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A Blockchain-Enabled Smart Meter for Clean Power Trading?

GreenTechMedia

Blockchain’s energy sector uses range from the highly speculative—think peer-to-peer energy trading using cryptocurrency raised in initial coin offerings (ICOs)—to more incremental efforts, grounded in real-world challenges of operating an increasingly decentralized power grid. are testing it out.

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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

GreenTechMedia

Remote minigrids are a tough market for a traditional smart meter vendor. The meters that minigrids use need to be cheap, rugged and reliable, and they must be able to adjust to the often unstable operating conditions of solar-powered standalone grids. ” The World Bank’s International Finance Corp.

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Enlit Africa and industry leaders showcase power and energy industry development

Smart Energy International

On the face of it, the power sector in Africa seems to be in trouble. Yet, there is another side to this tale of darkness – one in which electrification, light, new interconnections and power developments are springing up all over the continent and innovative technology is being adopted at a rate never seen before.

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How do smart water meters help drive revenue?

Smart Energy International

Nowadays, there is a growing discussion in the newspapers and media about smart water meters. But each person has a different understanding of the smart water meter and how it helps to improve the operational performance of water companies. Smart water meters: challenges in Africa. Smart water meter technology.

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Smart Energy Finances: SparkMeter funding, Elia in the US and AI assisting investments

Smart Energy International

Honeywell invests in Sparkmeter SparkMeter, a provider of grid management services, equipment and software solutions across Africa, Asia and the Americas, has secured a strategic $5 million investment and global partnership with Honeywell Smart Energy, a utility digital solution provider. stake in energyRe Giga Projects.

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A global forum to catalyse India’s clean energy transition

Smart Energy International

Narendra Modi’s clarion call for becoming ‘AatmaNirbhar’ in energy sector, DISTRIBUTECH India 2022, together with POWERGEN India and Indian Utility Week, India’s leading Energy Business Platforms, will be organised from 12th-14th October 2022 in New Delhi, India. Have you read? ABOUT DISTRIBUTECH INDIA.

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Global grids investment starting to pick up – IEA

Smart Energy International

Following a decline from 2016 to a little over $300 billion 2019 and 2020, the investment in power grid infrastructure has been steadily increasing, the IEA shows in its latest ‘World Energy Investment’ overview. Power transformers in particular encounter obstacles due to inflationary pressures and supply shortages.