Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Swiss tech major Hitachi Energy has acquired eks Energy in a strategic move to add power and electronics and energy management software to their ever-growing portfolio. Hitachi Energy called the move part of its strategy to meet global demand for battery energy storage solutions.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In this debut of the Power Playbook, our spotlight on the finance and investment side of the energy transition, Yusuf Latief investigates how Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech is becoming a burgeoning market space ripe with investment opportunities. This is what has caught our eye.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2024

In today’s distributed energy system, managing power grid complexity is challenging. But grid operators are often handling these changes with an ageing infrastructure that wasn’t built with a distributed energy system in mind. What is grid orchestration and why is it critical in 2024?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Generac Power Systems is acquiring Enbala Power Networks, a major step toward putting its market-leading backup generator business and its fast-growing behind-the-meter battery-solar fleet to work as a power grid resource. Canada and Australia, according to Wood Mackenzie data. Leading U.S.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 14, 2024

billion) increase to its 2024-2028 investment plan, citing the need for continued grid expansion to connect an increasing number of renewable energy facilities. Across Europe, there are massive expansion plans for renewable energy facilities that will need to be connected to networks,” said E.ON billion ($5.7 billion ($1.2

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Puerto Rico utility Luma’s smart meters will replace the almost 1.5 million meters that were damaged by Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Other benefits anticipated include faster service response and restoration times, support for new energy savings and efficiency programmes and more accurate invoicing and billing control.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As the surge in renewable energy initiatives continues to redefine the landscape of energy production, solar farming has emerged as a beacon of sustainable income and environmental stewardship. This exploration seeks to illuminate the path toward a greener future and a prosperous venture in the realm of solar energy.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Over the past half-decade, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has consistently won court battles upholding its authority over states to set the rules for how distributed energy resources can play in wholesale energy markets. “But if the aggregations do include demand response, the opt-out can apply,” she said.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

EDF leads a proof-of-concept on automating renewable energy transactions and Eurelectric’s study on the benefits of matching energy consumption with clean energy on a (near) real-time basis are on the week’s technology radar. Have you read?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Preliminary results of hour-long trial earlier this month saw 200,000 households receive payments to avoid using power at peak times. on average, Octopus Energy said. on average, Octopus Energy said. Over 400,000 customers have so far signed up to the programme, which is still accepting new joiners, Octopus Energy said.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Swell Energy has lined up $450 million in financing to give homeowners and business owners batteries and solar systems at no upfront cost, and earn the money back by turning them into virtual power plants serving utilities’ grid needs. Ares Management Corp. Ares Management Corp.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 6, 2023

Nostromo Energy, a US-based tech company, is developing an ice-based energy storage system that can operate as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) to provide demand flexibility to the local power grid when needed. According to Nostromo, buildings, overall, account for 74% of all electricity consumption.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 17, 2022

David Hall of Schneider Electric highlights five trends to watch for power and utility firms this year. The global shift towards more climate-conscious energy efficiency has accelerated the need for sustainable technology to deliver a cleaner, greener, and fairer energy system. Microgrids fit for the future.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

California’s distributed energy resources add up to gigawatts' worth of capacity that could be used to prevent future rolling blackouts and balance the state’s increasingly clean-powered grid — if the state can compensate them for those services. 14 and 470 MW shed on Saturday, Aug.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

AES Ohio is proposing to invest $682.7 million in its Smart Grid Phase 2 plan over the ten-year period starting July 2025. At the foundation of the smart grid is smart meters and AES Ohio expects to have deployed these to 95% of customers by June 2025. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Bringing out the most from flexible systems can enable a valuable entry point for consumers into the power system and support power grid management. They will be able to avoid costly price peaks by mainly consuming electricity when it is sufficiently windy or sunny.”

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Duke Energy, one of America’s largest energy holding companies, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), are entering a multiyear strategic collaboration to accelerate the utility’s development of smart grid solutions, including new smart grid software and an expansion of their Intelligent Grid Services.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

Several floors below the firm’s balcony, power lines crisscross over piles of garbage, a fleet of rickshaws and cow patties on a rooftop, being dried for cooking fuel. ” Rapid growth in India’s renewable energy sector is driving demand for new technologies to modernize the country’s power sector.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

As the 2020s progress, flexible energy portfolios will grow significantly as resources on either side of the meter proliferate in the U.S., The degree to which this wave of new flexible resources can be tapped for grid-balancing will depend on four key areas, according to a new research insight from WoodMac. More and more DERs.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The energy and utilities industries play a significant role in carbon emissions. In the US, 25% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from electricity generation. This is not surprising, with coal and natural gas representing about 60% of electrical supply. Energy Transition for Sustainability. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Power grids globally must be upgraded by 2040 to keep the lights on. And while these upgrades will likely cost trillions, virtual power plants (VPPs), writes Autogrid’s Gisela Glandt , can curb these costs to the tune of $10B annually. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 31, 2020

In the latest example , Emerson, one of the country’s biggest industrial, commercial and residential automation and HVAC systems providers, is acquiring OSI Inc. It’s also a long-time player in grid-enabled devices such as smart thermostats and remote-controllable water heaters. More than a dozen U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 18, 2021

An intriguing aspect of electric vehicle (EV) charging is how it will change business models for vehicle energy. In this article, aspects of charging practices and impacts are discussed, in the context of consumer-driven electric vehicles. A connected car offers flexibility on how and when energy is delivered.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

As countries the world over pursue net-zero goals, the power grids are at the centre of a transformation that will ultimately lead to economy-wide decarbonisation impacting almost every aspect of life, from the way we power and run our homes to how we travel and the products we purchase. US grid investments.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 22, 2022

UtilityAPI announced the close of Series A funding with a $10 million investment, led by Aligned Climate Capital. The company said the funds will help it expand its platform and meet market demand for utility-level data sharing platforms. CEO Davin Hampton said his product lowers for deploying energy efficient technologies.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 29, 2022

The Itron Inspire EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) 2022 virtual event highlighted the important work being done within the water and energy sectors in the face of pressing challenges. Electric vehicle charging impacts the power grid The EV industry has been experiencing a surge of interest and investment.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

Investor-owned utility, Consumers Energy has proposed a $272 million investment in Michigan’s electric grid in what it said is a bid to increase reliability and prepare the grid for more renewable energy. In the second half of 2021, Consumers Energy filed a five-year, $5.4 per month.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Order 2222 , a groundbreaking effort to open up U.S. wholesale energy markets to aggregated solar systems, smart inverters, batteries, electric vehicles, smart appliances, grid-responsive building controls and other distributed energy resources (DERs).

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Smart grids are a new generation of electric power grids that use digital technology to improve the reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of the grid. Smart grids can help to reduce outages, improve power quality, and enable new services such as demand-side management and renewable energy integration.

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AutoGrid

JUNE 5, 2023

In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting our lives across nearly every domain imaginable, its importance in the power systems sector cannot be overstated. Orchestrating armies of diverse, decentralized DERs poses significant challenges for power providers, utilities and other grid operators.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

The clean energy analyst estimated $4.1tr would be required to sustain existing power systems worldwide, in addition to $17.3tr to expand grids for new electricity consumption and production, with significant policy intervention need to unlock the necessary level of investment. billion tonnes of CO2 this year to 7.6

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 7, 2022

The study from the University of Nottingham indicates that grid-tied small-scale renewables could cause power failures. Domestic renewable energy generation is growing rapidly in the UK, with just over one million small-scale solar PV systems installed. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the study, factors driving an increase in the adoption of microgrids include: The inability of grids to meet growing energy demand. The study states that continued increases in energy demand are resulting in the failure of traditional power grids to maintain energy reliability and security.

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AutoGrid

JULY 5, 2023

What’s driving the deployment of utility-scale energy storage assets? We will focus on the opportunities for “utility-scale” or “grid-scale” energy storage in this blog. Grid-Scale Batteries Grid-scale energy storage systems include batteries, flywheels, pumped hydro, and compressed air energy storage.

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AutoGrid

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Value of Demand Response Participation to the Retail Customer. John Bonnin has 25+ years of industry experience, including 15 years at CPS Energy. Many utilities and other load serving entities use a portfolio of approaches to decrease risk in the energy market. Help to defer investments in additional generation.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The threat of power grid-sparked wildfires is forcing California utilities to invest billions of dollars in hardening and monitoring their grids and to institute grid blackouts affecting up to hundreds of thousands of customers to reduce the risk of live wires sparking conflagrations.

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