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Smart Energy Finances: CPower closes Centrica demand response acquisition

Smart Energy International

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. Other stories of note include RWE’s $6.8

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OhmConnect Raises Infrastructure Funding for 550MW ‘Power Plant’ of Home Demand Flexibility

GreenTechMedia

A $100 million investment in residential demand response is redefining what "infrastructure" can be. More recently, they have ventured into new items, like distributed batteries in commercial real estate, as with Stem and AMS. Home energy modulation as energy infrastructure.

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Finnish hospital revamps vital power distribution

Smart Energy International

A Finnish hospital area has modernised its power distribution tech with ABB-supplied upgrades, including complete protection relay and circuit breaker retrofits, as well as intelligent asset and energy management solutions. We’re well-prepared to face any problems with the power distribution. HUS Meilahti Central Square.

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Why Empty Office Buildings Still Consume Lots of Power During a Global Pandemic

GreenTechMedia

What happens to an office building’s electricity demand when almost everyone who works there is stuck at home? The result has been significant drops in electricity demand in big commercial centers like New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area , and forecasts that commercial energy usage across the country will decline by 4.7

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CPower Energy launches demand response programmes to mitigate summer peaks

Smart Energy International

US energy solutions provider CPower Energy has announced four demand response programmes across the country. The demand response programmes will now pay energy users to reduce their energy load during peak usage. Demand Response Initiative (DRI) in Maine.

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LoRaWAN network rolls out in France

Smart Energy International

Swedish IoT operator Netmore has started rolling out a LoRaWAN network in France, targeting smart water metering and other large scale utility and IoT projects. The start of the rollout in France is accompanied with the offer of LoRaWAN coverage on demand for utilities and other IoT initiatives. Have you read?

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August Berres

Green Technology

August Berres is selling the world’s first battery-powered office systems furniture product, Respond! Battery power reduces stress on electrical grids, allows for purchasing off-peak power, and reduces peak demand. It also provides resilience when power from the grid is interrupted. is deployed.