Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) centre has been launched at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, MD in the US. Thrust 2 is aimed to find ways to accommodate wind, solar and storage resources into the grid and leverage these inverter-based resources’ flexibility for ancillary services.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 7, 2023

SA Power Networks, a DSO in the state of South Australia, has forecast a trifecta of weather threats, including catastrophic bushfire risk, thunderstorms and wind gusts up to 100kmh, to electricity supply and grid operations in its operating area.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at an investment round for Neara, an Australian company that has developed a platform that uses AI to help utilities design networks, enhance wildfire and vegetation management programmes and bring renewable projects online faster. million) for Shanghai Electric Energy Storage Technology.

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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 project partners are aiming for a final investment decision in the latter half of 2025.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 26, 2022

Following its $5 million Series A secured in 2021, Neara’s Series B brings its investment total to $19 million to date. The critical infrastructure we all rely on daily for fundamental needs like electricity is under pressure from annual weather emergencies like floods and fires.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

From storing, processing and analyzing the data needed to power any online service, data centres are the backbone of the growing digital economy, but have been notorious to be energy-guzzling facilities. From powering the servers and storage equipment to cooling infrastructures, data centres have a large appetite for electricity.

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