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First carbon neutral apartment building coming on blockchain

Smart Energy International

Australian blockchain pioneer Powerledger’s Montreal Commons project is set to be one of the world’s first carbon neutral apartment buildings. During times of peak demand they can then buy back electricity from the on-site battery at an agreed price.

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Australian Energy Market Operator and Energy Web partner on blockchain-based VPP pilot

Smart Energy International

Project Symphony aims to orchestrate approximately 900 distributed resources across 500 homes and businesses into a VPP to generate and store electricity at a local level. Australia’s energy market operator to trial DER marketplace on blockchain SIM-based identity solution for smart grid applications launched. “By Have you read?

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Why Build a Power Plant if You Can Make a Virtual One?

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But with carbon emissions out of fashion and growing levels of demand response and distributed renewables on the grid, virtual power plants are stepping in to replace those central generators. Areas with growing electricity demand may require new power plants, even if some of it can be supplanted by distributed generation.

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GridBeyond launches operations in Australia

Smart Energy International

Dublin headquartered GridBeyond, a specialist in demand response, continues its expansion with its presence in Australia. GridBeyond will provide AI-powered demand response, virtual power plant (VPP) services and generation and storage asset optimisation across Australia’s National Electricity Market. Have you read?

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Metaverse energy research to launch in Australia

Smart Energy International

The research grant from the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment, and Facilities scheme will be used to build a state-of-the-art research infrastructure that is capable of precise, real-time monitoring of important electrical parameters. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Rethinking the energy grid: The evolution of mission-critical power

Smart Energy International

From powering the servers and storage equipment to cooling infrastructures, data centres have a large appetite for electricity. Today, it is estimated that data centres account for 1% of world’s electricity consumption and 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. And with IDC forecasting a 17.5% Have you read? $38

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Australia’s 1st Energy offers crypto bill payments

Smart Energy International

However, with the growth of blockchain and crypto in particular around electric vehicle charging, demand is likely to increase as more and more people adopt these services and become familiar with the use of cryptocurrencies. BitPay is claimed to be the largest Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment service provider in the world.

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