The Environmental Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at your electric company? We recently had the opportunity to speak with other electricity providers that have been in business for over 30 years. There may be certain truths about electricity providers being kept hidden from public view – but not anymore.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

Wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% of the total electricity supply in 2023. The seeming enormity of the green energy shift taking place in China is given shape by what’s described as the most comprehensive English-language report on China’s energy transition.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Rhode Island Energy will deploy Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream Connect AMI network and Revelo smart meters across its service territory. The Revelo metering platform features grid edge sensing and edge computing capabilities to manage load and support grid troubleshooting, with the Revelo meter operating on Landis+Gyr’s RF Wi-SUN network.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2024

This post is the fourth in a series titled “Real Talk on Reliability,” which will examine the reliability needs of our grid as we move toward 100 percent clean electricity and electrify more end-uses on the path to a climate stable future. It was written by Savannah M. Communities across the U.S. The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 24, 2024

While the central government of India has already made strides towards greening electricity, states must boost efforts to spur transition since they have considerable control over regulations and policies. Ember also highlights the uneven progress between states towards the electricity transition. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 17, 2024

Hungária Group is currently installing more than 165,000 new smart meters in Transdanubia and Pest County in west and central Hungary, including the capital Budapest. The smart meter installation forms part of a major rollout, with 650,000 smart meters installed to date. Two-thirds are operated by E.ON. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 17, 2023

A new Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory will gather data on energy usage in UK homes, in order to inform future measures to reduce carbon emissions. Smart meter data – new uses under investigation in GB Unlocking smart meter data for research. Have you read? Data collection. Dynamic research.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 17, 2023

With the continued growth of renewable energy sources, traditional methods of electricity metering are becoming less effective. Unlike traditional power sources, renewable sources such as solar and wind power are intermittent, which means that they do not produce a consistently reliable output.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 28, 2022

A new report published by Research and Markets states that the global smart meters market will expand by 9% between 2021 and 2026 and highlights factors driving the market. Through smart meter data, utilities are able to help customers reduce energy costs, states the study. billion to $30.2 billion to $30.2 Have you read ?

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Greek DSO HEDNO (Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator) is receiving European Investment Bank support for its 3.12 million first phase smart meter rollout. A tender process is currently under way for the award of the smart meter project. Don’t miss out on the most important energy transition conversations.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2023

FERC’s annual smart metering and demand response assessment highlights annual increases averaging around 8 million new smart meters. The assessment, compiled as a statutory requirement annually, quotes 2021 smart meter data as the latest, with numbers of 111.2 million metering endpoints in the US. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) has outlined a six-year $344 million modernisation plan for the electricity grid, with smart meters and cybersecurity as central components. According to the utility, their electricity grid serves more than 530,000 New Mexico customers. PNM Smart meters.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 4, 2024

The Australia Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has issued a draft rule to start accelerating the deployment of smart meters from July 2024. The draft rule follows the March decision of the Commission to fast-track the process, to achieve a full rollout of smart meters across the country’s national electricity market by 2030.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Municipal Transport Company of Madrid (EMT Madrid) has ordered 30 electric buses from Spanish OEM Irizar e-mobility. The 12-meter Irizar ie electric bus has been running on Madrid’s roads since 2019. It’s powered by Irizar’s own battery packs. An inverted pantograph charging option is also available.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Limited visibility and understanding of distributed energy resource (DER) behaviour is creating operational challenges, Siemens has found in a new study with utilities in the US and Canada. Source: Siemens’ Seeing behind the meter survey Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 22, 2020

A recent petition to FERC could trigger nationwide changes to solar net-metering. On April 14, the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to assert jurisdiction over any on-site, behind-the-meter generation that injects energy onto the grid.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 4, 2024

Smart Energy Solutions (SMS) has begun laboratory testing of Interoperable Demand Side Response (IDSR) solutions as part of the UK Government’s Flexibility Innovation Programme. Funded by the Government’s £1 billion ($1.3 This step change in interoperability and interchangeability needs to come soon, and it won’t be simple for manufacturers.

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Charged

AUGUST 3, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will use the J.D. Power EV Index to help establish benchmarks and monitor ongoing development of EV infrastructure nationwide. Power Automotive Division. “We Consumer intelligence specialist J.D. Source: J.D.

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Charged

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Municipal Transport Company of Madrid (EMT Madrid) has ordered 30 electric buses from Spanish OEM Irizar e-mobility. The 12-meter Irizar ie electric bus has been running on Madrid’s roads since 2019. It’s powered by Irizar’s own battery packs. An inverted pantograph charging option is also available.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Britain’s National Infrastructure Commission has called for further investment and upgrading of the electricity and water infrastructures among others. There should be increased adoption of electric vehicles, with a nationwide network of at least 300,000 public charge points across the country by 2030. But we need to get on with it.”

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Renew Economy

APRIL 3, 2024

AEMC makes good on promise to fast-track universal smart meter uptake, with draft determination it says will help put consumers at the forefront of the shift to net zero. The post Smart meters for all? New reforms could put 2030 target in reach appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 13, 2023

million smart meter mark with meters with active remote services. million smart meters installed and 90% of the equipment is already under remote management, allowing automatic data collection, exempting consumers from sending readings and enabling the issuance of invoices by suppliers, without resorting to estimates or adjustments.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2023

From the analytical power of data, through to the introduction of AI and machine learning, digitalisation is becoming paramount in enabling the insights needed to make better decisions in all areas of the evolving energy landscape. Digitalisation plays a vital role in addressing this challenge.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

California already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. Those costs could rise even faster over the next decade, as utilities harden their grids against wildfires, grow their share of net-metered rooftop solar, and add other costs being passed through to utility customers.

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Solar Industry

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

SOLRITE Energy has partnered with sonnen, a global market leader in smart energy storage and VPP technology, to launch the SOLRITE Virtual Power Plant Power Purchase Agreement (VPA). The post SOLRITE Energy Launches New Virtual Power Plant Power Purchase Agreement appeared first on Solar Industry.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Thirteen of the 27 EU countries have now reported completing their smart metering rollouts with penetration greater than 80% but eleven are lagging far behind. Their non-availability is a key barrier to consumers receiving regular and accurate metering data in a timely manner. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MAY 23, 2022

India’s Panaji Municipal Corporation has awarded its smart water metering contract to Cranberry Analytics for use of its smart meters. The award will see Cranberry utilise Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard into its ultrasonic smart water meters. Have you read: AMI to influence utility cybersecurity spend for 1.3

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2023

James O’Toole explains how the UK’s Smart Energy Research Lab is enabling researcher access to smart meter data. With over 21 million smart gas and electric meters now in Great Britain’s homes, there is a growing wealth of half-hourly and daily domestic energy use data available to those who can access it.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Analysis by Sage Energy Consulting estimates the value of California solar could drop 40-80% under the proposed policy change. CPUC is expected to release the 'Net Energy Metering 3.0' policy in December, updating how utilities credit residential and commercial rooftop solar generators for power sent back to the grid.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 11, 2023

New South Wales utility Endeavour Energy has been granted a sandbox trial waiver to upgrade 5,600 smart meters. The proposal is to upgrade around 5,600 smart meters in parts of greater western Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Southern Highlands and the Illawarra region of New South Wales.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 6, 2024

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has adopted Wi-SUN Alliance FAN (Field Area Network) specification as the national standard for India’s smart meter RF communication networks. Have you read? Wi-SUN Alliance member companies based in India include Cisco, Renesas, Silicon Labs, Texas Instruments, Exegin and CyanConnode.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 8, 2024

Energy regulator Ofgem has re-authorised installation of prepayment meters on an involuntary basis by three suppliers, subject to certain conditions. The three suppliers are EDF, Octopus Energy and Scottish Power, which have been authorised as meeting the conditions and further must follow a comprehensive set of new rules.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 12, 2024

India’s target to complete a nationwide smart meter rollout by 2025 is in doubt with progress in installations low, analysis from the rating agency suggests. million smart meters had been sanctioned by the government, but of these 98.7 However, only 8 million smart meters had been installed as of December 2023. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The global energy landscape is on the cusp of transformational changes as the migration to clean power gathers pace. With world leaders about to gather in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the COP 28 climate summit, the transition to green energy will be one of the key topics on the agenda.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

Tidal energy firm Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal energy project in the Westray Firth. Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland, said: “These are exciting times for tidal stream energy.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 4, 2022

Driven by the era of the IoE, such as AI and IoT, heat meters have become one of the leading measuring instruments related to people’s livelihood. According to the national energy-saving regulations, the newly built commercial houses in the north of China stipulated that each household must install a heat meter.

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Canary Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

New rooftop solar systems are worth a lot less than they used to be in California , following the state’s dramatic changes in net-metering policy. Even batteries added to those solar systems to store power when the sun is shining and feed energy back after the sun goes down — a primary goal of the state’s new…

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