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Australia tests residentially aggregated flexible demand

Smart Energy International

Five hundred South Australian households will partake in a new project from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and electricity distributor SA Power Networks to trial smart home energy management and its effect on the power system. million) to the Energy Masters project, coordinated by SA Power Networks.

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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. On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced AUS$9.1 million ($5.7 million ($19.7

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Metaverse energy research to launch in Australia

Smart Energy International

University of Wollongong Professor Willy Susilo has been awarded more than Au$400,000 (US$266,000) for research into green and sustainable energy-efficient metaverse technologies. DEWA launches Metaverse platform Technology changes in the energy sector during the pandemic and beyond. “The Have you read?

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Australian energy market operator deploys grid-focused reforms

Smart Energy International

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has implemented major reforms to Western Australia’s Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM), with grid modernisation a key focus point. Said Ryan in a statement: “Only a decade ago, more than 90% of all electricity used in WA’s main power system was generated by burning coal and gas.

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Why Build a Power Plant if You Can Make a Virtual One?

GreenTechMedia

But with carbon emissions out of fashion and growing levels of demand response and distributed renewables on the grid, virtual power plants are stepping in to replace those central generators. Areas with growing electricity demand may require new power plants, even if some of it can be supplanted by distributed generation.

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

Smart Energy International

From storing, processing and analyzing the data needed to power any online service, data centres are the backbone of the growing digital economy, but have been notorious to be energy-guzzling facilities. From powering the servers and storage equipment to cooling infrastructures, data centres have a large appetite for electricity.

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Australia’s market operator contracts Enel X for VPP flexibility

Smart Energy International

Enel X Australia has secured a contract from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to provide 120MW of flexible demand capacity to the Western Australia wholesale energy market. The VPP aggregates the energy savings of these participants, providing additional capacity to the grid when required.