Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

From storing, processing and analyzing the data needed to power any online service, data centres are the backbone of the growing digital economy, but have been notorious to be energy-guzzling facilities. Recent innovations around energy efficiency and distributed grid systems offer hope for a sustainable energy future.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Enel X Australia has secured a contract from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to provide 120MW of flexible demand capacity to the Western Australia wholesale energy market. The VPP aggregates the energy savings of these participants, providing additional capacity to the grid when required.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Deployed by Sunverge, a provider of distributed energy resource (DER) control and aggregation, as well as utilities company Engie, the system was developed in partnership with Nissan Australia and Wallbox, utilising the university’s electric vehicle (EV) fleet to provide grid services.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 22, 2022

The project, under way with Perth-based property developer OP Properties, is a 39 apartment building in Fremantle, Western Australia, in which residents will live low carbon through the use of solar panels and battery storage along with Powerledger’s power trading technology to deliver a 50% offset to the building strata levies.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has announced rule updates to the National Electricity Market, aimed at mitigating the risk of power outage as the country undergoes a transition from aging coal-fired generation to increased reliance on renewable energy sources.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Western Australian coastal town of Kalbarri can now be powered by a 100% renewable energy-intelligent microgrid. The microgrid, developed by the state distribution company Western Power in partnership with the power company Synergy, is comprised of 1.6MW of wind, up to 1MW of rooftop solar and a 5MW/4.5MWh storage battery.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 26, 2022

Demand response and energy management are a crucial part of the solution to make Australia’s fast-changing electricity sector work reliably, writes Diogo Cabral, Senior Business Development at GridBeyond. Winter has many evenings of moderately high demand that generation supplied by rooftop PV and small-scale storage cannot serve.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Fifty street-side locations will be selected for the EV Streetside Charging Project, with each EV charging station to be connected directly to the overhead electricity supply and energy use matched with renewable sources of power. Nominations will be based on feedback from residents, expected demand, traffic access and parking availability.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. With just a few days to go until COP26 kicks off, her pessimism is widely shared.

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