Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 18, 2023

million) in funding for the Australian and New Zealand-based utility services company to launch their Demand Flexibility Platform, targeting 510MW of aggregated load under control. Electricity retailers will be able to sign up households to the Demand Flexibility Platform and use it to manage their customers’ CER as part of the VPP.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2023

There has been a great deal of buzz around vehicle-to-grid VPPs, but very few operational projects that provide meaningful multi-service capabilities with a variety of grid services beyond just time-of-day managed charging and simple demand response,” added Milani.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 11, 2024

” PlanetScope • Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, Alaska North Slope, Alaska, USA • July 5, 2021 Fossil fuel emissions are still rising , but demand for oil is expected to drop in the coming years. The energy hierarchy is shifting. But fossil fuel companies aren’t quite shaking in their boots yet.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The battery will be used to connect renewable energy to the grid, storing wind and solar generated during the day and alleviating congestion stress at periods of peak demand on the power system. The Collie battery will be the biggest in Western Australia (WA) providing 500MW with 2,000MWh of storage. billion ($1.8

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It helps that it's relatively easy to retool existing monofacial module production facilities to manufacture bifacial modules, which provides supply certainty should the market demand the product. Nevertheless, risk factors exist, and they could hinder the global adoption of bifacial solar modules.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 26, 2022

Demand response and energy management are a crucial part of the solution to make Australia’s fast-changing electricity sector work reliably, writes Diogo Cabral, Senior Business Development at GridBeyond. Winter has many evenings of moderately high demand that generation supplied by rooftop PV and small-scale storage cannot serve.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The University of Wollongong in a release points to the growing demand for the development of the metaverse as people and companies are shifting their activities online and working remotely. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Still, “There’s high interest and demand for impact The post New Zealand impact investments set to grow six-fold over five years appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Oct. Last year, an Impact Enterprise Fund in the country fell short of its fundraising target.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

However, digitalization is undeniably a key strategic lever to economic growth that organizations and governments cannot afford to ignore – leading governments of the aforementioned cities to review such policies in view of strong demand and growth potential for data center services and e-commerce services.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Once operational, the project will store and dispatch 1GWh of electricity, supporting peak demand on the power grid and providing power to approximately 70,000 homes for one day. The renewable energy developer and fund manager purchased the project from Firm Power, a battery energy storage systems (BESS) developer.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 29, 2022

Demand increase This is when the market operator reports network stress, due to minimum demand conditions. It provides extensive edge room on the high-voltage side and keeps customers from dropping off on the low-voltage side. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The reformed WEM will also provide a more competitive market matching real-time demand for electricity with the lowest cost sources of generation, while maintaining power system security and reliability.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 17, 2022

James Bangay, head of digital at Enzen Australia, said: “The energy transition demands real-time visibility of operations and deeper real-time knowledge of the interdependence between all infrastructures.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

These changes aim to provide greater flexibility for investors to contribute new generation and storage during periods of high demand and emergency situations, ultimately enhancing system reliability.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Load shedding is the planned reduction of electricity to selected areas during extreme events to protect the electricity network from long-term damage and widespread consumer outages, assisting with the balance of supply and demand to maintain power system security.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 27, 2022

It is being used in the majority of newly connected solar homes in South Australia for compliance with emergency backstop provisions, which demand remote disconnection in emergency situations. Together this is a large source of flexible and controllable generation and demand side resources – but their value is not being realised.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Its aim is to support peak demand requirements and to improve the reliability of power supply for the town, which has a resident population of about 1,500 and as a popular tourist destination sees more than 100,000 visitors per year.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 7, 2022

However, with the growth of blockchain and crypto in particular around electric vehicle charging, demand is likely to increase as more and more people adopt these services and become familiar with the use of cryptocurrencies. Utility crypto payments are still something of a novelty with very few if any cases currently, at least publicised.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 31, 2023

Priority project in these grids, the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) and the North West Interconnected System (NWIS), were identified through WA’s demand assessment processes, with recent Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) modelling supporting the need for sustained investment in transmission infrastructure in the SWIS.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 30, 2023

The smart meter rollout recommendations also include the development of a communications strategy to inform and assist consumers with their choices and support vulnerable customers with premises requiring remediation before a smart meter can be installed.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 22, 2022

During times of peak demand they can then buy back electricity from the on-site battery at an agreed price. This not only incentivises households in the take up of renewable energy but creates an environment where they become ‘prosumers’.”.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 11, 2022

While this uptake accelerates the decarbonisation of the energy grid, it also presents risks to power system security and reliability with issues such as low minimum demand and variable generation. In Western Australia, more than 1 in 3 households have rooftop solar installed, with the proportion expected to increase to 1 in 2 by 2030.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Transgrid CEO Brett Redman said about the project: “Transgrid is building the energy superhighways that will benefit millions of Australians and this project is a key example of how we are enabling more efficient sharing of renewable energy between the states…The speed at which the energy transition is accelerating means we must embrace new technology (..)

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Also of interest: Cellular connectivity key to tackle surging electricity demand ‘We need to provide maximum flexibility to the grid without jeopardizing its integrity’.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Moreover, Oceania saw 5.2GW of new capacity come online and South America continued an upward trend with 18.2GW of capacity added. As energy demand is expected to rise in many regions of the world, the energy transition requires a step-change that delivers a strategic shift beyond the decarbonization of the supply side.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Nominations will be based on feedback from residents, expected demand, traffic access and parking availability. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed. The charging station sites will be nominated by up to nine local councils taking part in the project.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This is clever technology which benefits both customers and the environment and will allow renewable energy from Victoria to flow into NSW and the ACT when demand is greatest,” stated Transgrid executive general manager of delivery, Craig Stallan. Have you read: Project CARMEN: joint Romania-Hungary smart grid $10.5

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Whether or not the move indicates a softening of China's long term support for decarbonisation is contested, but it has highlighted how the transition away from fossil fuels is likely to lead to significant price volatility and energy security concerns, as economies battle to match supply and demand. Known unknowns.

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