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Accelerating energy transition by forming virtual power plants on blockchain

Renewable Energy World

Recent trends in DER have provided the opportunity to form virtual power plants (VPPs) to aggregate and coordinate behind the meter resources across the network to exploit their flexibility. Australia has the highest uptake of solar globally, with more than 2.68 Role of Technology. Increase in DER integration.

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Technology Trending: What to look out for in 2024

Smart Energy International

Decentralisation, blockchain and AI, the future grid and the space race are some of the areas in which numerous advances have been made in 2023 and are set to continue during 2024. Over the course of 2023 – and indeed since its start in mid-2022 – this column has not been short of possible new and future technology content to feature.

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Green Mountain Power pilots blockchain-driven solar for low and moderate income customers

Smart Energy International

Vermont power distribution company Green Mountain Power is piloting LO3 Energy’s Pando local energy marketplace platform. Green Mountain Power’s ‘Sun Match’ pilot is aimed to enable low and middle-income customers to benefit from solar power without them having to build their own systems. Have you read?

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100% renewable powered Bitcoin mining facility to prove concept

Smart Energy International

The facility will be powered by Tesla technology, including a 3.8MW Tesla solar PV array and 12MWh Tesla Megapack. 38 million renewable fund to offset blockchain energy use in US Proof-of-stake blockchains – not all are equal. “We?re The expected hash rate is a modest 30PH. Have you read? $38

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AEP OnSite Partners signs LOI to develop solar field to power cryptocurrency mining

Renewable Energy World

Sangha Systems, developers of an 82-MW cryptocurrency mining facility at a former steel mill in Hennepin, Illinois announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with AEP OnSite Partners to develop a 2 – 5-MW behind-the-meter solar power array to begin to migrate its electricity consumption towards clean energy. ”

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DEWA’s space nanosatellite for smart grids is now operational

Smart Energy International

The nanosatellite was launched as part of the utility’s Space-D programme, in partnership with technology firm NanoAvionics on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched in Florida, US. The satellite travels at 7.5km per second and across the earth orbit in 90 minutes. A 6U nanosatellite will be launched by DEWA by the end of 2022.

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. Utilities already have found wind and solar power are less costly sources of energy. Tue, 06/23/2020 - 01:30. Green Swan solutions are already at work.