Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) centre has been launched at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, MD in the US. Thrust 2 is aimed to find ways to accommodate wind, solar and storage resources into the grid and leverage these inverter-based resources’ flexibility for ancillary services.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 7, 2023

SA Power Networks, a DSO in the state of South Australia, has forecast a trifecta of weather threats, including catastrophic bushfire risk, thunderstorms and wind gusts up to 100kmh, to electricity supply and grid operations in its operating area.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 4, 2022

To launch headway on its planned digitalisation efforts in Australia they have entered into a three-year partnership with electricity utility Horizon Power alongside a collaboration with investee company NNNCo. The IoT solutions will be rolled across Lake Argyle, Kununurra and Wyndham by Enzen and NNNCo.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

From storing, processing and analyzing the data needed to power any online service, data centres are the backbone of the growing digital economy, but have been notorious to be energy-guzzling facilities. From powering the servers and storage equipment to cooling infrastructures, data centres have a large appetite for electricity.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 26, 2022

The critical infrastructure we all rely on daily for fundamental needs like electricity is under pressure from annual weather emergencies like floods and fires. This post was originally published on Power-Grid International in light of DISTRIBUTECH 2022.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2024

Hitachi Energy’s tech will convert alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) for long-distance transmission and DC to AC, where the power is returned to the grid. The Marinus Link will use advanced converter technology at both ends of the link to stabilise and integrate more renewables into the power grid.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 3, 2024

According to ACEN in a release, once finished the project will be one of the nation’s largest co-located solar and battery energy storage facilities, providing stored energy to the power grid when it is needed. Upon completion of Stage two, the site will generate a total of 1,800GWh of renewable electricity annually.

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