Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Centre stage in this week’s Smart Energy Finances is the closing of an acquisition by CPower. The DER company has acquired Centrica’s demand response division, bolstering their DER capacity from 5.6GW to 6.3GW. CPower closes Centrica demand response acquisition. Other stories of note include RWE’s $6.8

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 27, 2022

A prosumer-based transactive energy system in the US could bring savings of up to $50 billion per year, modelling by PNNL researchers has found. Other findings are a reduction in daily load swings by up to 44% and consumer savings of around 15% on annual energy bills. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

National Grid ESO is running a demand flexibility service this Winter where UK energy consumers with smart meters will be paid to reduce their consumption. Ofgem granted approval for the service on Friday, which has been running since 3 November 2022 and will continue until 31 March 2023.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 26, 2022

Ltd has announced an order from Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd for up to one million of its Omnimesh RF Infrastructure smart metering solutions alongside advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) to be deployed in Bihar, India. CyanConnode India Pvt. We are very pleased to once again be partnering with CyanConnode.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 29, 2024

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing raising questions and concerns about its energy consumption. While already widely used but still growing in business applications it is yet to take off at the consumer level – and as it is made more accessible that use is likely to be massive.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

EIS, a distributor of electrical process materials and components in North America, announced the successful acquisition of Power Grid Supply (PGS), a supplier of transformer parts and components for the production, repair, and remanufacturing of transformers.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 17, 2022

David Hall of Schneider Electric highlights five trends to watch for power and utility firms this year. The global shift towards more climate-conscious energy efficiency has accelerated the need for sustainable technology to deliver a cleaner, greener, and fairer energy system. Microgrids fit for the future.

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Global Renewable News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

MidAmerican Energy reached a new milestone - delivering 100% renewable energy to serve its Iowa customers' electricity usage last year. In 2022, MidAmerican's wind fleet generated more than 27.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

Narendra Modi’s clarion call for becoming ‘AatmaNirbhar’ in energy sector, DISTRIBUTECH India 2022, together with POWERGEN India and Indian Utility Week, India’s leading Energy Business Platforms, will be organised from 12th-14th October 2022 in New Delhi, India. Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. The energy distribution model is becoming decentralised.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

EDF leads a proof-of-concept on automating renewable energy transactions and Eurelectric’s study on the benefits of matching energy consumption with clean energy on a (near) real-time basis are on the week’s technology radar. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Shell Energy’s ‘Commercialising Smart Energy Hubs’ project will recruit at least 40 commercial and industrial (C&I) customer sites to demonstrate flexible demand capacity. On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced AUS$9.1 Commercial flexibility.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2022

Industry Voice: An electric and digital world is key to a sustainable and resilient future, explain's Schneider Electric's UK & I zone president Kelly Becker. 2022 was supposed to signal a collective move from pledge to action. Embracing Electricity 4.0. Electricity 4.0 to deliver on net zero targets.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Energy firm says customers could make £100 whilst helping to tackle power cut risks. Octopus Energy has become the latest energy company to launch a new incentive scheme for customers that aims to reduce pressure on the grid at peak times. Dubbed 'Saving Sessions', the new scheme will allow Octopus' 1.4

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Europe’s transmission and distribution system operators through their associations ENTSO-E and EU DSO Entity are to develop a digital twin of the region’s electricity grid. The digital twin will be a sophisticated virtual model of the European electricity grid. Have you read? Digital twin task force.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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 Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The energy and utilities industries play a significant role in carbon emissions. In the US, 25% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from electricity generation. This is not surprising, with coal and natural gas representing about 60% of electrical supply. Energy Transition for Sustainability. Have you read?

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

Leading network operator DCC says last year saw a record-breaking eight million new meters connected, despite COVID disruptions. Smart meters are set to outnumber their analogue predecessors by the end of 2022, after a record-breaking year of installations during 2021, it has been revealed.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 3, 2022

Japan’s electricity sector is facing the triple challenges in the energy transition of energy security, cost and decarbonisation , writes James Tedd from GridBeyond. Imported fossil resources contribute to all three of the challenges of the energy transition. Demand side measures. Image: GridBeyond.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2023

Alongside the Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Action Plan, which aims to unlock the potential of smart EV charging, the UK government has announced £16 million ($19.6 million) in funding for V2X and Demand Side Response (DSR) projects. Interoperable demand side response. V2X Innovations. million ($1.47 million ($1.47

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2023

Automation company ABB is investing in and collaborating with Danish start-up OKTO GRID to advance technology that will digitalise and extend the useful life of ageing electrical assets and meet growing demand for reliable and stable power. It follows a successful seeding round by the startup in December 2022 of €3 million ($3.3

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 11, 2022

UK energy supplier Octopus Energy is announcing a new energy reduction and flexibility scheme while calling to end the prospect of electricity blackouts. million smart meter customers and around 5,000 of its business customers to reduce their usage during times of peak demand and get paid to do so.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2022

SparkMeter has raised $10 million led by Accurant International and including existing investors Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Clean Energy Ventures. What are the current trends and challenges for the energy sector? Smart electricity meters market to surge to $15.2 Have you read? billion by 2026.

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Charged

MAY 11, 2022

Ford knows trucks, and demand for its F-150 Lightning shows truck buyers may not be as afraid of EVs as many think. The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck may be the first real mass-market electric vehicle sold in the US. Adjust the steering wheel (manual or power, depending on trim) and those mirrors, and you’re off.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This heat feeds surging demand for electricity and increased strain on already taxed power grids. GW of dirty power plant usage Controlling over 1.1 million grid-edge resources, including households, with DERs ranging from smart thermostats, rooftop solar photovoltaics and electric vehicles.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

ITEN Media & Clarion Energy, UK are set to host the 17th edition of POWERGEN India during 12th -14th October 2022 at New Delhi. Also of interest: India – 5 million smart meter milestone 5 million IoT enabled smart meters for India.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 29, 2022

The Itron Inspire EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) 2022 virtual event highlighted the important work being done within the water and energy sectors in the face of pressing challenges. Electric vehicle charging impacts the power grid The EV industry has been experiencing a surge of interest and investment.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Siemens Energy’s positive Q1 results due to the strong performance of its Grid Technologies and Transformation of Industry portfolios lead this week’s Smart Energy Finances analysis. Siemens Energy’s strong Q1 Revenue came in at €7.6 billion ($8.2 billion) reflecting a 12.6%

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

With a power grid that has been notoriously unreliable in the past, India’s goal to transform formerly passive consumers into prosumers would seem an uphill battle. The stakes are particularly high because India is the world’s third largest energy consumer.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 29, 2022

When the electric grid is under strain, many electric utilities use the load shedding technique to lower demand and balance it with energy production. The idea is to turn off the power supply to certain areas on a cyclical basis, for example, two hours ON, then two hours OFF. The actual power gap now exceeds 8GW.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 20, 2022

Stephanie Wu – senior analyst of Omdia smart buildings and energy infrastructure – writes on the new era of approaching software-defined solutions, citing its debut with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) applications in developed markets. Software adoption and managed services in the metering market.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

Reflecting the industry’s efforts to reach its 2050 goal, the World Maritime Theme for 2022 is “New technologies for greener shipping”. This is in conjunction with the industry’s shift towards battery-powered vessels such as the Yara Birkeland and China’s Zhongtiandianyun 001. Stronger demand for shore-to-ship power.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Irish flexibility aggregator GridBeyond is to install behind the meter energy storage at its UK and Ireland customer sites. million) is a phase one commitment from Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund and marks the first step in a collaboration with the potential to expand into other global markets. The €10 million ($11.3

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The US tech giant is linking its Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) network solution with the entertainment powerhouse’s SmartThings’ services to enable utilities a system of improved distributed energy resource management (DERMS), carbon reduction and consumer engagement.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

As countries the world over pursue net-zero goals, the power grids are at the centre of a transformation that will ultimately lead to economy-wide decarbonisation impacting almost every aspect of life, from the way we power and run our homes to how we travel and the products we purchase.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 23, 2022

Sustainable Commercial Landscaping and Lawn Care. Lawncare and landscaping businesses that are eco-friendly and practice sustainability are realizing real benefits including cost savings, new customers, and sales growth. Customers Are Demanding Sustainability. Going Green is Good for Business.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As the demands of AMP8 and the ambitious targets of The Environment Act come into focus, water companies need to embrace technology companies much more readily, says Andrew Welsh. Andrew Welsh is water utilities director at Xylem Water Solutions UK & Ireland. That comes on top of the £5.2

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