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Iberdrola launches AI innovation project to optimise power grids

Smart Energy International

Iberdrola is leading the AI Innovation Data Space (i-DS) project to improve value extraction from data to optimise power grids. Specifically, the aim is to apply AI to speed up and enhance the extraction of value from the data to improve the service of distribution networks.

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Electric vehicles balance the grid in UK for first time

Smart Energy International

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. Running through the Power Responsive programme, the ESO’s live trial builds on previous work to incorporate the operation of EVs into the Balancing Mechanism.

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Second-life bus batteries backup Poland’s power grid

Smart Energy International

Polish power distribution company Tauron has launched an energy storage facility project in Poland, using second-life electric bus batteries to support power grid management. The warehouse contains a power of 150kW and a capacity of 150kWh in Jaworzno and already cooperates with the power grid, says the DSO in a release.

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Open-source AI to protect power grids from DER fluctuations

Smart Energy International

Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed open-source AI algorithms to protect grids from random fluctuations introduced by variable renewables. Have you read?

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The Revolutionary Power of Electric Vehicles with V2G Technology

AutoGrid

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is a relatively new innovation that has the potential to revolutionize the way we consume and generate electricity. This technology is gaining popularity as an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize the power grid.

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Volkswagen and bp to roll out 8000 EV charge points across Europe by 2024

Smart Energy International

Volkswagen and bp have partnered to boost the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) across Europe, unveiling the first charger in Dusseldorf, Germany. Their aim is to transform access to EV charging in key European markets by rapidly building a fast charging network across Europe by 2024.

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More money for EV charging software — ev.energy raises $33M

Canary Media

based startup ev.energy has built a customer base of 120,000 electric-vehicle drivers in Europe and North America who are using its charging software to save money, ease stress on the power grid and soak up as much surplus clean energy as possible. Over the past five years, U.K.-based