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Technology Trending – AI for rooftop PV, home energy management, harnessing kinetic energy

Smart Energy International

AI to optimise the size of rooftop solar PV, the Wiser Home energy management app recognised and BMW’s proposal to harness energy from uneven road surfaces are in the week’s technology radar. AI to make rooftop solar panels more efficient. Wiser Home energy management app recognised for innovation.

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Renewable technology innovation: measuring progress – IRENA

Smart Energy International

As clean energies grow in countries’ energy mixes, ongoing innovation is key for reducing costs and improving the performance. Research, development and demonstration of clean energies is common across countries and regions. Have you read? Renewables snapshot.

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Introducing the fifth generation of smart meters: Our story

Smart Energy International

Networked Energy Services (NES), originally part of Echelon, started its smart metering journey over 20-years ago. In 2001, NES participated in the first large-scale smart metering project with Enel in Italy, where more than 30 million smart meters were deployed. Smart meters: The new generation.

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Albania’s first floating solar plant starts commercial operations

Renewable Energy World

European renewable energy generator Statkraft, in collaboration with Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun, has started commercial operations at the first unit of its floating solar project in Albania. The first unit, comprising 1536 solar panels, has an installed capacity of 0.5 MWp and covers almost 4,000 square meters.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2024

Greentown Labs

Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. ZS2 Technologies creates magnesium-based advanced building products that can store up to one-fifth of their weight in CO 2 via a proprietary carbon-capture technology.

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10 Solar and Storage Trends for 2021

GreenTechMedia

Barry Cinnamon is CEO of California's Cinnamon Energy Systems. “ Luckily for many companies in the solar and storage industry, our products and services were in high demand; from a revenue perspective 2020 was not as bad as it could have been. So here are my predictions for solar and storage for 2021.

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Technology Trending – Vehicle-based microgrid, wildfire prevention, programmable home insulation

Smart Energy International

Ford patenting a vehicle-based microgrid, Hitachi digitising wildfire prevention tech and Fraunhofer researchers investigating programmable materials for thermal applications are in the week’s technology radar. Digitising wildfire prevention technology. Ford investigates vehicle based microgrid. Have you read?