energy resources (DERs) at a scale that can help California’s power grid meet its capacity needs. The CCAs have set targets for at least 20 percent of this investment into DERs to be made in low-income and disadvantaged communities.

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Charged

JUNE 14, 2022

Israel’s National Public Transportation Authority invested about $2.9 2022 is Electreon’s year of transition from planning, development and construction of supply chains towards large-scale production and sales,” said Oren Ezer, CEO of Electreon. This is the second commercial deal signed by Electreon in Israel. million in the project.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This marks Dominion Energy’s first solar energy investment in Ohio, where the company owns and operates a Cleveland-based natural gas local distribution company serving 1.2 Shaw Renewable Investments purchased the 160 MW Rancho Seco Solar II Project in Sacramento, California from Lendlease, an international property and infrastructure group.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

For example, the CCC now expects decarbonising electric cars and vans so that they run on batteries or other zero carbon technologies will be cheaper than continuing to run petrol and diesel vehicles over the next 30 years. At present, investment in delivering the net zero goal stands at around £10bn a year in the UK.

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