Grids

Smart Grid

Smart Energy Finances: Gridspertise Tech Alliance and Enel Finance’s €1B Sustainability Bond

​This week’s iteration of Smart Energy Finances looks to partnerships and sustainability bonds announced under the Enel umbrella.

Smart Grid

$10.5 billion programme for US grid upgrades launched

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking input on a $10.5 billion programme for smart grids and other upgrades to strengthen the country’s electricity grid…

Microgrid

Technology Trending: Microgrid DERMS, AI for Outage Recovery, Next-Gen Battery Electrodes, New Energy T ransition Materials

DERMS for Australian rural microgrids, AI for rapid outage recovery in China, 3D printing of high performance battery electrodes and a partnership to discover n…

Smart Grid

Smart Grids Are Spurring Demand for BESS – Study

Grid modernisation initiatives, including the movement to new technologies such as smart grids, are spurring the demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS…

Microgrid

ABB Releases Blueprint for Carbon Negative Microgrids

ABB has announced delivery of electrical distribution and control systems for a 300kW future microgrid that engineering and management consultancy Tetra Tech is…

Enel Grids Develops Natural Ester-Insulated Low Carbon Transformer

Enel Grids has announced the development of a new low-carbon transformer, leveraging natural ester to mitigate its carbon footprint.

Minigrids Expanding Energy Access in Burkina Faso, Liberia and Zambia

The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) programme has signed four further agreements with off-grid energy service companies in Burkina Faso, Liberia and Zamb…

Smart Grid

Global Community Smart Grid Collaboration Kicks Off

The International Community for Local Smart Grids research initiative is aimed to champion the relationship between communities and smart grids.

United Kingdom

Ofgem Injects £20.9BN Into UK’s Energy Grid Upgrade

Ofgem has announced a five-year vision, from 2023 to 2028, to transform UK energy grids to support the transition to a low-carbon energy system.

Nigeria

Minigrids to Provide Power to Nigerians Not Currently Being Serviced

Nigeria has the world’s largest minigrid market valued at $9 billion and if explored, it could provide electricity to millions in country who are currently wit…

Energy Investment

Record Global Energy Investment to Grow 8% To $2.4T in 2022: IEA

This is on the back of investment in renewables and grids.

Energy Investment

Renewables to Drive 8% Rise in Global Energy Investment in 2022

Green energy, grids and storage now account for more than 80% of total investment in power sector.

Microgrid

AXA IM Invests $15MN in Greenstruxure to Grow US Microgrids

AXA Investment Managers joins line of investors in GreenStruxure which is developing on-site renewable energy microgrids for commercial buildings in the US.

Smart Meter

Smart Meters and Smart Grids Key In SDG&E’s Clean Energy Plan

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has filed a $3 billion plan for the years 2024-2027 towards its ongoing clean energy drive.

Solar Cell

Ghana Mini-Grid and Solar PV Net Metering Project Launches

The government of Ghana has signed a grant agreement with the African Development Fund and the government of Switzerland to support the development of minigrids…