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Battery-integrated chargers offer a cure for America’s weak electric infrastructure

Charged

Q&A with Alex Urist, Vice President of XCharge North America Battery storage, once considered a nifty additional feature for large-scale charging infrastructure projects, is steadily becoming de rigueur for public and commercial charging deployments of all sizes. A battery-buffered system is just taking energy from the grid.

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Squeezing valuable drops out of smart water innovation

Smart Energy International

A $4m project is attempting to deliver groundbreaking smart water metering solutions that cater for utilities in terms of readability, battery lifetime, interoperability and cost. Pre-commercial procurement. Jonathan Spencer Jones reports. The four-year, €4.44 million ($4.3 million and ran until January 31, 2022.