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Articles tagged with: Software
Schneider Electric launches DERS ‘grid management solution’ with Autogrid
Schneider Electric has partnered with Autogrid for a “grid management solution” that can incorporate and optimise diverse assets including customer-sited energy storage.
V2G project launched at London’s Islington Town Hall by Honda and Moixa
Energy storage company Moixa, together with automotive giant Honda, have launched a vehicle to grid (V2G) project at Islington Town Hall that will help to provide constraint management for the building, as well as facilitate a switch to electric vehicles.
UL acquires microgrid software specialist HOMER Energy
HOMER Energy announced that it has been bought by global safety certification company UL, following the completion of the aquisition on 16 December.
AMS chief Kennedy steps aside as company steps up AI to the ‘next level’
Susan Kennedy has stepped down as CEO of Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS), with chief product officer Seyed Madaeni appointed to take her place.
Tough to build a software-only ESS business, battery system integrators argue
While software has been described by many as the single most important aspect of how an energy networks integrates, manages and then uses energy storage, two industry heavyweights have said that selling software licensing alone was not a viable business model for them.
Autogrid ramps up involvement in Japan’s VPP space
US software and data company Autogrid has continued its roll-out of solutions into Japan’s evolving electricity market, joining a virtual power plant (VPP) project that could add more than 10,000 assets by the end of 2021.
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New lease of life: Business models, batteries keep Japan’s solar boom afloat
Thanks to “innovative business models” and the combination of PV with batteries, Japan’s “solar boom” is far from over, market expert Izumi Kaizuka of RTS PV has said.
Open source software launched to help US behind-the-meter projects hit economic sweet spots
In the latest release, Sandia has emphasised the growth in interest in behind-the-meter (BTM), customer-sited energy storage systems.
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News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
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The smarts inside the storage: Software and analytics can drive economic value
Today, energy storage projects often fail to deliver value because of economic miscalculations. These computational issues, however, can now be mitigated by applying software, analytics and machine learning, write Enrico Ladendorf and Bryce Evans of Pason Power.
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UK’s ancillary services dispatched by web-based platform for first time
UK transmission network operator (TNO) National Grid has used a new web-based platform to dispatch ancillary services using battery storage in the first example of the new system being implemented across its reserve products.
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RedT shows off vanadium stack with augmented reality app
As an interactive way to introduce its third generation of stacks, vanadium redox flow storage maker RedT debuted its augmented reality app at Intersolar Europe/ees Europe this year.
Batwind is connected and Masdar and Equinor are ready to feed it data
‘Batwind’, a much-talked about battery storage project due to being the first grid storage system connected to an offshore floating wind farm 25km off the Scottish coast, is now online.
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Enel latest big name to hit Ontario’s energy storage space with 1MWh commercial project
Enel has become the latest big name to spy opportunities in the commercial and industrial (C&I) energy storage space in Ontario, Canada, signing an agreement this week for its first project in the region.
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Look beyond the hype: to really disrupt the energy world, we need a Yin to blockchain’s Yang, Pt 2.
Carsten Reincke-Collon of Younicos continues his look at the potential - and limitations - of using blockchain in the energy system. This second part covers how energy storage and storage management software could be the key to the 'puzzle'.
Younicos repowers another US wind farm’s legacy energy storage system with lithium-ion batteries
Younicos will carry out another project to retrofit lithium-ion batteries in replacement for an existing lead acid battery system at a wind farm, this time in Hawaii.
ENGIE wraps acquired US energy storage, efficiency & sustainability players into parent brand
France-headquartered multinational utility ENGIE has followed up acquisitions in smart energy by incorporating three companies including commercial energy storage provider Green Charge into its parent brand, with the explicit aim of furthering its position in North American markets.
‘Hybrid power plant’ enabled for 65% renewable energy island Graciosa
A “hybrid power plant”, controlling the grid for an entire island and its inhabitants, has been created with the addition of a management and control platform from energy storage system integrator Greensmith.
Microsoft, GE extend partnership with wind turbine-plus-storage project in Ireland
Microsoft is going to be the off-taker of power from a 37MW wind power project in Europe, trialling the use of integrated battery energy storage to trade the energy.
Peak Power supplies control platforms to 6MWh of Ontario and New York projects
Energy storage services provider Peak Power will supply control platforms to 6MWh of energy storage projects in Ontario and New York, some of which will be funded by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).
E.On sells stake in Greensmith as software specialist is acquired by Wärtsilä
Finnish power equipment firm Wärtsilä has immediately followed up its launch of hybrid and standalone energy storage systems with the acquisition of system integrator and software specialist Greensmith Energy Management Systems (Greensmith).
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Energy storage software will help build the grid of the future
Software platforms are emerging as a crucial element in the rapidly expanding energy storage industry. Alex Eller of Navigant Research explains the crucial role software plays in underpinning the value of energy storage systems.
Enel swoops for energy storage software and project developer Demand Energy
US-based energy storage project developer and software company Demand Energy has been acquired by Italian utility company Enel.
Navigant: Energy storage software revenues could hit US$3.4 billion by 2025
Software for energy storage systems will be a mixture of in-house solutions by integrator/ developers and third-party providers, in an industry segment set for a steep rise in value, according to one expert.
Peter Thiel’s money backs Stem’s belief in ‘distributed, intelligent storage revol
Involvement from billionaire Peter Thiel in Stem’s Series C indicates a shared belief among investors that “distributed, intelligent storage is going to absolutely revolutionise the electric grid over the coming decades”, the company’s marketing director has said.
Utility E.ON invests in Greensmith to ‘extend energy storage activities’
Germany-based utility E.ON has invested in US energy storage software, systems and service company Greensmith, bringing the storage specialist’s Series C round of growth financing to US$18.3 million.
Experts highlight importance of software as Sharp adds performance modelling to commercial offering
Sharp Electronics will add software modelling the performance of energy storage systems to its commercial storage offering, with software an area industry figures and experts have highlighted as one of the most critical areas of competition and progress in the sector.