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EPICS global research centre for 100% renewable power grids launched in US

Smart Energy International

The new centre, which is based at the University’s Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) and launched formally on November 1, brings together partners from the UK and Australia as well as others in the US to undertake research towards the delivery of 100% renewable energy power grids across the world.

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LiDAR and helicopter inspections completed across Australian power grid

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Transgrid has undertaken extensive 3D laser scanning, aerial imagery and helicopter inspections of 13,000km of transmission lines to support bushfire safety in the lead-up to Australia’s summer.

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Australian DSO warns of trifecta weather threat to power grid

Smart Energy International

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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Australia breaks ground on energy infrastructure digitalisation

Smart Energy International

Enzen Australia has secured its first engagement in an ambitious strategy to digitalise the energy infrastructure of Australia through smart IoT solutions. According to Enzen Australia, the Horizon Power IoT Living Lab is flexible, cost-effective and can be scaled at speed, complementing and extending control systems such as SCADA. .

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Smart Energy Finances: Growth financing for AI-based network resilience

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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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China 2022 best system assembly solution schemes

Smart Energy International

Over nine hundred companies of production chain took part in the event, including industrial executive institutes, scientific research organizations, power grid enterprises, power generation firms, system assembly providers and financial institutes. Special Forums.

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Rethinking the energy grid: The evolution of mission-critical power

Smart Energy International

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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