Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Britain’s EDF has acquired the Chorley-based solar panel and battery installer Contact Solar as part of its strategy towards net zero. Customers who opt for an installation will be provided with a personalised performance estimate based on their property type, size, location and household usage. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Although the UK Government’s latest legislation solidifies their commitment to the smart meter rollout in the country, there are yet a number of issues with consumer perception and the performance of the technology that need to be ironed out, explains Michael Jary of Sense. billion ($7.1 7 million will lose functionality.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Generac Power Systems is acquiring Enbala Power Networks, a major step toward putting its market-leading backup generator business and its fast-growing behind-the-meter battery-solar fleet to work as a power grid resource. Canada and Australia, according to Wood Mackenzie data. Leading U.S. Leading U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Why can’t you get an accurate, fact-based online quote for a rooftop solar system, backup battery or electric vehicle charger as easily as getting a quote on, say, a mortgage refinancing or home insurance policy? electric customers now have smart meters, which could open data-sharing opportunities across the country.

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Solar Industry

APRIL 22, 2024

Enphase Energy has formed a strategic partnership with Octopus Energy Group which expects to focus on deploying Enphase’s IQ8 Microinverters and IQ Battery 5P in the U.K. Octopus Energy’s U.K. Octopus Energy’s U.K. Enphase Energy is also a participant in the Octopus Energy GridBoost battery program in Texas.

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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. Customers can also stack the benefits of payments for solar generation on top of this.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 2, 2020

The group claiming status as a ratepayer advocacy group in its attempt to get federal regulators to override state net metering regimes has finally revealed the identity of one of its members. But that revelation appears to strengthen claims by its opponents that it is representing energy industry interests rather than those of ratepayers.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

California already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. Those costs could rise even faster over the next decade, as utilities harden their grids against wildfires, grow their share of net-metered rooftop solar, and add other costs being passed through to utility customers.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Project Symphony will investigate the use of distributed energy resources in Western Australia’s energy market. million from the Western Australia government and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). million has now been made available by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). New rooftop solar PV rules.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

Home battery storage has grown precipitously in recent years, but it still doesn’t match the scale and accessibility of a home appliance. Now, the Wyoming-based startup is preparing to ship its sleek, plug-in home battery panels in July for field tests in Australia, Europe and the U.K., A full U.S. A full U.S. kilowatts/2.2

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

I just had a solar-plus-storage system installed at my new home in Tempe, Arizona. It was surprisingly complicated, and I research distributed solar for a living. Don’t get me wrong — I love our new system and take immense pride in all the carbon-free energy it will produce for us and the grid.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances sees three load shifting investments take centre stage as demand response becomes a more notable priority for utilities the world over. 120 million for Swell Energy’s VPP suite. 120 million for Swell Energy’s VPP suite.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

California has more distributed energy resources than any other state, pressuring it to find ways to integrate them into the grid. That’s the big change enabled by a Rule 21 revision entitled “conditions that allow distributed energy resources to perform while avoiding upgrades.”

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

million) in contracts to deliver the new battery energy storage systems in Kwinana and Collie, together totalling 2.8GWh in storage capacity. Limited (CATL) has been contracted to supply 300 EnerC Plus, containerised liquid-cooling battery systems for Kwinana Battery Stage Two, and about 650 EnerC Plus for Collie.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

Households with solar panels and batteries installed can earn savings on their winter bills for excess energy generated in the summer. Shell has become the latest energy supplier to launch a flexible tariff, allowing householders to potentially earn money back for helping to balance supply and demand for the power grid.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 12, 2022

Tesla’s Elon Musk and solar evangelist Bill Walton called on California officials to reject proposed changes to the state’s residential solar rooftop rules. And Walton, a former NBA star who is now a solar advocate, issued a letter calling on Newsom to reject the CPUC’s proposed decision on rooftop solar. .

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

Ofgem has this week given the green light to plans to roll out market-wide half-hourly settlement across the retail electricity market as standard, in a move that is expected to unlock significant investment and innovation across the fast-expanding flexible grid sector.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Itron’s Advanced Settlement Module provides visibility into the entire energy market, addresses complexities from distributed energy resources. 2222, which promotes DER involvement in regional electricity markets in the US through aggregation. Itron, Inc., Itron, Inc.,

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Spain’s booming renewable energy market is attracting the attention of an unlikely retail segment: mobile phone companies. Phone firms including national leader Telefónica are jostling to offer clean energy alongside more traditional products such as broadband connections.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 4, 2020

Brooklyn startup David Energy on Wednesday announced a $1.5 million pre-seed funding round, as it looks to transform into an energy retailer that helps customers get more value out of their solar and storage systems. Lining up against the giants.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 11, 2022

Concept drawing of an energy storage system. Battery storage is having its moment in the sun. In its most recent Electricity Monthly Update , the U.S. Energy Information Administration said that when it totals up the numbers for 2021, it expects they will show that battery storage capacity grew by 4.5

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 17, 2024

Octopus Energy Group is partnering with Brazil’s Energisa to deploy its Kraken energy management platform in that country. Energisa, one of Brazil’s largest energy companies, serves over 8.5 Have you read?

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AutoGrid

MAY 24, 2022

Why Australia is Truly the Virtual Power Plants Market Frontier? As one scans the world for opportunity during the current energy transition, one of the most vibrant regional markets is often forgotten due to its geography. This will require integration of behind-the-meter with front-of-the-meter assets to maintain grid reliability.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has passed a long-awaited order to open the country’s wholesale energy markets to distributed energy resources (DERs) like rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries and electric vehicles. “But their power is mighty.”

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The global rooftop solar market has the potential to exceed 2,000 GW of generation and 1,000 GWh of energy storage by 2050 through careful policy design, according to a new report. Declining installation costs represent a massive opportunity, but policy and tariff design must enable the expansion of rooftop solar, the authors wrote.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

European energy storage deployment is set to shrink compared to other global markets, even as the need for flexibility on the grid increases, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. In 2014, EMEA, dominated by Europe, represented 44 percent of global energy storage deployment. By the end of 2019, the total tally (plus the U.K.)

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 23, 2020

market for distributed energy resources will look very different in five years than it does today. And electric vehicles will give utilities and regulators the opportunity to promote pricing regimes to encourage charging when electricity is abundant — or suffer potentially grid-destabilizing consequences.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Order 2222 , a groundbreaking effort to open up U.S. wholesale energy markets to aggregated solar systems, smart inverters, batteries, electric vehicles, smart appliances, grid-responsive building controls and other distributed energy resources (DERs).

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Mosaic

JANUARY 9, 2019

The market for home battery storage is booming. Residential storage installations have been growing at a quarterly rate of 61% since the start of 2017 according to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables , and a survey by EnergySage indicates that nearly three quarters of home solar shoppers are considering adding batteries too.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The grid outages hitting California this year gave the clean energy industry a chance to prove itself, to show that localized solar power and batteries really can help people ride through grid disruption. That would be renters, people who do not own a roof to install solar on.

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AutoGrid

JUNE 20, 2023

With this comes a surge in electricity use, mostly from cooling systems. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is predicting a historic demand of over 80,000 MW , putting immense pressure on the state’s power grid. To mitigate the risk of buying power at these exorbitant prices, reducing demand becomes crucial.

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Charged

MARCH 8, 2020

Measurement Canada has approved revenue-grade metering for Koben Systems ’ GENIUS, an energy management system for residential, retail and commercial sites. GENIUS serves as a micro-grid controller that can integrate solar, battery storage, wind, generators and EV technology. .

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

With a power grid that has been notoriously unreliable in the past, India’s goal to transform formerly passive consumers into prosumers would seem an uphill battle. The stakes are particularly high because India is the world’s third largest energy consumer.

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Charged

MAY 31, 2022

Total control of power usage: from solar to EV and back to the house. Emporia Energy, which makes an energy management system for homes and small businesses, has launched a new smart Level 2 charger, and plans to offer bidirectional capability soon. The last one I was running is called Concord Energy.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 6, 2020

Over the past decade, Geli has seen its software put to use to design, install and operate megawatts of grid-connected and behind-the-meter battery and microgrid projects. Batteries are becoming an increasingly valuable addition to distributed solar projects, and that's true both for homeowners and some commercial customers.

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Bidgely

AUGUST 10, 2022

For more on DERs and FERC 2222, download the full Navigating the Distributed Energy Resources Revolution: A Playbook to Guide Grid Modernization and FERC 2222 Compliance. Energy providers need to know where DERs are located on the grid, their size, and how they’re being operated — preferably on a real-time or near real-time basis.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This heat feeds surging demand for electricity and increased strain on already taxed power grids. These climate change linked trends are highlighting the growing need for distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) that can manage the grid intelligently while quickly responding to the real-time needs of grid operators.

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