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

Smart Energy International

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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Octopus Australia acquires 1GWh transmission-connected battery project

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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. Once developed, the project will enable innovative offtake products to be structured.

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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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Neara expands to improve network safety and reliability

Smart Energy International

Following its $5 million Series A secured in 2021, Neara’s Series B brings its investment total to $19 million to date. Have you read: DISTRIBUTECH 2022 highlights: Resilience and industry innovation Past and present US energy chiefs at odds over net-zero targets Housing project delivers template for microgrid success.

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

Smart Energy International

From telemedicine to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), these are just some of the amazing innovations in technology spurred by the pandemic as more patients and artists were forced into a digital space. Distributed grids: A promising solution. ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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