Smart Energy International

MAY 28, 2024

New York’s Consolidated Edison, one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the US, has invested $2.3 billion in infrastructure projects across New York City and Westchester County to keep power grid service reliable. Last year’s peak was 11,565MW, which occurred on July 27, 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now FERC is being asked to put that authority to a new use: ending a decade-old provision allowing individual states to opt out of letting demand response companies enlist customers to turn down their energy use to support the power grid. ” Why demand-side resources are gaining grid power.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

When Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm with 155-mph winds, made a direct hit on Puerto Rico in 2017, it ravaged the island’s power grid and caused the longest blackout in US history. Maria left many residents without power for nearly a year.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Still, it’s going to take years to trim trees, harden poles, shield power lines, underground select circuits, and otherwise limit its fire risk profile to reach that goal. But PG&E did report a handful of successes from its ongoing investments into technologies to limit the scope and duration of fire-prevention outages.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Yet, as more Americans adopt electric vehicles and heating systems, energy demands are soaring, threatening to overwhelm the power grid, particularly during extreme weather conditions. The Strain of Electrification on the Grid Heating and cooling demand during severe weather pose significant challenges for the current grid.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

These areas are regulatory reform, evolution of market models, the scale of grid edge investment around electrification, and de-risking grid edge investment. In the 2020s, the utility industry’s focus is shifting from mitigating the operation of assets at the grid edge to monetizing them. More and more DERs.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2021

The explosion of corporate commitments, reflecting the growing demand for climate action from consumers, investors and the general public. The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Series B for AI-powered grid analytics Amperon Holdings has secured $20 million in Series B funding led by Energize Capital, to unlock more value from grid data and advance electricity forecasting. This will play a key role as the platform expands.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Power grid 105

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. Not investing in the grid is like accumulating cholesterol – you find out you are in bad shape.”

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 8, 2024

Despite record investments into power grid expansion to accommodate demand, grid operators Alliander, Enexis and Stedin have reported inefficient capacity to prevent increasing network congestion. Alliander invested more than €1.4 billion ($1.6

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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.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Demand 98

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

With the worst of winter weather arguably still ahead of us, John Humble of grid voltage experts Fundamentals explores how intelligent risk management, targeted maintenance and better communication across our networks are critical for preparing our power grids to keep the lights on.

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Energy Monitor Power grid Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 96

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

Grid modernisation initiatives, including the movement to new technologies such as smart grids, are spurring the demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS), according to latest research from Research and Markets. billion by 2026. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed. billion by 2031.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), RenewableUK and Solar Energy UK team up to demand clearer, ambitious clean energy goals. However, today the UK's main clean energy trade bodies warned that an acceleration in clean power capacity deployment is required if emissions goals and rising demand for electricity is to be met.

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Demand Power grid Climate change Government 101

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Yet many are still struggling to understand how to value energy storage as an investment. Global investments of $374 billion a year will be needed to upgrade the grid with enough flexibility to account for the variable power generation profiles of renewable technologies like solar and wind.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 2, 2025

Traditionally, the process of producing green hydrogensplitting water into oxygen and hydrogen using electricity from renewable sourceshas faced significant challenges due to high energy demands and reliance on rare, expensive metals. However, recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are addressing these roadblocks.

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Building Energy Monitoring Hydrogen Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 104

Smart Energy International

MAY 7, 2024

Power grids in many cities are being pushed to the edge of their operating limits with increased cooling demand and other climate change impacts, the IEA has reported. By 2050 urban growth is expected to be equivalent to adding the combined land area of Germany, Italy and Japan.

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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.

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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.

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Demand Electricity Power grid Carbon 52

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 26, 2021

This week, Clime Capital, a Singapore-based investment management company that manages funds from SEACEF, announced that it has invested in an innovative floating solar and storage project in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, currently under development by Blueleaf Energy.

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Investment Asia Fossil fuels Power grid 88

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

At more than double the price of similarly sized home battery offerings, the ecoLinx promised a 15 year warranty and the ability to control smart home devices, allowing it to manage both demand and supply of energy. customers eager to keep the lights on when the power grid fails. residential storage market is bigger than ever.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

At least $14 trillion needs to be invested in the grid worldwide by 2050 to support an evolved power system, according to BloombergNEF’s new Power Grid Long-Term Outlook 2021 published this week. Without adequate investment, the grid could become a bottleneck, slowing progress, said BNEF.

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Power grid Investment Demand Transportation 99

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

During the month more than 50 per cent of the country's power came from zero carbon sources, a feat also achieved in May, October, November and December, the operator said. Still, National Grid ESO data today shows zero carbon sources of electricity continued to outperform traditional fossil fuel generation in 2022.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

” Rapid growth in India’s renewable energy sector is driving demand for new technologies to modernize the country’s power sector. Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity. And yet, hundreds of millions of people in India still don’t have access to affordable and reliable power.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2021

A press release announcing the fundraiser cited the investment entry of Breakthrough Energy Ventures as “a major validation” of the technology, since the firm is only said to invest in technologies with the potential to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 1% of global emissions (0.5 gigatons) per year.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 25, 2020

government’s official climate change advisory body is calling for fast-tracking investment in early-stage hydrogen infrastructure, as well as prioritizing carbon capture and storage and EV charging infrastructure, as immediate responses to the coronavirus outbreak. ’s final energy demand by 2050. billion) a year.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

EIS, a distributor of electrical process materials and components in North America, announced the successful acquisition of Power Grid Supply (PGS), a supplier of transformer parts and components for the production, repair, and remanufacturing of transformers.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

In addition, National Grid's analysis, which is updated each year with several potential scenarios for how the UK could feasibly decarbonise its energy system, estimates that roughly 3GW of wind and 1.4GW of solar power would also need to be installed annually until mid-century to keep up with power demand.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Additionally, regions with renewable energy surplusessuch as wind power from offshore farmscan use that excess energy to produce green hydrogen, further integrating this technology into sustainable power grids. Looking forward, hydrogen technology could relieve pressure on electricity grids as electric vehicle adoption surges.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2021

VIDEO: CEO and co-founder of high resolution CO2 emissions data provider for power grids pitches to top investors as part of BusinessGreen's Technology & Investment Forum.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 20, 2024

Italian TSO Terna has announced investment plans of up to €16.5 The investment plan covers the period 2024 to 2028, with €2.6 billion) to be invested this year. I am proud to present the Industrial Plan with the highest level of investments in Terna’s history: €16.5 billion ($17.9 billion ($2.8 Terna plans to deliver €15.5

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 30, 2020

Founded in 1999, Capital Dynamics has invested in clean energy for about half that time, says Benoit Allehaut, a managing director with the firm’s clean energy infrastructure team. Its push towards solar began in 2017, when it invested in 1.1 “There’s a lot of demand for [dollar]-denominated assets.

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

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

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Think AI-boosted investment platforms, moves to ease up grid connection queues and top tech players to watch. Power grid forecasting One of the key recurring themes that has gained solid recognition over the last year has been the unarguable position of the power grid as an investment priority to reach global net-zero targets.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 24, 2021

In its Transforming Energy Scenario published in its Global Renewables Outlook in 2020, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said green hydrogen could supply up to 8% of overall global energy demand by 2050. Create markets and policy frameworks that reward flexible electricity supply and demand on the grid.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 10, 2024

million) Series B financing round to further develop its technology for power grid operators. Added Brieuc de Hults, investment director at Kory: “As a committed investor in energy transition, Korys recognizes the pivotal role that smart grid technologies play in enabling a sustainable future. million ($11.4

Energy Monitor 119

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Investment 119

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Cheap finance and maturing technology mean solar will be cheaper than both new coal or gas power plants from now onward. Power grids remain the weak link. Still, it warns that the industry's growth could be undermined by grid investment, which it calls “the weak link” in the transformation of the power market.

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