Smart Energy International

MARCH 8, 2024

Despite record investments into power grid expansion to accommodate demand, grid operators Alliander, Enexis and Stedin have reported inefficient capacity to prevent increasing network congestion. Alliander invested more than €1.4 billion ($1.6

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Demand Investment Power grid Electricity 59

The Environmental Blog

MAY 22, 2021

In bringing about this change, the role that is being played by technology cannot be undermined. Few would have imagined that normal homes in small neighborhoods would be getting powered by solar energy a few years back. Or for that matter, EVs would be the next big thing thanks to the mass production of lithium-ion batteries.

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Technology Fossil fuels Global warming Energy 221

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The announcement was made at the COP28 climate conference and includes support in the form of a project-level grant commitment of up to €35,000,000 ($38,000,000) from Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and €25,000,000 ($27 000,000) venture debt financing commitment from the European Investment Bank. Have you read? Remember, our world can’t wait.”

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Batteries Europe Investment Power grid 52

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Octopus Australia has acquired the Queensland-based Blackstone battery development project with a 1GWh storage capacity, one of Australia’s largest battery systems, connected to the 275kV high voltage transmission network. The project partners are aiming for a final investment decision in the latter half of 2025.

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Batteries Power grid Investment Energy 69

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Hydrogen is at a similar phase of market and technological maturity, with similar levels of hype. Disclosure: Shayle just led Energy Impact Partners’ investment in the company). They also cover the parallels to hydrogen: How does a novel technology compete against dominant incumbents? Are you building a renewable plant?

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Hydrogen Power grid Technology Innovation 242

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. He said the rule is the product of rapid growth and an imperative to adapt to an evolving grid.

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Batteries Construction Power grid Retail 93

Charged

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The 99-year-old company offers creative solutions in the fields of connection technology, electronics and automation and is independent in its entrepreneurial and decision-making freedom. When it comes to the general application of a point-of-use charger at the vehicle, larger electronics are needed for high-power sources.

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Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 137

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The fund invests in various climate technologies as a part of the company’s overall climate efforts. Investments in its portfolio cover carbon removal, carbon marketplace innovation and the circular economy, among others. The fund’s first investment was in Energy Impact Partners, where Shayle is a partner).

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Innovation Carbon-negative Power grid Carbon 147

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A new report from Guidehouse Insights explores the benefits of storage as a transmission asset (SATA) in power grid upgrades and provides an update on regulatory changes that are enabling SATA. Novel hydrogen storage to be piloted in UK EDF to demonstrate four long duration energy storage technologies in UK. Have you read?

Batteries 98

Batteries Power grid Energy Energy 98

GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2021

The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice. The Interchange is brought to you by LONGi Solar , the world’s leading solar technology company.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 18, 2020

Swedish battery maker Northvolt and state-owned utility Vattenfall launched a new modular and fully mobile energy storage system on Friday, one they say will be able to patch up stressed grids during a period of rapid electrification. The biggest obstacle for those targets is the country’s power grid.

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Batteries Automotive Europe Construction 245

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Hydrogen is at a similar phase of market and technological maturity, with similar levels of hype. Disclosure: Shayle just led Energy Impact Partners’ investment in the company). They also cover the parallels to hydrogen: How does a novel technology compete against dominant incumbents? Are you building a renewable plant?

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Hydrogen Power grid Technology Innovation 173

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The fund invests in various climate technologies as a part of the company’s overall climate efforts. Investments in its portfolio cover carbon removal, carbon marketplace innovation and the circular economy, among others. The fund’s first investment was in Energy Impact Partners, where Shayle is a partner).

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Innovation Carbon-negative Power grid Carbon 130

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 3, 2020

As that variable output surges, Europe has four options for balancing out its grid: pumped hydro, gas peakers, energy storage and interconnectors. Only the final three of the quartet are likely to be the focus of new investment. Most of that will come from front-of-the-meter battery systems.

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Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Power grid 130

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.

Investment 130

Investment Energy Energy Batteries 130

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

South Africa’s first public battery storage tender has awarded preferred bidder status to a consortium of CIP-owned Mulilo and renewables major EDF for three battery projects totalling 257MW/ 1,028MWh. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed “This achievement is an important and significant milestone for Mulilo.

Batteries 52

Batteries Africa Power grid Electricity 52

Smart Energy International

APRIL 23, 2024

Energy technology supplier Enphase Energy and Octopus Energy have announced a strategic partnership to integrate their platforms, allowing UK retail customers to access low-cost residential energy rates, Octopus Energy clients to create VPPs, and support battery management to ease congestion on the power grid.

Home Energy Monitoring 59

Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 59

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 2, 2021

They cover the MSRPs of popular EVs, the cheapest PPA in the world, carbon prices, carbon capture investments, industrial materials and more. The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid?

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Power grid Carbon Innovation Batteries 130

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 26, 2021

This week, Clime Capital, a Singapore-based investment management company that manages funds from SEACEF, announced that it has invested in an innovative floating solar and storage project in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, currently under development by Blueleaf Energy.

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Investment Asia Fossil fuels Power grid 88

Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2024

The question is what we can collectively do about the situation – and how can we use technology and innovation to slow it down. As well as generation, these solutions need to effectively distribute that clean power, with minimal losses, where it needs to be used, when consumers need it.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 105

ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 21, 2024

XGS Energy, an innovator in next-generation geothermal energy technology, has announced the completion of $20 million in additional Series A funding. million round led by Constellation Technology Ventures earlier this year, and the $14M Series A investment led by Anzu Partners. This new financing builds on the $9.7

Energy 59

Energy Energy Technology Power grid 59

Charged

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Together with Göteborg Energi, the local electric utility in Volvo’s Swedish hometown of Gothenburg, the automaker is now launching a pilot program that aims to test V2G technologies on the local energy grid and in a home environment with real customers, using a low-cost AC wallbox.

Energy 117

Energy Energy Batteries Europe 117

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice.

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Recycling Recycling Carbon Carbon-negative 170

Smart Energy International

MAY 20, 2022

The solar and energy storage developer will be purchasing 2.4GWh of EnerVenue’s nickel hydrogen BESS and 4.5GWh of Urban Electric’s zinc alkaline battery systems. The deals were signed within days of each other, signalling Pine Gate Renewables’ attempts to look into and invest in lithium-ion alternatives for their battery storage systems.

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Lithium Batteries Hydrogen Technology 52

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2023

Form Energy is partnering up with a US utility Xcel Energy for commercial deployment of its iron-air battery storage system. The 1GWh multi-day storage system will be used to integrate renewables and maintain grid reliability as retiring coal plants in two US states are shut down. Learn more at: [link].

Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Batteries Power grid 52

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

New technologies such as solar power and grid energy storage are being rapidly deployed, and to accommodate these and other technologies, utilities must run electric grids in completely new ways. Electric utilities use the models in long-term grid planning.

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Energy Energy Power grid Policy 97

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

How much investment are we talking about, really? The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice. Where is it coming from, and who is it going to?

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Power grid Startups Innovation Batteries 130

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Also on the radar are the closing of Gridmatics’ storage fund, Siemens’ financial safety net and the sale of a 410MW battery storage pipeline. The signing between the Climate Investment Fund, ReNew and KLP is a great example of this. “It ReNew has won three transmission projects in Karnataka to date. billion).

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Energy Energy North America Europe 118

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice.

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Recycling Recycling Carbon Carbon-negative 142

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

Grid modernisation initiatives, including the movement to new technologies such as smart grids, are spurring the demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS), according to latest research from Research and Markets. billion by 2026. The report finds that the BESS market in the US is currently estimated at $1.3

Demand 98

Demand Batteries Power grid Technology 98

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at an investment round for Neara, an Australian company that has developed a platform that uses AI to help utilities design networks, enhance wildfire and vegetation management programmes and bring renewable projects online faster. million) for Shanghai Electric Energy Storage Technology.

Business Energy Monitoring 69

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Resilience 69

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

JANUARY 22, 2024

The year 2023 was a record-setting year for investment and growth in clean energy, with the International Energy Agency projecting over 500GW of new renewable capacity to come online by year-end globally. Security of technology supply: Chokepoints in the global clean energy supply chain are beginning to emerge.

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Energy Energy COP Policy 106

Smart Energy International

MARCH 8, 2024

“One of the trends we’ve noticed professionals talking about is how to blend all these technologies into utility practices in a way that’s approachable for professionals.” Rather than just pushing the button and trusting the output will match, it means keeping close supervision on the technology. “AI

Energy 105

Energy Energy Investment Smart Cities 105

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support smallholder farmers in East Africa through a collaboration with in-region technology and weather partners. Syzygy Plasmonics and Greentown partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed an investment agreement. Salient Predictions , a Greentown alum, received a $2.9M

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Startups Lithium Waste Waste 73

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

The winning projects are led by small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs ) who have designed innovative technology and who are partnered up with existing industry companies to explore the viability of these solutions in real-world conditions.

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Building Energy Monitoring Government Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 243

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 6, 2023

Nostromo Energy, a US-based tech company, is developing an ice-based energy storage system that can operate as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) to provide demand flexibility to the local power grid when needed. C&I segment.

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