Smart Energy International

JULY 2, 2024

Entergy Texas cites the National Centers for Environmental Information, which finds 179 extreme weather events in Texas from 1980 to June 2024, including hurricanes and winter storms. The accelerated hardening projects included in Phase one total a $335 million investment in the Southeast Texas power grid.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 6, 2024

The IEA has reported that grids investment is expected to reach $400 billion in 2024, with Europe, the US, China and parts of Latin America leading the way. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 10, 2024

Making the announcement at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show, where the metaverse has emerged as a top topic, Siemens introduced partnerships with Sony, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft that are expected to lay the foundation for the industrial metaverse with the immersive reality it brings for industrial and other users.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ESB Networks to use digital twin to mitigate weather impacts on the grid Extreme weather pushes power grids to the brink – Is AI the answer? The study was conducted for the Wi-SUN Alliance by Censuswide in February 2024. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 31, 2023

For Xcel Energy, the rollout marks the next step in the modernisation of its power grid, which so far has focussed primarily on boosting the capacity and reliability of the system through new and improved lines and substations. Xcel Energy serves approximately 3.7 million electricity and 2.1

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Smart Energy International

JULY 9, 2024

.” #Beryl delivered a powerful blow across our service area – as seen in these pictures – but with the support of nearly 12,000 field resources, we expect to restore 1 million impacted customers by the end of day on Wednesday, July 10.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 26, 2024

The project was announced by Mayor Michelle Wu along with the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and utility company National Grid. The project design is set to start in early 2024 and construction activity will commence by 2025.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 1, 2024

billion in interest-bearing notes due from Brookfield, which are expected to be paid off by the end of 2024. FirstEnergy said some proceeds from the transaction will be used to support its five-year, $26 billion Energize365 grid investment program. The Ohio-headquartered electric utility company received $2.3 billion in 2022. .

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Have you read: Sungrow VPP project to support ailing South African power grid Australian VPP project to access 2m smart meters for load control AutoGrid is currently owned by Schneider Electric, which is also a strategic investor in Uplight. The deal is expected to close in early 2024, pending regulatory approval.

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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.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

MISO and PJM, two regional transmission system operators (RTOs) announced that they will collaborate on an informational interregional transfer capability study, set to be performed during the second half of 2024.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The smart grid phase 2 plan has three principal components – automation of distribution operations, advanced grid intelligence and telecommunications and cybersecurity. Have you read? The plan filings point to a number of challenges and opportunities that have driven the phase 2 vision.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The smart meter rollout is expected to get under way by the summer of 2024 and to extend over three years. Other benefits anticipated include faster service response and restoration times, support for new energy savings and efficiency programmes and more accurate invoicing and billing control. Have you read?

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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. To meet the IEA’s net zero by 2050 pathway, the share must near 30% in 2030 and thus electrification needs to accelerate rapidly, the Electricity 2024 publication states.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a release, California’s biggest utility, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), said they had already restored power to approximately 1 million customers since Monday, February 5, although they expect to restore most accessible outages by end-of-day Thursday.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 22, 2024

These additions bring with them critical benefits to our power grid. Energy storage has unique capabilities to address grid resilience, with the ability to serve as generation, load, and transmission. Developers plan to expand US battery capacity to more than 30GW by the end of 2024.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 22, 2024

These additions bring with them critical benefits to our power grid. Energy storage has unique capabilities to address grid resilience, with the ability to serve as generation, load, and transmission. Developers plan to expand US battery capacity to more than 30GW by the end of 2024.

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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. The submission deadline for Part 1 of the application is March 11, 2024.

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 29, 2024

Power generation was done using Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power plants, and each EGS project had a lifetime of 25 years. Configuration of an EGS project with a single production-injection doublet, ORC binary power plant, plant bypass line, makeup water source, and power grid connection.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 29, 2024

From interconnection to market structures, US power grid operators are grappling with an onslaught of battery storage development, which has boomed due to the critical need to shore up variable renewable energy. GW in 2020 to more than 14 GW by the end of 2023. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The new factory is scheduled to be completed at the end of 2024 and produce up to twelve million cells annually. Construction commenced on the Lakeside project in August 2023 with the energy park due to go live by mid-2024. With the concluded financing round, Skeleton’s total funding exceeds €300 million ($316.7

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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. This uptake was repeatedly cited as a key market focus.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Sunrun has been selected to build Puerto Rico’s first Virtual Power Plant (VPP) by the island’s electric utility provider. The company is aiming to dispatch the VPP in 2024. Sunrun said it will aggregate the solar and battery storage systems of more than 7,000 customers to form the 17MW VPP.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 16, 2024

A third project — an 18-mile (29km) upgrade to an Imperial Irrigation District transmission line that imports and exports power between California’s Imperial Valley and Arizona — is expected to be in service in spring 2024 and is expected to result in $18 million in charitable funds on a $40 million Citizens investment.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Ameren Illinois’ EV Charging Program Tariff has special rate and line extension provisions to encourage EV adoption and promote grid efficiency for home, multifamily, school and transit bus, and corridor charging. This was originally published on Power-Grid. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In light of the pending transaction, Con Edison intends to forego its previously announced plan to issue up to $850 million of common equity in 2022 and withdraws its equity guidance for 2023 and 2024. Con Edison was represented by Barclays as financial advisor and Latham & Watkins, LLP as legal advisor.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The company is expanding manufacturing and bolstering resilience to increase the supply of its solutions for customers in utility, commercial, healthcare, industrial, and residential markets across North America. The majority of these investments are expected to be completed in 2024 and 2025.

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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.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2022

GM repurposes vehicle hydrogen tech for power supply Electric Vehicle Charging: 3 of the UK’s most common questions. The reliability of the US electrical power grid has never been more important,” said Travis Hester, vice president of GM EV Growth Operations. “GM Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The round comes as severe weather and wildfires continue to cause significant stress on power grids across the globe, in some cases causing blackouts This is resulting in greater investments into power grids and networks. billion ($300.9

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Established in 2015 and headquartered in London, Statera is a prominent player in the UK’s battery storage and flexible energy sector, providing generation capacity from tech such as pumped hydro and green hydrogen to assist with balancing the power grid.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2023

National Transmission Needs Study The National Transmission Needs Study serves as DOE’s triennial state of the grid report and is an assessment of current and near-term future transmission needs through 2040. Register now Originally published by Sean Wolfe for, and edited with permission from, Power Grid.

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