Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

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. Their services aim to help customers earn revenue for participating in demand response solutions that bolster the grid.

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Demand 98

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This final 2023 edition of Smart Energy Finances Weekly looks into key deals from the last year and different trends to keep your eye on as we transition into 2024. Think AI-boosted investment platforms, moves to ease up grid connection queues and top tech players to watch.

Energy 96

Energy Energy Power grid Investment 96

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Aiming to bring together industry leaders to raise awareness about the grids’ crucial role in the energy transition and develop input for EU-level policy discussions, the immense investment needed to reinforce the grid stood out as a key topic. Europe needs to invest €584 billion ($624.6 This is huge.

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Investment Europe Fossil fuels Power grid 59

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The year 2023 has reaffirmed the position of electric and gas utilities as the epicentre of the energy transition. But realising this potential, states West Monroe, hinges on enhanced coordination to ensure a seamless and demand-responsive energy ecosystem.

Resilience 106

Resilience Power grid Demand Energy 106

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Yet many are still struggling to understand how to value energy storage as an investment. Global investments of $374 billion a year will be needed to upgrade the grid with enough flexibility to account for the variable power generation profiles of renewable technologies like solar and wind. alone by 2023.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 10, 2024

We are excited about this both because it’s very high growth, in demand, but also because it [comes from] companies that generally are very committed to the transformation of their [carbon] footprint.” By 2026, AI could gobble up 10 times as much electricity as it did in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Today’s new paper lays out the federal government’s vision for reaching a 100% clean power grid by 2035. Canada is starting from a position of strength, with an already 84% non-emitting electricity grid. The paper precedes the forthcoming Clean Electricity Regulations that will provide the regulatory support for this transition.

Electricity 94

Electricity Government Power grid Investment 94

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. EV Programmes.

Investment 52

Investment Fashion Electricity Power grid 52

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Norwegian investment in Indian transmission The Norwegian Climate Investment Fund, managed by government-owned Norfund and KLP, Norway’s largest pension company, is investing approximately $9 million for a 49% stake in the Koppal Transmission Scheme. ReNew has won three transmission projects in Karnataka to date.

Energy 119

Energy Energy North America Europe 119

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

ubitricity, a UK-based EV charge point operator with a network of more than 7,000 public charge points, is partnering with UK Power Networks (UKPN), the UK’s largest electricity distribution network, to shift charging demand away from periods of peak demand on the power grid.

Energy Monitor 59

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Demand 59

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In this debut of the Power Playbook, our spotlight on the finance and investment side of the energy transition, Yusuf Latief investigates how Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech is becoming a burgeoning market space ripe with investment opportunities. But what do you think?

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 98

Renewable Energy World

JULY 21, 2021

The portfolio comprises 24 projects in the development stage, will be located in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Western United States and are planned for commercial operation beginning in 2023.

North America 109

North America Power grid Resilience Hydrogen 109

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Hitachi Energy acquires eks Energy Tech major Hitachi Energy has announced a strategic acquisition of eks Energy, adding its advanced power electronics and energy management software capabilities to Hitachi’s growing portfolio.

Energy Monitor 119

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy 119

Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Five-year plan aims to frontload investment in boosting grid capacity and resilience while paving way for huge influx in renewable power sources.

Investment 36

Investment Fossil fuels Power grid Resilience 36

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But solar will set a succession of annual deployment records from 2023. Cheap finance and maturing technology mean solar will be cheaper than both new coal or gas power plants from now onward. Power grids remain the weak link. Grid operators in China, the U.S. Grid operators in China, the U.S.

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Global warming Hydropower Fossil fuels Investment 130

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Using advanced AI , the Capalo platform attempts to optimise the use of flexible energy assets, such as energy storage systems and EV charging stations, allowing the commissioning of weather-dependent renewable energy sources to grow by coordinating with the flexibility of the energy grid to adjust to production and demand fluctuations.

Energy 120

Energy Energy Startups Hydrogen 120

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2021

will lay the foundations for a flexibility platform encompassing centralized and decentralized assets — the latest step in the country's push to enlist distributed energy resources (DERs) at grand scale to balance an increasingly renewable-powered grid. A new active network management project in the U.K. DNOs in the U.K.

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Carbon-negative Demand Nuclear Power Investment 130

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 4, 2023

With upgrading and modernising the power grid system gaining increased importance and recognition as a non-negotiable for net zero, the question abounds: do we know what the future grid system will look like? According to executives from across the energy sector, we don’t.

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Power grid Europe Retail Energy 52

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

Mulilo, a South African independent power producer majority owned by Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and EDF will partner on the three projects. A total of five projects were awarded under South Africa’s first Battery Energy Storage Procurement Programme by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.

Batteries 52

Batteries Africa Power grid Electricity 52

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2023

Regional grid operators Alliander, Stedin and Enexis are collaborating with Dutch-German TSO TenneT in the Netherland on the Open Innovation Programme, which seeks to develop solutions to help combat grid congestion and optimise use of the electricity grid.

Innovation 52

Innovation Power grid Demand Investment 52

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The projects will deliver a combined 200 megawatt-hours of dispatchable energy capacity spread across about 14,000 solar-storage systems, to be completed by 2023. It’s a massive potential investment in a form of distributed energy resource aggregation that’s growing by leaps and bounds across the country. GW today to 13.5

Home Energy Monitoring 130

Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 130

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As of December 2023, there are more than 150,000 EVs registered in Ontario, including both battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published by Sean Wolfe on, and edited with permission from, Power Grid.

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Electric vehicle Blockchain Government Electricity 52

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 29, 2024

From interconnection to market structures, US power grid operators are grappling with an onslaught of battery storage development, which has boomed due to the critical need to shore up variable renewable energy. GW in 2020 to more than 14 GW by the end of 2023. GW in 2020 to more than 14 GW by the end of 2023.

Batteries 93

Batteries Construction Power grid Retail 93

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

So far, sonnen has had a very strong 2023 with an expected turnover of €450 million ($482 million). The company is expecting to grow the demand response tech, which consists of tens of thousands of intelligently-controlled sonnenBatteries throughout Germany, to 1GWh in the coming years. billion) in investment to date.

Energy 69

Energy Energy Natural gas North America 69

Business Green

JUNE 6, 2021

The transport company's managing director Janette Bell said the launch of the project was a "very exciting next step" for the firm, which demonstrated the firm's "continued investment in the future of the bus". The aim is for each vehicle to be fully charged, with its interior pre-heated for drivers, at the start of its shift. "As

Electricity 100

Electricity Transportation Electric vehicle Demand 100

Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

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. billion Electric Distribution Infrastructure Investment Plan (EDIIP). per month.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 52

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Snam, which runs the Italian gas grid and is active in France, Greece and the U.K., has pledged to direct 20 percent of its annual investments into sustainable projects by 2023 via its SnamTec arm. Snam is working with Italy’s power grid Terna on this possibility. billion ($2.9 billion) of revenue last year.

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Hydrogen Natural gas Europe Power grid 100

Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

The clean energy analyst estimated $4.1tr would be required to sustain existing power systems worldwide, in addition to $17.3tr to expand grids for new electricity consumption and production, with significant policy intervention need to unlock the necessary level of investment. billion tonnes of CO2 this year to 7.6

Energy Monitor 41

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Power grid 41

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.

Electricity 56

Electricity Fossil fuels Natural gas Power grid 56

Smart Energy International

MAY 30, 2022

Changing climatic patterns are expected to bring operational challenges, while electrification for decarbonisation will result in more reliance on the grid as electricity demand increases in sectors such as transport and industry.

Climate change 59

Climate change Resilience Blockchain Power grid 59

Business Green

JULY 30, 2020

Local electricity networks will be at the forefront of eliminating harmful carbon emissions from the country, helping tackle climate change, so it's vital they have the investment they need to do this whilst keeping costs as low as possible for consumers," Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearly said.

Electric vehicle 83

Electric vehicle Investment Electricity Power grid 83

Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Canada’s transition to clean electricity is under intense scrutiny, and the centrepiece of the debate is the federal government’s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations published in August 2023. Exaggerated claims about the costs and impacts of pursuing a clean power grid are largely dominating the discourse.

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Electricity Natural gas Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels 40

Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

Whilst the UK now has clear legislation and a host of forward-looking strategies in place, many of them need to be underpinned by far more policy detail - and in some cases targeted public funding - if they are to drive the necessary private investment across the economy to meet the UK's climate and environmental targets.

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Policy Government Investment Carbon 77

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

BloombergNEF also expects costs across the sector to remain high throughout 2023, due to high raw material and labour costs, soaring demand for battery packs from automakers, and cost increases across other parts of their supply chain, such as for power conversion systems and balancing services. link] pic.twitter.com/C55UHprYIv.

Batteries 44

Batteries Fossil fuels Lithium Demand 44

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Bringing out the most from flexible systems can enable a valuable entry point for consumers into the power system and support power grid management. However, barriers, such as the digitalisation of data, persist against its uptake, says Hanne Pittomvils, System of the Future Analyst for Elia.

Home Energy Monitoring 52

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 52

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 2, 2020

’s novel approach to enlisting rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries, electric vehicle chargers and grid-responsive appliances as an integral part of its power grids. But that’s a much less complex environment than the low-voltage grids Opus One is being asked to handle. ’s market-driven grid vision.

Building Energy Monitoring 130

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 130

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 29, 2020

While India’s power grid is still dominated by coal, the country has been deploying wind and solar at a rapid pace to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s targets of 175 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2022, and 450 gigawatts of non-fossil sources by 2030. The rapidly evolving country of nearly 1.4

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