Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The DER company has acquired Centrica’s demand response division, bolstering their DER capacity from 5.6GW to 6.3GW. CPower closes Centrica demand response acquisition. Their services aim to help customers earn revenue for participating in demand response solutions that bolster the grid.

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Demand 98

Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

That is the conclusion of new research released today by Imperial College London on behalf of energy firm Drax, which estimates that carbon emissions from Britain's grid fell by 16 per cent last year as a result of the growth of green power and plummeting energy demand during Covid-19 lockdowns. per cent.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Power grid Carbon-negative Hydropower 101

AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

How VPPs Reduce Both Costs and Emission in Meeting Peak Demands. The emergence of virtual power plants (VPPs) as bona fide replacements for fossil fuel peaker plants has been discussed conceptually, but is there data to support this opportunity? combustion turbines burning natural gas or oil meet most of the peak power demands.

Demand 94

Demand Fossil fuels Batteries Resilience 94

Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ireland-headquartered battery storage technology company ADS-TEC Energy has received more than 100 million euros in new orders, from both existing and new customers, for delivery of its fast-charging systems in 2023 and 2024. New customers include Dutch charging point operator PowerGo, which has ordered 20 ChargeBox systems.

Energy Monitor 116

Energy Monitor Logistics Power grid Energy 116

Charged

AUGUST 21, 2023

Newly launched renewables services company Bullet EV , headquartered in Austin, Texas, has announced its goal of taking on the challenges of EV charger scarcity, a strained power grid and volatile electricity rates. The company plans to expand nationally during 2024. Source: Bullet EV

Batteries 98

Batteries Power grid Demand Electricity 98

Charged

JANUARY 24, 2025

The New Terminal One will have what its creators have said is the largest solar array at any US airport, which will power a fleet of electric vehicles used at the terminal both landside and airside. Construction of the massive array, consisting of more than 13,000 solar panels on the terminals roof, began in 2024.

Electricity 111

Electricity Health Electric vehicle Transportation 111

ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 13, 2025

A new report by the Rhodium Group ( released March 11, 2025 ) explores how geothermal energy can play a crucial role in meeting the rapidly growing electricity demand from data centers, driven by the AI boom. By 2028, data centers could account for 7-12% of total electricity demand, stressing the power grid.

Demand 52

Demand Electricity Power grid Carbon 52

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Whilst still limited in its impact in Ukraine, cyber skills have developed into weaponry for war, and power grid operators are already being caught in the crossfire. We have also seen demand for this training from other critical infrastructure sectors including gas, water and transport too.

Energy 119

Energy Energy Technology Investment 119

TechCrunch: Climate

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A new study argues that data centers could be ideal demand-response participants because they have the potential to be flexible. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Demand 102

Demand Power grid Electricity 102

Charged

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Designwerk’s Mega Charger is a battery-buffered charging station with two CCS charging points, each with maximum power output of 420 kW. The container-sized charging station is equipped with batteries with a capacity of up to 2 MWh, in order to avoid burdening the power grid at peak demand times.

Power grid 116

Power grid Transportation Batteries Packaging 116

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% The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% in 2023, less than the 2.4%

Energy Monitor 59

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 59

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since 2018, hundreds of thousands of Pacific Gas & Electric customers and tens of thousands of Southern California residents have experienced blackouts as utilities de-energize power grids to prevent them from sparking wildfires. California Sen.

Home Energy Monitoring 130

Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 130

Smart Energy International

MAY 27, 2024

Batteries in ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) played an essential part in keeping the lights on during extreme 2023 summer heat, freeing up more than 3GW of natural gas power plants during critical hours, finds research from Aurora Energy.

Batteries 111

Batteries Natural gas Demand Power grid 111

Smart Energy International

JUNE 7, 2024

Dublin-based smart energy company GridBeyond and Stagecoach, the largest bus operator in the UK, have announced a partnership to enable the latter to participate in the UK’s capacity market from October 2024. “We look forward to working together with Stagecoach and to start the Capacity Market programme.

Demand 103

Demand Power grid Climate change Energy 103

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With 2023 coming to a close, the impact of climate change and rapidly increasing electricity demand have illustrated the crucial importance of grid investment to ensure the grid is fit for purpose. What we need to work on is (grid) investments.” With plans to spend €35.8

Investment 97

Investment Power grid Europe Demand 97

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2024

The hard truth is that the majority of electric grids were not originally designed to accommodate DERs, writes Dominique Verhulst, head of the Energy Segment at Nokia’s Network Infrastructure Group. All this ratchets up the importance of transforming the power grid into a dynamic entity that can sense, think, and act.

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 98

Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

The link will transmit wind power generated by energy giant SSE on the islands to the UK mainland, where it will help meet electricity demand in the north of Scotland and beyond, the firms said. Capable of transmitting 600MW, the Shetland HVDC Connection is expected to be operational in 2024.

Wind power 89

Wind power Power grid Europe Construction 89

The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 21, 2024

A line worker tends to fallen power lines in the East End neighborhood of Houston, days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, on Thursday, July 11th, 2024. Climate change supercharges disasters like storms and wildfires that often cut off power. Soaring demand for air conditioning also stresses out the grid.

Power grid 98

Power grid Fossil fuels Cooling Climate change 98

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

While this may be temporary, it could well be permanent, and such uncertainty demands that, more than ever, business flexibility is a key determining factor to future success. The good news is that the technology is already available to respond to this need for flexibility and the changing demands of energy markets.

Business Energy Monitoring 111

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 111

Charged

JULY 10, 2024

By the end of 2025, the global battery industry will be able to produce more than five times the number of cells needed by the world that year, according to BloombergNEF’s Electric Vehicle Outlook 2024. This is good news for automakers and EV buyers,” the report asserts. The other piece of the puzzle is stationary storage.

Batteries 111

Batteries Lithium Fossil fuels Power grid 111

Bidgely

JULY 23, 2024

Avista Utilities to Host Bidgely EmPOWER AI 2024 Conference Showcasing Advanced Solutions for Load Shifting, Grid Planning and Modern CX Join Tucson Electric Power, SoCalGas, Rocky Mountain Power and others to learn real-world applications of AI and explore future technology advancements LOS ALTOS, Calif.,

Business Energy Monitoring 60

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 60

Smart Energy International

MAY 9, 2024

V2G tech company Nuvve and battery specialist Guangzhou Great Power Energy and Technology Corporation have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of stationary storage batteries and their integration with the power grid. V2G technology and grid services like demand response increase those savings.”

Energy Monitor 115

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 115

Smart Energy International

MARCH 15, 2024

Reflecting on a week of record finance results from German and Dutch utilities, Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column sees Yusuf Latief discuss grid investment plans and whether they are indicative of grid planning finally going right. billion, highlighting the role of the grid in minimising economic loss. billion ($22.6

Investment 115

Investment Power grid Europe Energy 115

AutoGrid

JULY 24, 2023

Transmission upgrades are vital to help build the net zero carbon grid of the future by integrating large-scale solar and wind farms into the nation’s power grids. Our progress report for summer 2024? Our progress report for summer 2024? But building transmission lines is contentious and time-consuming.

Resilience 95

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 95

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Earlier this year, Eaton announced a $300M investment in its North American manufacturing and operations to support growing demand for its electrical solutions, the company said. The majority of these investments are expected to be completed in 2024 and 2025.

Innovation 98

Innovation North America Resilience Power grid 98

The Verge: Energy

APRIL 24, 2024

Climate change poses new risks to the power grid, and Costa Rica has a lot of work left to do to get more solar and wind farms online. The first one is on the demand side because the climate is hotter, so everybody is using the air conditioners and the electricity demand gets higher. Even so, it’s not a perfect system.

Hydropower 141

Hydropower Electricity Fossil fuels Climate change 141

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

bp has entered an agreement with Harmony Energy Income Trust to offer power trading and optimisation services for two battery storage systems, making use of a previously acquired AI-based platform to support the power grid during hours of peak demand.

Batteries 64

Batteries Power grid Demand Energy 64

Smart Energy International

MAY 30, 2024

ENTSO-E has released its draft research, development and innovation roadmap 2024-2034 for Europe’s transmission system for consultation. These are: • Cluster 1 – Power grid: backbone for the energy system – to improve resilience, efficiency and sustainability of power grids from planning, procurement, construction to utilisation.

Power grid 69

Power grid Innovation Fossil fuels Electricity 69

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Government and grid operators in the Netherlands are taking new, urgent measures to ensure sufficient space on the Dutch power grid as demand continues to surge in the compact country. That is good news, but it also puts enormous pressure on our power grid.

Power grid 64

Power grid Government Demand Electricity 64

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Indian scheme was awarded in fiscal year 2022 and covers the construction of a new 400/220kV substation at Koppal along with 144km of 400kV direct current transmission line with extension of the 40kV GIS Bays at the PGCIL (Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd) Narendra substation.

Energy 118

Energy Energy North America Europe 118

Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2021

Britain also chalked up a number of green electricity records last year as record levels of wind and solar generation dominated the power grid during periods of low demand thanks to lockdown measures spurred by the coronavirus crisis, and several of the UK's remaining coal plants shuttered.

Fossil fuels 92

Fossil fuels Electricity Carbon Power grid 92

Smart Energy International

JUNE 7, 2024

In this week’s edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief reports on an investment update from the International Energy Agency (IEA) which has found that of the total $3 trillion expected to be invested in energy, the lion’s share will go into renewables and the power grid, surpassing fossil fuels.

Fossil fuels 81

Fossil fuels Investment Power grid Energy 81

Smart Energy International

MARCH 20, 2024

The investment plan covers the period 2024 to 2028, with €2.6 Specifically, Terna intends to boost investment in developing the national power grid, with expenditure totalling €10.8 The most important projects in the 2024-2028 investment Plan, states Terna, include the Tyrrhenian Link, the Adriatic Link, Sa.Co.I.3

Investment 69

Investment IoT Innovation Technology 69

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Uplight says the acquisition can lead to more customers enrolled in utility energy programs, more DER connections, and more program options for utilities, grid operators, energy producers, and businesses across increased market segments and geographies. The deal is expected to close in early 2024, pending regulatory approval.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Power grid 52

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The systems involve electric-powered vehicles communicating with the power grid to sell demand response services, usually overseen by a third party, such as energy retailers or aggregators. The new service features Nissan-unique energy management technology that controls the charging and discharging of EV batteries.

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 98

Smart Energy International

JULY 3, 2024

Through the offering, British homeowners will be paid to switch on the hot water cylinder during low peak times, supporting the national grid’s onboarding of more renewables. This follows an initiative from Mixergy, whereby more than 70% of their customers already opt-in as a ‘Mixergy Hero’ to help solve grid congestion.

Demand 52

Demand Power grid Cooling Batteries 52

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The grid operator said it anticipates working on the expansion and reinforcement of the Dutch grid at 700 locations in the Netherlands over the next decade. This is according to TenneT’s Investment Plans 2024-2033 , which outlines which projects are needed over the next ten years to make the electricity grid ready for the future.

Investment 59

Investment Power grid Europe Energy 59