Smart Energy International

MAY 7, 2024

The substations, located in central Taiwan in Changhua County, are being installed following closure of a deal between GE Vernova and TECO, a global motor manufacturer, in early 2024. “Through its collaboration with GE Vernova, we can enhance Taiwan’s renewable power grid and ensure a more stable electricity supply.”

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Whilst still limited in its impact in Ukraine, cyber skills have developed into weaponry for war, and power grid operators are already being caught in the crossfire.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2024

Labour leader reiterates 'unapologetically ambitious' pledge to build a decarbonised UK power grid by 2030 in first major speech of 2024

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 24, 2024

Modelling results presented to the state government late last year and obtained by Guardian Australia showed that the state’s carbon emissions in 2024 are on track to reach 91.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent, or about 20% above 2005 levels.

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Charged

AUGUST 21, 2023

Newly launched renewables services company Bullet EV , headquartered in Austin, Texas, has announced its goal of taking on the challenges of EV charger scarcity, a strained power grid and volatile electricity rates. The company plans to expand nationally during 2024. Source: Bullet EV

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Global Renewable News

APRIL 23, 2024

Annual survey of commercial and industrial.

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Power grid Carbon Energy Energy 40

Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ireland-headquartered battery storage technology company ADS-TEC Energy has received more than 100 million euros in new orders, from both existing and new customers, for delivery of its fast-charging systems in 2023 and 2024. New customers include Dutch charging point operator PowerGo, which has ordered 20 ChargeBox systems.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Italy’s Enel Group has announced a new investment strategy for the period 2024-2026, doubling down on grid investments and being more selective in renewables. The nearly €19 billion for grid investments will focus on improving quality, resiliency and digitalisation of the power grid, alongside new connections.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

What we need to work on is (grid) investments.” Last week, Enel Group announced a new investment strategy for the period 2024-2026. billion ($38.96) by 2026, nearly €19 billion for grid investments will focus on improving quality, resiliency and digitalisation of the power grid, alongside new connections.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2024

The hard truth is that the majority of electric grids were not originally designed to accommodate DERs, writes Dominique Verhulst, head of the Energy Segment at Nokia’s Network Infrastructure Group. All this ratchets up the importance of transforming the power grid into a dynamic entity that can sense, think, and act.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

MISO and PJM, two regional transmission system operators (RTOs) announced that they will collaborate on an informational interregional transfer capability study, set to be performed during the second half of 2024.

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Charged

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Designwerk’s Mega Charger is a battery-buffered charging station with two CCS charging points, each with maximum power output of 420 kW. The container-sized charging station is equipped with batteries with a capacity of up to 2 MWh, in order to avoid burdening the power grid at peak demand times.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

per cent of Britain's power supplies, with coal supplying just 1.6 per cent as more plants shuttered last year in preparation for the government's proposed 2024 coal power phase-out deadline. In contrast, fossil fuel sources made up 39.6

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ESB Networks to use digital twin to mitigate weather impacts on the grid Extreme weather pushes power grids to the brink – Is AI the answer? The study was conducted for the Wi-SUN Alliance by Censuswide in February 2024. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 15, 2024

Reflecting on a week of record finance results from German and Dutch utilities, Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column sees Yusuf Latief discuss grid investment plans and whether they are indicative of grid planning finally going right. billion, highlighting the role of the grid in minimising economic loss. billion ($22.6

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 1, 2024

billion in interest-bearing notes due from Brookfield, which are expected to be paid off by the end of 2024. FirstEnergy said some proceeds from the transaction will be used to support its five-year, $26 billion Energize365 grid investment program. The Ohio-headquartered electric utility company received $2.3 billion in 2022. .

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Power grid Investment Electricity Energy 52

Smart Energy International

MARCH 20, 2024

The investment plan covers the period 2024 to 2028, with €2.6 Specifically, Terna intends to boost investment in developing the national power grid, with expenditure totalling €10.8 The most important projects in the 2024-2028 investment Plan, states Terna, include the Tyrrhenian Link, the Adriatic Link, Sa.Co.I.3

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The company, which operates from Delaware, US, has said that, with pipeline growth to 6GWh in 2023, the company is doubling down on utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) as a priority focus for 2024 and beyond. The team also aims to further expand its origination portfolio to almost 5GWh in total.

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Batteries Technology Power grid Energy 52

Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2024

In this edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief looks into Q1 financing results within the smart grid sector, highlighting the top five deals made, all of which revolve around EV charging companies. According to Mercom’s report, smart grid corporate funding came to $686 million in 14 deals in Q1 2024, compared to $1.1

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

bp has entered an agreement with Harmony Energy Income Trust to offer power trading and optimisation services for two battery storage systems, making use of a previously acquired AI-based platform to support the power grid during hours of peak demand.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 31, 2023

For Xcel Energy, the rollout marks the next step in the modernisation of its power grid, which so far has focussed primarily on boosting the capacity and reliability of the system through new and improved lines and substations. Xcel Energy serves approximately 3.7 million electricity and 2.1

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 26, 2024

The project was announced by Mayor Michelle Wu along with the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and utility company National Grid. The project design is set to start in early 2024 and construction activity will commence by 2025.

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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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POWER Magazine

APRIL 19, 2024

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in its March 2024 open meeting made clear that successful energy transition requires immediate action. With the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a benchmark, […] The post Action Needed Now to Support New Power Transmission Capacity appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The smart grid phase 2 plan has three principal components – automation of distribution operations, advanced grid intelligence and telecommunications and cybersecurity. Have you read? The plan filings point to a number of challenges and opportunities that have driven the phase 2 vision.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 13, 2024

These costs come from lower market prices for costs incurred by TenneT to compensate for grid losses, maintain the energy balance in the grid and pay for alternative electricity routes in case of congested or unavailable grid sections.

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Charged

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The EX90 electric SUV, which is to be released in 2024, will be “the first Volvo car equipped with all the necessary hardware and (over time) software to enable bidirectional charging and direct energy storage from solar.”

Energy 108

Energy Energy Batteries Europe 108

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The grid operator said it anticipates working on the expansion and reinforcement of the Dutch grid at 700 locations in the Netherlands over the next decade. This is according to TenneT’s Investment Plans 2024-2033 , which outlines which projects are needed over the next ten years to make the electricity grid ready for the future.

Investment 59

Investment Power grid Europe Energy 59

Smart Energy International

MARCH 18, 2024

” Large-scale batteries provide long-term system stability to the power grid and support the uptake of more renewables, with Synergy planning to build 3GWh of storage by 2025. Kwinana Battery Stage Two is under construction and is due to be completed in late 2024.

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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

MARCH 11, 2024

With a capacity of over 60GWh, the programme is expected to make up 15 to 20% of the UK’s battery energy storage system needs by 2024. million) towards developing substations to help speed up connections to the power grid. Alongside the upcoming battery pipeline, the company announced the allocation of over £600 million ($770.6

Batteries 52

Batteries Power grid Investment Energy 52

Smart Energy International

APRIL 10, 2024

The Electric Thames project, a collaboration between UK Power Networks, LCP Delta and Marine Zero, is assessing the viability of using electric vessels to feed stored electricity back into London’s power grid. Thames vessel and quay operators will be surveyed over the coming weeks to identify and map out their needs.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The grid operator said it anticipates working on the expansion and reinforcement of the Dutch grid at 700 locations in the Netherlands over the next decade. This is according to TenneT’s Investment Plans 2024-2033 , which outlines which projects are needed over the next ten years to make the electricity grid ready for the future.

Investment 52

Investment Power grid Europe Energy 52

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The portal for editing, visualisation and model simulation serves as a repository to edit, visualise and compare power grid models. In addition, a specialised database to allow managing multiple versions of the electricity network with change control is expected to be ready during the first half of 2024.

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Power grid Electricity Energy Energy 59

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The smart meter rollout is expected to get under way by the summer of 2024 and to extend over three years. Other benefits anticipated include faster service response and restoration times, support for new energy savings and efficiency programmes and more accurate invoicing and billing control. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 22, 2024

These additions bring with them critical benefits to our power grid. Energy storage has unique capabilities to address grid resilience, with the ability to serve as generation, load, and transmission. Developers plan to expand US battery capacity to more than 30GW by the end of 2024.

Home Energy Monitoring 52

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

Smart Energy International

MARCH 22, 2024

These additions bring with them critical benefits to our power grid. Energy storage has unique capabilities to address grid resilience, with the ability to serve as generation, load, and transmission. Developers plan to expand US battery capacity to more than 30GW by the end of 2024.

Home Energy Monitoring 52

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