Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

When Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm with 155-mph winds, made a direct hit on Puerto Rico in 2017, it ravaged the island’s power grid and caused the longest blackout in US history. Maria left many residents without power for nearly a year.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Infravision, a company focused on power grid modernisation with drone-enabled power line upgrades, announced it has raised $23 million in Series A financing. “We’re confident Infravision’s proven technology is the solution for today and for the future of power line construction automation and grid efficiency.”

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Norwegian investment in Indian transmission The Norwegian Climate Investment Fund, managed by government-owned Norfund and KLP, Norway’s largest pension company, is investing approximately $9 million for a 49% stake in the Koppal Transmission Scheme. ReNew has won three transmission projects in Karnataka to date.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 21, 2021

Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 3.2GW solar portfolio, including 450MW solar-plus-storage projects, from Dakota Renewable Energy. Balancing a renewable grid: What are the options? Massive 50-GW wind, solar, hydrogen power plant with unique ownership model announced in Australia. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MAY 11, 2022

According to Ericsson, the Centre contains a physical representation of a utility smart grid, enabling real-world demonstrations of end-to-end private network operations across the power grid from generation and transmission to distribution to end users.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

According to analysis from consultancy DNV between now and 2050 a staggering $12 trillion will be invested in doubling power grid capacity and renewables technologies in the US and Canada.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The report forecasts that global markets will experience a surge in smart meter upgrades and replacement projects throughout the next decade, comparing meter lifetimes across utilities in North America and Western Europe. This is due to the initial surge in smart meter installations experienced during the late 2000s and early 2010s.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million for 15 projects across 11 states meant to improve the reliability, resiliency, and flexibility of the domestic power grid through the research and development of next-generation semiconductor technologies.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 10, 2024

Data centers under construction in North America combined would need as much energy as all the households in the San Francisco metro area annually, according to a February report from real estate services company JLL. “If Electrifying homes, buildings, and vehicles puts more pressure on power grids.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

The degree to which this wave of new flexible resources can be tapped for grid-balancing will depend on four key areas, according to a new research insight from WoodMac. These areas are regulatory reform, evolution of market models, the scale of grid edge investment around electrification, and de-risking grid edge investment.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 29, 2024

million grant to Iowa State University engineers to establish a new cybersecurity centre focused on protecting power grids that rely on renewable energy sources. This will be a university-based cybersecurity research centre for renewable energy on the distribution grid,” Govindarasu said. The centre will have two main goals.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 6, 2023

US asset manager Blackstone announced that private equity funds affiliated with it have closed the acquisition of Power Grid Components, an electric grid components manufacturer. “The acquisition of Power Grid Components fits squarely within one of our favorite investment themes – the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Rhizome, a climate resilience planning platform for the power grid, announced its official launch, initial institutional capital raise of $2.5 million, and partnership with Seattle City Light and Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO). Infrastructure investment planning has traditionally relied primarily on historical data.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 1, 2024

FirstEnergy said some proceeds from the transaction will be used to support its five-year, $26 billion Energize365 grid investment program. “We are pleased to leverage this strong foundation to make important investments to deliver reliable and safe power to our customers and meet the energy challenges of the future.”

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In addition to the obvious investments such as putting $7.5 billion toward building new renewable energy capacity over the next two decades, investing in transmission, and adding 800MW of battery storage in Missouri by 2038, the company explained how it is working to build EV charging infrastructure and reduce voltage. EV Programmes.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 21, 2024

million round led by Constellation Technology Ventures earlier this year, and the $14M Series A investment led by Anzu Partners. This new financing builds on the $9.7

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 8, 2024

The funding opportunity will be available to public and private sector stakeholders, universities and DOE’s National Laboratories and will help advance innovations that strengthen the resilience of energy systems, including the power grid, electric utilities, pipelines and renewable energy generation sources like wind or solar.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

AES Ohio is proposing to invest $682.7 million in its Smart Grid Phase 2 plan over the ten-year period starting July 2025. The smart grid phase 2 plan has three principal components – automation of distribution operations, advanced grid intelligence and telecommunications and cybersecurity. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MAY 15, 2024

Investor-owned utility Consumers Energy will invest nearly $24 million in smart technology this year to prevent power outages and keep the lights on for customers. “Consumers Energy has made a commitment with our Reliability Roadmap to ultimately restore power in 24 hours or less. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The investment also marks the establishment of a strategic partnership with Powin, which maintains a significant ownership stake in eks Energy. eks Energy has an impressive product deployment footprint in North America and Europe, and under Powin has further extended their global reach.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 26, 2024

The BHA will invest federal Capital Fund Program resources to support electrification of the heating and domestic hot water equipment within the buildings including retrofits, electrical upgrades, and replacement of appliances and heating equipment.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Also on the radar is the launch of AI software company Rhizome, a climate resilience planning platform for the power grid. The company, known for its energy market simulation software, is calling the acquisition a move to scale up and improve its platform in support of grid reliability and the energy transition.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

Have you read: The US power market: Bridging the transmission gap Europe’s grid is receiving record levels of investment. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published by Sean Wolfe on, and edited with permission from, Power Grid International. But is it enough? “As

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If approved, Entergy says its plan will: Invest $1 billion in the grid over 10 years in two, 5-year phases Cut outage times by more than half and save customers millions of dollars Upgrade thousands of poles to withstand 150 mph winds Harden 650 miles (1046km) of power lines Have you read: How can Canada meet net-zero goals?

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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

MARCH 8, 2024

Utilities have increasingly recognised the increasing urgency of consumption management on the power grid as a high priority. However, says Garret Fitzgerald of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), although its importance is clear, this clarity is a recent phenomenon. If they come, we’ll manage it.’”

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 16, 2024

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) filed with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for approval of a transmission lease programme with the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corporation, which could invest as much as $1 billion through the programme. Citizens would make an upfront payment to PG&E as prepaid rent.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Collaborative aims to focus on utilising Chattanooga’s advanced integrated energy and communications infrastructure to develop technologies and best practices for enhancing the resilience and security of the national power grid while accelerating the commercialisation of quantum technologies.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Transmission infrastructure needs If there is one key priority that 2023 has highlighted it is that, globally, the power grid requires colossal investment and attention to keep pace with decarbonisation targets. As this rollout takes place, stakeholder management and whole systems thinking will be key.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 6, 2023

Nostromo Energy, a US-based tech company, is developing an ice-based energy storage system that can operate as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) to provide demand flexibility to the local power grid when needed. The loan guarantee is subject to completion of an equity capital raise for an amount yet to be determined.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Additionally, these federal investments are expected to unlock billions of dollars of state and private sector capital to build transformative projects that modernise and increase the reliability of the power grid. Through the RFP, $1.2 billion.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Duke Energy will build new smart grid software and services on AWS and expand its Intelligent Grid Services – a suite of custom-built applications that help the utility anticipate future energy demand and identify where and how to update the power grid.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Imagine Europe's largest virtual battery, with a capacity of 1 GWh, steadying the power grids and managing the fluctuations of the energy from renewable sources. billion) in investment to date. Shell has declined to comment. When numerous residential battery storage systems connect, something big happens. billion ($10.4

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

While many of the projects contained in this report are significant, they also represent just over 10% of the investment needed to cost-effectively build a clean and reliable grid, Americans for a Clean Energy Grid said. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published by Sean Wolfe on Power Grid.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In its biggest investment in the nation’s grid, the White House announced a $3.46 billion investment for 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability, invest in microgrids and enable more renewable energy generation across America.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 17, 2019

What’s more, we have a secret weapon that many Canadians aren’t aware of: our power grid is over 80 per cent non-polluting and getting cleaner every year. In other words, when we plug things into that grid, the pollution reductions are significant. And Ballard Power , hailing from Burnaby, B.C.,

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