Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

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. Their services aim to help customers earn revenue for participating in demand response solutions that bolster the grid.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

But a global shortage of components and skills means efforts to meet climate targets will go down to the wire From next year, engineers will need to roll out more than 100km (62 miles) of electric cabling every day until 2040 if the government hopes to power the UK towards its climate goals, according to new data.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 30, 2024

Swiss tech major Hitachi Energy has announced an upgrade and modernisation of its power transformer factory in Varennes, and other facilities in Montreal, Canada, to address fast-growing customer demand for sustainable energy in North America. The additional 130,000 square foot (approx.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 27, 2023

A solar panel produces the energy that an inverter can send to a battery to charge it and keep the excess stored instead of sending it to the local power grid. Such a solar + storage system makes it possible for you to obtain the full benefit of your residential solar power system. The post Are You Doing Solar Only Halfway?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Government and grid operators in the Netherlands are taking new, urgent measures to ensure sufficient space on the Dutch power grid as demand continues to surge in the compact country. That is good news, but it also puts enormous pressure on our power grid.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The project will provide services to maintain balance within the power grid, enabling more renewables to be connected securely to the UK energy system. The batteries will allow Galp to store the solar energy produced in periods of high generation, and to deploy it during periods of high demand, alleviating stress from the power grid.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Sunny and breezy weather coupled with lower demand for power due to lockdown prompted negative electricity prices on Sunday. Demand is around 19GW, which is getting towards summer overnight levels (I think lowest Grid has coped with recently was 17GW). per cent to their lowest level since the 1800s.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

That is the conclusion of new research released today by Imperial College London on behalf of energy firm Drax, which estimates that carbon emissions from Britain's grid fell by 16 per cent last year as a result of the growth of green power and plummeting energy demand during Covid-19 lockdowns. per cent.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Clean energy milestone signals renewable power sector is ready and able to keep up with growing electricity demand. Energy analysts are celebrating findings that show the renewable power sector has proved itself capable of expanding at a rate faster than increasing demand for electricity. per cent, it noted.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Forced outages are a tool of last resort, employed in circumstances of incredible stress to the grid and done to protect against more widespread outages. Record heat for several days across parts of the state strained the power grid so much that it started rationing electricity, for the first time in almost 20 years.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2024

Hitachi Energy’s tech will convert alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) for long-distance transmission and DC to AC, where the power is returned to the grid. The Marinus Link will use advanced converter technology at both ends of the link to stabilise and integrate more renewables into the power grid.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

If government ramps up investments, next winter could be less challenging for the grid and less worrying for households.". As the weather gets colder and demand for both heat and electricity increase the savings delivered by renewable generation is also expected to grow further. per cent of annual UK gas demand.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 27, 2024

Moreover in Europe, current regulatory frameworks allow DSOs to invest in building out the power grid only after a connection request is made, raising the possibility of the grid hindering such connections and ultimately putting at risk the achievement of the net zero targets. Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This latest briefing, “ Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, makes the case that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

UK takes a major step forward in its plans to commercialise a nuclear fusion power plant by 2040, inviting local communities to submit bids to host the country's inaugural project. Assessment of potential sites will take around two years, with the winning site set to be announced by the Business Secretary in 2022, the government said.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2023

The UK's climate advisory body latest report provides an in-depth assessment of the mix of renewable, flexible grid, hydrogen, nuclear, and carbon capture technologies that will need to be in place by the middle of the 2030s if the government is to deliver on its stated goal of operating a nearly completely decarbonised power grid by 2035.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The University of Queensland is conducting the first-ever global study of how electric vehicles can support the uptake of renewable energy and improve the resiliency of power grids. The vehicle-to-grid study has recruited Tesla owners from around the world through the analytics platform Teslascope. “We Follow @EngelsAngle.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Accommodating large-scale renewables is a complex and challenging task; according to West Monroe, it will require a portfolio of resources to work in concert — including traditional generation, energy efficiency, and demand response. As this rollout takes place, stakeholder management and whole systems thinking will be key.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

IPPR calls on government to ramp up efforts to tackle UK’s housing and energy crisis through new scheme to deliver energy efficiency information and financial support. In addition, it called on the government to confirm plans for phasing out oil and gas boilers.

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Business Green

MARCH 1, 2023

With the government's attention focused on the energy crisis triggered by Russia's war in Ukraine, the NAO said Ministers had made little progress in drawing up a long-term delivery plan for delivering on its target for all electricity to be generated through net zero emission energy sources by 2035.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 15, 2024

Reflecting on a week of record finance results from German and Dutch utilities, Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column sees Yusuf Latief discuss grid investment plans and whether they are indicative of grid planning finally going right. billion, highlighting the role of the grid in minimising economic loss.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Government touts RAB funding model as 'win-win' for climate and consumers, but pushing upfront costs onto energy bills could prove controversial. The new financing rules are likely to provide a major boost for EDF's hopes of building a £20bn nuclear power plant at Sizewell C in Essex.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Quantum computing has the potential to solve important problems in a number of sectors, not least the public sector, and we’re glad that the UK government shares this belief.” With building and maintaining grid connections costing up to £1.5

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Think AI-boosted investment platforms, moves to ease up grid connection queues and top tech players to watch. Power grid forecasting One of the key recurring themes that has gained solid recognition over the last year has been the unarguable position of the power grid as an investment priority to reach global net-zero targets.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

power system has more than 50 gigawatts of behind-the-meter flexible resources at its disposal, consisting of distributed energy resources (DERs) already enrolled in demand response programs. Europe, Australia and Japan are now on the cusp of the next phase for the grid edge: a fully flexible grid. Today, the U.S.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Today’s new paper lays out the federal government’s vision for reaching a 100% clean power grid by 2035. Canada is starting from a position of strength, with an already 84% non-emitting electricity grid. The federal government has set out the vision.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2020

USER Project to integrate AI technology with hot water cylinders to help manage grid demand. The humble immersion heater is being reinvented as an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled smart grid technology, as part of a cutting edge trial that was unveiled this week.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The DAF-DIU EV CaaS project represents an approach for the government to engage with industry partners and meet the growing demands of government-owned vehicles (GOVs) and privately-owned vehicles (POVs). Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published on Power Grid.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The report acknowledged that some fossil fuel generators were required to stay running in order to provide flexibility and inertia services to grid operator National Grid ESO during the periods when demand was fully met by clean sources of power.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Ontario, Canada government is introducing a streamlined process for introducing public EV charging stations, intending to make it easier to build and connect them, starting May 27, in addition to simplifying a 50-year-old process for environmental assessments, starting February 22.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Global supply chain pressures led to a year-over-year decline in new solar power capacity additions in the second quarter of 2021 in the U.S., But, researchers wrote, demand is strong with 17.4 added 1,968 MW of utility-scale solar power capacity in the second quarter of 2021, 31% less than the amount installed in the first quarter.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 24, 2021

In its Transforming Energy Scenario published in its Global Renewables Outlook in 2020, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said green hydrogen could supply up to 8% of overall global energy demand by 2050. Create markets and policy frameworks that reward flexible electricity supply and demand on the grid.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

That’s the picture the International Energy Agency (IEA) paints in the World Energy Outlook it published today, which is based on governments’ current energy policies. Demand for coal, oil, and gas is expected to peak this decade, according to the IEA’s new Outlook.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The UK Government has announced funding support for bidirectional electric vehicle charging in the hopes of developing vehicle to everything (V2X) capability. This government has already spent over £2 billion ($2.5 This government has already spent over £2 billion ($2.5

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

Those of us who were sentient during the 1970s may ponder the likely success of governments “picking winners” or indeed any “top down centrist” planning. While this may be temporary, it could well be permanent, and such uncertainty demands that, more than ever, business flexibility is a key determining factor to future success.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

This is especially important as more and more enterprises are engaging with digitised information to transform their business operations, leading to continued exponential growth in computing demand. The report also provides an overview of how data centres can play a role in helping integrate renewables into European electricity grids.

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