Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This week we look at a $5 million investment into SparkMeter, which provides grid management solutions tailored to emerging markets, an acquisition from Elia Group signalling their entry into the US and insights into how AI can assist with clean tech investments in a constantly changing market environment.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Following earlier announcements of new electricity, water and hydrogen meters another pair of new meters are launched and the US Department of Energy launches an office to focus on emerging technologies in the week’s technology radar. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2023

which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, announced that Tampa Electric Company (TECO), one of Florida’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, is the winner of the 2023 Itron Innovator Award, which recognises an Itron customer that leverages Itron’s partner enablement program.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Hitachi Energy has announced an investment of more than €30 million ($32 million) in the expansion and modernisation of its power transformer manufacturing facility in Bad Honnef, Germany. Expected to be complete in 2026, the project will see the facility expand to over 15,000 square meters.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Adani Electricity Mumbai (AEML) has announced an investment of ?5 million) to install smart meters for their 700,000 consumers in Mumbai, India, by the end of 2023. According to The Times of India , AEML has already installed 110,000 smart meters , and the remaining is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The good news is that the mass adoption of solar energy presents another opportunity to save money. A business with a solar system can utilize tax incentives and protect itself against energy price fluctuations, to name a few. Reduced or Eliminated Energy Bills. Being energy-efficient during work hours.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Eleni Diamantopoulou is Practice Development Lawyer (Energy) at Womble Bond Dickinson. Eleni Diamantopoulou writes The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) is finally here. Let us have a look below at some of the key areas in which the Act will support private investment.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 5, 2022

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has filed a $3 billion plan for the years 2024-2027 towards its ongoing clean energy drive. Among the major investments detailed is the implementation of the next generation of smart meters in order to give customers more control, access and insights into their energy usage.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

The IEA’s Electricity 2024 report records electricity demand growth easing in 2023 but is projected to accelerate over the next three years through 2026. The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% in 2023, less than the 2.4%

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 12, 2024

India’s target to complete a nationwide smart meter rollout by 2025 is in doubt with progress in installations low, analysis from the rating agency suggests. As of December 2023, 222.3 million smart meters had been sanctioned by the government, but of these 98.7 million had been awarded. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 13, 2023

million smart meter mark with meters with active remote services. million smart meters installed and 90% of the equipment is already under remote management, allowing automatic data collection, exempting consumers from sending readings and enabling the issuance of invoices by suppliers, without resorting to estimates or adjustments.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 23, 2024

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has reported record low customer minutes lost and significant water savings in 2023. In 2023 DEWA achieved 1.06 minutes per customer in 2023 – marginally shorter than the 1.19 million in 2023 with its ‘smart ball’ technology. minutes per customer in 2022. Have you read?

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

Smart home electrical panel, meet voice-activated home controls. with its Tuesday announcement of a $20 million investment, led by Munich Re Ventures’ HSB Fund and joined by previous investors , plus an important new strategic partner — the Alexa Fund.

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Charged

APRIL 29, 2024

Delays in getting electrical service hooked up represent one of the biggest roadblocks to building more EV charging hubs, and several industry insiders have told Charged that a major reason for those delays is a shortage of transformers. The company recently announced plans to invest $1.5 Source: Hitachi Energy , Electrek

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced two separate loans of €462 million and €190 million for Poland’s Enea and Belgium’s RESA respectively for distribution network modernisation.

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Charged

MARCH 15, 2023

Mercedes-Benz has announced that production of the electric version of its popular Sprinter van will start in the second half of 2023, in both North America and Europe. The new eSprinter is set to launch in the US and Canada in the second half of 2023, and the market launch in Europe will follow towards the end of 2023.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Thirteen of the 27 EU countries have now reported completing their smart metering rollouts with penetration greater than 80% but eleven are lagging far behind. Their non-availability is a key barrier to consumers receiving regular and accurate metering data in a timely manner. Have you read?

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Solar Power World

DECEMBER 4, 2023

With increased consumer interest and more investment dollars entering the market, solar power is so hot right now in the United States. All that increased activity also brings improved ideas to a maturing market.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2023

Funding Peak Power , a provider of energy-optimization software and services, raised a $35M round led by Greenbacker Capital Management. SmartAC.com raised a $22M Series B to ramp up sales of its HVAC monitoring system. Future is one of TechRound’s Sustainability60 2023 winners.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a smart meter collaboration that enables Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas to securely transmit natural gas meter data via ComEd’s smart grid communications network. Smart meter data insights. North Shore Gas expects to complete the implementation of AMI by the end of 2023.

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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. This is what has caught our eye.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Swiss tech major Hitachi Energy has acquired eks Energy in a strategic move to add power and electronics and energy management software to their ever-growing portfolio. Hitachi Energy called the move part of its strategy to meet global demand for battery energy storage solutions.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Alberta utility ATCO is to install an advanced metering infrastructure and distribution management and other systems as part of the province’s electricity grid modernisation. The funding for these projects was provided through the Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Programme, which is investing up to Ca$4.5

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 5, 2024

Polish power company Enea has secured an investment loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) of PLN1 billion ($251 million) for the modernisation of the distribution network, including network construction and modernisation, as well as the installation of 2.4 million smart meters. a company in the ENEA S.A.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The growth of Home Energy Management (HEM) has led to a burgeoning, heretofore fragmented market, within which rages a business battleground of players large and small. The key to winning, explains Yusuf Latief in Smart Energy International ’s Power Playbook column, will be ownership of customer confidence. billion in 2021.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2023

Funding Amogy raised $11M in Series B-2 funding, bringing total Series B funding to $150M for its emission-free, energy-dense, ammonia-power solutions. Greentown alum Raise Green , a climate-investment marketplace, added $1M to its seed round, closing it at $2.2M.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2023

Seventeen startups joined our community Q2 2023, working on innovations ranging from smart sensors for wind turbines, to energy-efficient air conditioning, to a combo of water desalination and carbon capture. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

In a bid to support Irish grid stability, Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has opened a major battery plant at its Poolbeg site in Dublin, which will add 75MW/150MWh of fast-acting energy storage. No electricity system can operate without a backup. In Ireland this has traditionally been provided by fossil fuel generation.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 26, 2023

More and higher resolution data on Britain’s energy system is the demand of users of National Grid Electricity Distribution’s ‘presumed open’ datasets. In conjunction with the currently available data, data users were also requesting National Grid Electricity Distribution about making more data openly available. Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2022

Mitigating higher energy prices: how we can help reduce energy costs for running compressed air equipment and keep manufacturers competitive? We have to accept there is no short-term solution to mitigate soaring energy prices that have trebled in recent times ? Energy efficiency is key. million.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Infravision, a company focused on power grid modernisation with drone-enabled power line upgrades, announced it has raised $23 million in Series A financing. The round was led by investment firm Energy Impact Partners (EIP), with participation from leading energy and utility players including Equinor Ventures and Edison International.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 14, 2024

billion) increase to its 2024-2028 investment plan, citing the need for continued grid expansion to connect an increasing number of renewable energy facilities. plans to boost its four-year investment plan from €33 billion ($36 billion) to €42 billion ($46 billion), focusing on energy networks and energy infrastructure solutions.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 13, 2023

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances leads with two stories on smart energy acquisitions, specifically Badger meter’s acquisition of Syrinix and TE Connectivity’s acquisition of Kries’ grid monitoring portfolio. Learn more: [link] pic.twitter.com/UbAIDqBu25 — Badger Meter (@Badger_Meter) January 5, 2023.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Aydin Investment Monitoring and Coordination Directorate (YIKOB) has approved Zorlu Geothermal’s request to convert the resource exploration licenses of Kuyucak and Nazilli geothermal fields in Aydin province into geothermal resource operating licenses. Zorlu Enerji has an installed capacity of 239.5

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Greentown Labs’ 200+ startups are developing, deploying, and commercializing climatetech solutions to decarbonize the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors—agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation—and build resilient communities. Fervo Energy and Google’s next-generation, 3.5-MW

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 24, 2024

Hitachi Energy has revealed investments of over $1.5 The investments will gradually expand the company’s global transformer capacity by 2027 and will be spread across their operations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. billion to ramp up its global transformer manufacturing capacity to keep pace with growing demand.

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