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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

Australia’s energy market operator to trial DER marketplace on blockchain SIM-based identity solution for smart grid applications launched. “By While this uptake accelerates the decarbonisation of the energy grid, it also presents risks to power system security and reliability with issues such as low minimum demand and variable generation.

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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

Other University of Wollongong participants are Professor Son Lam Phung who specialises in artificial intelligence, power systems researcher Associate Professor Ashish Agalgaonkar, Associate Professor Yang-Wai Chow and Dr Yannan Li whose main research interest is blockchain. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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

Smart Energy International

However, digitalization is undeniably a key strategic lever to economic growth that organizations and governments cannot afford to ignore – leading governments of the aforementioned cities to review such policies in view of strong demand and growth potential for data center services and e-commerce services. Have you read? $38

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