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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

GreenTechMedia

Remote minigrids are a tough market for a traditional smart meter vendor. The meters that minigrids use need to be cheap, rugged and reliable, and they must be able to adjust to the often unstable operating conditions of solar-powered standalone grids. ” The World Bank’s International Finance Corp.

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Key aspects of smart water meter reliability for African water utilities

Smart Energy International

The conventional standard ISO4064/OIML R49 mainly refers to the metering and mechanical features of the water meter, such as R100 or R160, the length of the meter is 165mm or 190mm. There is currently no unified standard for smart water meters except IEC62055-41,51 which is the standard for STS prepayment functions.

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Smart Energy Finances: Badger acquires smart water solutions & TE Connectivity’s smart grid win

Smart Energy International

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances leads with two stories on smart energy acquisitions, specifically Badger meter’s acquisition of Syrinix and TE Connectivity’s acquisition of Kries’ grid monitoring portfolio. Learn more: [link] pic.twitter.com/UbAIDqBu25 — Badger Meter (@Badger_Meter) January 5, 2023.

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Geothermal cooling research ongoing at Mato Grosso, Brazil

ThinkGeoEnergy

A research project is ongoing to evaluate the viability of geothermal cooling for agro-industrial buildings at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT) in Brazil, in partnership with the University of São Paulo (USP). The project is supported by the State Government through the Mato Grosso Research Support Foundation (FAPEMAT).

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Brookfield Renewable Bids to Buy Remaining Stake in TerraForm Power

GreenTechMedia

Canada’s Brookfield Renewable Partners on Monday offered to buy out all the shares of yieldco TerraForm Power that it does not already own, potentially adding further heft to what is already one of the world’s largest clean-energy generators. The deal would further build on the trend of U.S.

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Smart energy benefits the people, and those who deliver it

Smart Energy International

Ahmed Ashour, CEO of utility management platform Pylon, writes about how management of our energy, water and food production will benefit greatly from the application of efficiency-enhancing smart energy technologies. This allows us to feed energy into the grid that previously was untapped or wasted.

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Planet Announces New Details of Hyperspectral Offering

Planet Pulse

This future hyperspectral satellites will be named Tanager, a colorful and visually diverse family of birds in Central and South America, and are designed to deliver hyperspectral data at a resolution of 30 meters with over 400 spectral bands.