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ARENA and Shell Energy to demonstrate commercial flexibility in Australia

Smart Energy International

Shell Energy’s ‘Commercialising Smart Energy Hubs’ project will recruit at least 40 commercial and industrial (C&I) customer sites to demonstrate flexible demand capacity. To achieve the full potential of flexible demand, we will require new innovation, technologies and market processes. million ($5.7 million ($19.7

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Western Australia contracts 2.8GWh battery storage

Smart Energy International

Limited (CATL) has been contracted to supply 300 EnerC Plus, containerised liquid-cooling battery systems for Kwinana Battery Stage Two, and about 650 EnerC Plus for Collie. Western Australia’s Government has awarded more than AU$1 billion ($646.8 China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. billion ($1.8

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

Smart Energy International

From powering the servers and storage equipment to cooling infrastructures, data centres have a large appetite for electricity. Regionally, countries like Australia have been successful in moving towards a decentralized grid network where demand for distributed grids is expected to grow significantly.

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