Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances sees three load shifting investments take centre stage as demand response becomes a more notable priority for utilities the world over. 120 million for Swell Energy’s VPP suite. 120 million for Swell Energy’s VPP suite.

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Solar Industry

JUNE 14, 2024

broke ground on an integrated microgrid infrastructure project featuring electric bus charging and on-site green hydrogen production powered by solar and BESS. Together, the two depots are anticipated to power about 335 zero-emissions transit buses, according to the County’s feet transition plan.

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Solar Industry

AUGUST 27, 2024

Nexamp and TurningPoint Energy (TPE) have completed a 9.4 MW solar farm in Warren, R.I., which includes two co-located solar arrays made up of 17,000 solar modules on acreage previously developed as a golf course. Construction began in 2022, with power delivered to the grid for the first time last month.

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Mosaic

JANUARY 3, 2024

Despite the headwinds of 2023, the US solar industry is expected to have grown 55% compared to 2022, amounting to nearly 33 GWdc of capacity. It was the nation's largest year of installed solar capacity. Energy efficient heating and cooling improvements are gaining in awareness and popularity. Additionally, 3.2

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 24, 2022

My 2022 predictions came into clearer focus after the California Public Utilities Commission dropped a bomb on California’s solar and battery storage industry. NEM 3 cannot be considered net metering since new solar customers will actually be penalized for connecting under this rate.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 18, 2021

Hawaii's largest utility enlisted a new tool in its quest for a carbon-free electricity system: thousands of batteries installed in people's homes. Hawaiian Electric won regulator approval for a $25 million plan to harness solar and batteries at 6,000 homes across the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Oahu.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

A German startup aims to sell a self-charging electric car covered in solar panels from 2022 after raising nearly $60 million in a recent 50-day crowdfunding campaign. The Sion will be powered by a 35-kilowatt-hour battery containing 192 prismatic lithium-ion cells with a nickel, manganese and cobalt ratio of 622.

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Solar Industry

AUGUST 23, 2024

Nexamp and TurningPoint Energy (TPE) have completed a 9.4 MW solar farm in Warren, R.I., which includes two co-located solar arrays made up of 17,000 modules. Construction began in 2022, with power first delivered to the grid last month. Construction began in 2022, with power first delivered to the grid last month.

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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

JANUARY 11, 2023

In December 2022, Laison attended the Annual Water Conference and Expo (AWAC 2022) in Arusha, Tanzania. As an active player in the African smart water metering field, the Company showcased a wide range of water meter solutions. Smart Water Meter Solutions. Ultrasonic Smart Water Meter. Credit: Laison.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 17, 2022

David Hall of Schneider Electric highlights five trends to watch for power and utility firms this year. The global shift towards more climate-conscious energy efficiency has accelerated the need for sustainable technology to deliver a cleaner, greener, and fairer energy system. Microgrids fit for the future.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

EDF Renewables North America, along with NV Energy, McCarthy Building Companies and the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, has celebrated the completion of the Arrow Canyon Solar+Storage Project. The energy generated is supplied to NV Energy through a 20-year power purchase agreement.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 28, 2022

The world is rapidly transitioning to a new energy model. A model where the grid is powered by intermittent renewables. But while energy resources may be intermittent, energy supply must be constant. And smart metering data plays a key role. Smart metering data and a distributed energy model.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The growth of Home Energy Management (HEM) has led to a burgeoning, heretofore fragmented market, within which rages a business battleground of players large and small. The key to winning, explains Yusuf Latief in Smart Energy International ’s Power Playbook column, will be ownership of customer confidence. billion in 2021.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Jeff Hutchins, president and chief technology officer at EOS Linx, writes on the electric vehicle (EV) landscape and how its booming growth necessitates, now more than ever, a renewed focus on cybersecurity measures. Electric vehicles are the future. They’re not monitored by utility workers who are always on-premise.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

The IEA’s Electricity 2024 report records electricity demand growth easing in 2023 but is projected to accelerate over the next three years through 2026. The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year.

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altenergymag

MAY 13, 2022

With up to 430 Wp packed into less than two square meters, the new REC Alpha Pure-R hits the sweet spot in terms of its power output, size, weight, and handling. REC's latest panel innovation builds on the lead-free and RoHS compliant REC Alpha Pure Series, which just won the prestigious 2022 Intersolar Award.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As inverter-based resources like wind turbines, solar photovoltaic, and battery energy storage systems are introduced to the grid, the associated risks are becoming more apparent. The lack of adequate monitoring hinders performance and event analysis, NERC found. Have you read?

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Charged

JULY 29, 2021

Circuit breakers are everywhere, providing critically important electrical safety in buildings, vehicles and electrical devices of all kinds. Now it is expanding into two new markets: EV charging and residential energy automation. Atom Power is ready to deploy its EV charging solution in the third quarter of 2021.

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Activists protest Idaho Power’s value of sun study Solar advocates asked the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to reject or heavily review Idaho Power’s value of solar study that will guide future net-metering rate structures. Advocates say the utility used faulty methodology and outdated data in the study.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

million square feet to the software company's building portfolio, a space capable of accommodating up to 4,000 employees. Microsoft, another software giant making sustainability moves on its campus, will have a headquarters that will support more all-electric cooking equipment across multiple sites , but not all of the sites are open).

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Dandelion Energy raised a $70M Series B-1 round to install geothermal heating and cooling solutions. investment in its vegetation intelligence platform that helps utilities reduce the risk of power outages and wildfires. Department of Energy to extract nickel and magnesium from mining waste. Overstory announced a $5.2M

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Verdox raised $80M for its electric carbon capture technology, including from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Form Energy announced a new collaboration with Georgia Power to identify an optimal project application of up to 15 MW/1500 MWh of energy storage systems to be located in the utility’s service area.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 22, 2021

The first operational remote grid for California’s largest investor-owned utility will be made up of an integrated solar, battery, and generator system. Microgrid provider BoxPower announced this week that it is designing and installing a standalone power system in Briceburg, California to help mitigate fire risk in the area.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

French oil major Total and Japanese conglomerate Marubeni have won the rights to build Qatar’s first utility-scale solar PV project, due online in time for the 2022 World Cup. Qatari national power firm Kahramaa has signed a 25-year power-purchase agreement for the output of the project.

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Charged

MAY 31, 2022

Total control of power usage: from solar to EV and back to the house. Emporia Energy, which makes an energy management system for homes and small businesses, has launched a new smart Level 2 charger, and plans to offer bidirectional capability soon. The last one I was running is called Concord Energy.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 10, 2022

The Wi-SUN Alliance has reported data privacy regulation as a top challenge for Internet of Things (IoT) adopters. Wi-SUN Alliance – new testing and certification partners IoT, AIoT and Industrial IoT, where is the future taking us? Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 23, 2022

Nexamp and Borrego have activated two solar-plus-storage energy projects within ISO New England Territory, namely the Nexamp community solar farms in Massachusetts, USA. They aim to build momentum for a cleaner and more resilient regional power grid. link] — Nexamp (@Nexamp) March 22, 2022.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The strong montly performance follows an update from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) , which confirmed 130,596 rooftop solar installations were carried out last year as the number of deployments doubled on 2021 levels. The average MCS-registered installation in 2022 came in at 4.34 million of them on homes.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

EDF leads a proof-of-concept on automating renewable energy transactions and Eurelectric’s study on the benefits of matching energy consumption with clean energy on a (near) real-time basis are on the week’s technology radar. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 22, 2022

Australian blockchain pioneer Powerledger’s Montreal Commons project is set to be one of the world’s first carbon neutral apartment buildings. During times of peak demand they can then buy back electricity from the on-site battery at an agreed price. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 26, 2024

Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. Buildings Carbon Negative Solutions is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. The startup is participating in Go Build 2023.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 10, 2021

Getting electricity customer-generators the compensation they deserve has been a battle in many states. Could a settlement between the utility and solar advocates squash net metering conflict for good? A “Landmark Settlement” for Solar. Utilities often oppose customer-sited solar and net metering.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) plans to offer satellite-as-a-service to the utility industry globally. This will improve the efficiency of DEWA’s operations and support the digitalisation of energy and water transmission and distribution networks. It will also integrate IoT data using DEWA’s cloud services.”.

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CleanTech San Diego

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Cleantech San Diego member Baker Electric Home Energy, a leading solar, battery, and home energy solution provider, has announced the launch of its ChargeOn Battery Rewards Program in partnership with sonnen, a global market leader in smart energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) technology.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 29, 2023

Between 2021 and 2022, the global weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of ten newly commissioned geothermal projects fell by 22% to USD 0.056 kWh. This statistic was reported by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in their newly published document, “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022.”

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 12, 2024

The Destination Earth initiative has launched with the prospect of becoming a key input for the increasingly important climate data into planning in the energy sector among others. There are currently more than 300,000 users of the Copernicus data, primarily for energy applications and commonly for 4D reanalysis (i.e.

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