Distributed Generation

Transmission & Distribution
How data intelligence can make grid operators the superheroes of the energy transition

Energy Generation
E-Port Smart Energy Master Plan: Decarbonising industry through smart energy systems
A closer look at how this North West decarbonisation project is helping to meet net-zero nationally

Smart Infrastructure
Operating a distribution network during a pandemic: the challenges and threats
Overnight, COVID-19 lockdowns have transformed our economies and societies. How are DSOs responding?

Energy Generation
Power to the people: reinventing the grid
Distributed renewables coupled with AI and machine learning offer a heady mix of possibilities for recasting the UK energy system into something that gives the customer ownership of costs and carbon, but practical problems remain. Stephen Cousins separates science fact from science fiction.

Energy Generation
US Clean Peak Standards create opportunity for storage and optimising software
A new rule coming into effect in Massachusetts in June will award credit for clean energy that captures peak demand.

Smart Infrastructure
Trading the Future: How a virtual marketplace can facilitate the path to Net Zero
Nicolas Métivier, Platform Manager for the Cornwall Local Energy Market, explains how Centrica’s innovative trials can accelerate the energy transformation.

Energy Generation
Unleashing A Solar Rooftop Revolution in India
Rooftop solar installations are lagging behind India's renewable targets due to resistance from distribution companies. President of the India Smart Grid Forum Reji Kumar Pillai explains why and recommends how to overcome the obstacles.

Energy Generation
Nowcasting solar electricity generation with AI
OpenClimate Fix is using artificial intelligence to predict how clouds affect solar electricity generation and will soon share some data and tools to enable researchers to develop innovative nowcasting algorithms.

Energy Retail
New tariff proposal could resolve a looming problem with grid expansion
The existing network tariff structure is not fit for purpose. A new bandwidth model proposed in the Netherlands and Norway could be a solution.

Smart Infrastructure
Shell Foundation and Aceleron delivering clean and affordable off-grid energy in Africa
Africa could leap-frog other societies in developing energy storage as a service, says Dr Amrit Chandan, CEO of Aceleron.

Smart Infrastructure
Virtual power plants spring to action in Europe, Japan and Australia
VPPs are primed to take advantage of the most lucrative markets, according to a webinar with Navigant, Enbala and the Australian grid operator AEMO.