Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 6, 2023

US asset manager Blackstone announced that private equity funds affiliated with it have closed the acquisition of Power Grid Components, an electric grid components manufacturer. “The acquisition of Power Grid Components fits squarely within one of our favorite investment themes – the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 23, 2023

New energy resources in the form of renewables, new loads such as electric vehicles, new energy storage technologies and the new integrated service models to accompany these are characterising the evolving power networks of today. They lack the capacity, flexibility, as well as visibility of operators.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2024

Why do renewables such as distributed energy resources (DERs) present such a challenge? The hard truth is that the majority of electric grids were not originally designed to accommodate DERs, writes Dominique Verhulst, head of the Energy Segment at Nokia’s Network Infrastructure Group.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Electric cars are balancing supply and demand on the UK power grid for the first time in a trial hosted by National Grid ESO and Octopus Energy. The technology automatically adjusts the charging schedule of the car in response to the ESO requests for more or less power.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The global energy landscape is on the cusp of transformational changes as the migration to clean power gathers pace. With world leaders about to gather in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the COP 28 climate summit, the transition to green energy will be one of the key topics on the agenda.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 6, 2022

The US Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) said in a summer readiness workshop that it will likely need to import more non-firm energy and/or need additional energy resources to meet the 2022 summer peak demand. powers innovation district with green energy.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Centre stage in this week’s Smart Energy Finances is the closing of an acquisition by CPower. The DER company has acquired Centrica’s demand response division, bolstering their DER capacity from 5.6GW to 6.3GW. CPower closes Centrica demand response acquisition. RWE ’s $6.8bn energy business acquisition.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

However, what’s not at debate is that there are options available to individuals in making choices for more sustainable energy consumption. Price increases alone should spur interest and demand in pursuing alternative energy sources. Alternative Energy as a Resource. Green Pricing and Green Certificates .

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

Getting to 100 percent clean energy presents power grid operators with a major problem: what to do about inertia. Reactive Technologies says its novel technology for measuring this critical aspect of grid stability can help them find answers. Finding the true state of grid inertia.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 27, 2022

A prosumer-based transactive energy system in the US could bring savings of up to $50 billion per year, modelling by PNNL researchers has found. Other findings are a reduction in daily load swings by up to 44% and consumer savings of around 15% on annual energy bills. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 5, 2024

China’s state planner National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has released reform recommendations on how China, the largest EV market globally, can optimally integrate electric vehicles into power grid planning. The specific reform recommendations include: 1. The specific reform recommendations include: 1.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

British distribution network operator Northern Powergrid has announced a flexibility initiative, tapping a virtual power plant and smart energy management programme to incentivise residential power consumption reduction at times of peak demand on the power grid.

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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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Charged

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

FlexGen Power Systems, a provider of energy storage systems and related software, has launched a new system called Plug & Play FlexGen EV Charging Services, which uses the company’s updated HybridOS 9.3 energy management system platform. In addition to energy services for EV Charging, HybridOS 9.3

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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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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. The rest of the process is automated.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

According to a new whitepaper from Guidehouse Insights, there is an extensive base of smart meters set for upgrade and replacement over the coming decade in both the US and Western Europe. This is due to the initial surge in smart meter installations experienced during the late 2000s and early 2010s. ”

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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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AutoGrid

JUNE 20, 2023

With this comes a surge in electricity use, mostly from cooling systems. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is predicting a historic demand of over 80,000 MW , putting immense pressure on the state’s power grid.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

As energy policy and politics shift globally, business flexibility will be a necessity for the success of the energy transition. Well, not quite, because anyone who has even briefly scanned the news over the last few months will have noted the shift in the political mood music around energy policy across the world.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Californian utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has unveiled four new microgrids with advanced remote operation capabilities and safety technologies to help enhance grid reliability.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Concerned about grid inertia, Taiwan’s state-owned electric utility Taiwan Power Company (TPC) has partnered with UK tech company Reactive Technologies Limited (RTL) to use its grid stability measurement platform. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In this article, experts from CLOU explore the power of energy storage and its transformative impact on the electrical energy sector. In the ever-evolving landscape of the electrical energy segment, one technology is shining bright as a game-changer: energy storage systems (ESS).

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. The energy distribution model is becoming decentralised.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Indian state government of Madhya Pradesh is set to expand and modernise its electricity network by deploying smart meters and smart grid technologies using a €140 million ($157.5 Access to energy usage data is expected to help consumers make more informed decisions regarding their energy consumption.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 14, 2020

Dan Seif is vice president for market development at 7X Energy, a Texas-based solar developer. Let’s stop pretending that we’re paying for “energy” via our home power bills and understand that we’re mainly paying for infrastructure.

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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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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

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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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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Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ireland-headquartered battery storage technology company ADS-TEC Energy has received more than 100 million euros in new orders, from both existing and new customers, for delivery of its fast-charging systems in 2023 and 2024. New customers include Dutch charging point operator PowerGo, which has ordered 20 ChargeBox systems.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 10, 2024

The laterals are approximately 1700 meters long and have been drilled within the Rock Creek formation at 2400 meters depth. Output and uptime Eavor-Lite has produced 20 GWh of thermal energy since start-up. with the only downtime attributed to a 3rd party power outage. cubic meters per day.

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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

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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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Amid massive wildfires, rolling blackouts and the continued threat of large-scale grid outages, California is shifting more than $100 million of its $1.2 billion Self-Generation Incentive Program budget to help low-income communities install about 100 megawatts of stalled behind-the-meter battery projects.

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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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