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The two energy storage projects will have a total capacity of 117MW. </p> <p>The Lingen project will have a total capacity of 45MW whilst the Werne project will have 72MW. They will comprise 420 lithium-ion battery racksย in 47ย containers. The energy storage project is claimed to be one of the largest and most innovative in Germany.</p> <p>Once complete in 2022, the projects will be virtually coupled with RWEโs run-of-river power stations. By raising or decreasing the flow-through at these power stations, RWE can make additional capacity available, also as balancing energy. This coupling process raises the total capacity of the batteries by 15%, according to a statement.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/features-analysis/insuring-the-energy-transition/">Edโs note: Insuring the energy transition</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/storage/siemens-and-german-grid-operator-enter-eu-race-for-giant-batteries/">Siemens and German grid operator enter EU race for giant batteries</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/regional-news/north-america/merger-highlights-importance-of-clean-energy-and-storage-integration/">Merger highlights importance of clean energy and storage integration</a></p> <p>The energy from the batteries will be used to provide frequency regulation within the main grid.</p> <p>Roger Miesen, CEO of RWE Generation, said: โBattery storage systems are essential to the success of the energy transition. 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Today, the UK has managed to install smart meters to 45% of its customers, with the aim to ensure that 50 million metering points have an advanced meter, according to a statement.</p> <p>Installation for Scottish Power customers in North England is expected to begin in August for consumers. The project covers North-West, North-East and Yorkshire.</p> <p>The smart meter programme, which is part of the UK’s digital transformation and energy transition initiatives, will enable consumers to control and reduce their energy spend and utilities to optimise grid management<a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/policy-regulation/scottish-power-announces-2-billion-renewables-investment/">, speed up the deployment of renewable energy,</a> and the adoption of distributed energy resources whilst reducing carbon emissions.</p> <p>According to the UK’s Data Communications Company (DCC), which builds and operates the network that the smart meters are being connected to, the UK is now able to avoid more than 300,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions and help residential and business customers save ยฃ347 million ($481.8 million) per year owing to the <a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-meters/uk-doubles-number-of-smart-meters-on-dcc-network-in-one-year/">13 million units on connected to the network. </a></p> <p>The announcement by Scottish Power comes at a time the DCC is busy upgrading its network in North England to ensure secure and resilient smart meter connectivity and data telemetry. In its <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/4L8ECG6kgcEVG4PuKD8vc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Business and Development Plan (2021/22-2025/26)</em></a>, released in July, the DCC announced that it will procureย a new 4G communications hub to futureproof the network in the region in 2022.</p> <p>Smart meters will enable Scottish Power to accurately bill its customers and avoid energy theft whilst improving customer services. </p> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background" href="https://www.smart-energy.com/subscribe-to-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sign up to our newsletter</a></div> <p>Andrew Gore, Head of Sales for Retail in Siemens MAS, said: โWe are delighted to be working with ScottishPower on smart MOP deployment and have teams in place ready to install the smart meters, following rigorous safety protocols. 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It is intended as a lower cost and safer alternative to lithium-ion for long duration energy storage in the range from four to 24 hours.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/storage/india-to-launch-battery-energy-storage-manufacturing-capability/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">India to launch battery energy storage manufacturing capability</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/storage/renew-power-to-address-storage-market-barriers-with-stanford-university/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ReNew Power to address storage market barriers with Stanford University</a></p> <p>โThis financing supports the commercial growth of our company and technology,โ says Dan Leff, Ambri Executive Chairman.</p> <p>โFurther, these funds are instrumental to driving our efforts to scale the companyโs operations.โ</p> <p>Ambri intends to use the proceeds from this fund raise to design and construct high volume manufacturing facilities in the US and internationally to meet the growing demand from the grid-scale energy storage market and large industrial energy customers such as data centres.</p> <p>As part of the transaction, Reliance New Energy Solar will develop and manufacture Ambriโs batteries in India.</p> <p>Ambri has also entered into a long-term antimony supply agreement with Perpetua Resources, whose largest shareholder is Paulson & Co.</p> <p>Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, says the partnership with Ambri is an important step in the groupโs journey of achieving its decarbonisation goals and part of the broader plan recently announced to develop the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex in Jamnagar in the western Indian state of Gujarat.</p> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background" href="https://www.smart-energy.com/subscribe-to-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sign up to our newsletter</a></div> <p>โ[This] will be amongst the largest integrated renewable energy manufacturing facilities in the world and the epicentre of Indiaโs Green Economy movement,โ he promises.</p> <p>Ambriโs battery technology is containerised and scalable from 10MWh to over 2GWh and has an expected 20-year lifetime. 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The 100-member chamber passed the infrastructure bill in a 69-30 vote. </p> <p>The measure proposes nearly $550 billion in new spending over five years in addition to current federal authorizations for public works that will reach virtually every corner of the country โ a potentially historic expenditure which President Biden has put on par with the building of the transcontinental railroad and Interstate highway system.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The bill that passed the Senate today makes some of the most meaningful investments in infrastructure weโve ever seen in this country. <a href="https://t.co/wksOlCAcF7">pic.twitter.com/wksOlCAcF7</a></p>— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecretaryPete/status/1425272288128143367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div></figure> <p>The bill will spend billions to better prepare the country for the effects of global warming and is the single largest federal investment in power transmission in history. 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This larger package is now being debated and is considered a more liberal undertaking expected to draw only Democratic support.</p> <p>The bill must now pass through the House of Representatives before it can become law, however, this is expected to be a formality only, as Democrats hold a majority in the House.</p> <p>Anthony Allard, Head of North America for Hitachi ABB Power Grids, said: โThis is a monumental bill for the energy industry and Iโm excited to see it making its way through the legislative process. It comes at a critical, pivotal time. </p> <p>“The UN just released a report about the dire consequences if we donโt fight climate change together. Thereโs no better time than today to invest in our grid and its transmission and distribution system. It will help create a more resilient, reliable grid โ one that is powered by clean, renewable energy. </p> <p>“The investments in EVs and clean transportation will empower the country to move full steam ahead with electrification, critical to reaching carbon zero. </p> <p>“By leveraging and investing in R&D and technology such as long-duration batteries and artificial intelligence, this law will bring the United States one step closer to addressing the countryโs energy needs.โ</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The infrastructure bill passed by the US Senate includes billions in upgrades to transportation, energy & water infrastructure. But we need more climate-smart investment to meet the challenges we're facing. Read more fromย <a href="https://twitter.com/Dlashof?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Dlashof</a>.<br> <br>Photo by Eric E Johnson/Flickr</p>— World Resources Inst (@WorldResources) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldResources/status/1425291128266498048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div></figure> <p>Hamad Ebrahim, Head of Research at NTree International, believes commodity markets and supply chains, in particular metals like copper, nickel, and silver, are set to benefit substantially from this enormous investment. โThe approval of Bidenโs infrastructure plan is good news for those investing in metals, with copper and nickel required in huge quantities as power systems and vehicle fleets are upgraded and electrified.โ</p> <p>“Assuming an annual US refined copper consumption of approximately 1.8 million tonnes per year then the increased infrastructure spending will translate into additional refined copper demand of approximately 500k2 tonnes over the next five years.</p> <p>“Nickel and copper also stand to be key beneficiaries from electrification spending and replacement of internal combustion-powered federal fleets with electric battery-powered fleets. EVs contain up to 10x more copper than internal combustion engine vehicles and each electric bus contains approximately 370kgs of copper. </p> <p>“The US yellow school bus fleet size is approximately 480,000 and if 20% of the fleet is replaced by electric buses, an additional 35k tonnes of copper will be needed. The US also has a federal agency vehicle fleet of approximately 650k and transitioning all of those to electric vehicles will significantly increase demand for both copper and nickel.”</p> <p><strong>The US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has been passed by the Senate, paving the way for $1.2 trillion of investment into the nationโs infrastructure.</strong></p> <p>The scaled-down version of President Biden’s initial $2.3 trillion proposal was designed to appeal to both Republicans and Democrats and is said to be the nationโs biggest investment in decades in the energy grid, roads, bridges and airports. The 100-member chamber passed the infrastructure bill in a 69-30 vote. </p> <p>The measure proposes nearly $550 billion in new spending over five years in addition to current federal authorizations for public works that will reach virtually every corner of the country โ a potentially historic expenditure which President Biden has put on par with the building of the transcontinental railroad and Interstate highway system.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The bill that passed the Senate today makes some of the most meaningful investments in infrastructure weโve ever seen in this country. <a href="https://t.co/wksOlCAcF7">pic.twitter.com/wksOlCAcF7</a></p>— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecretaryPete/status/1425272288128143367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div></figure> <p>The bill will spend billions to better prepare the country for the effects of global warming and is the single largest federal investment in power transmission in history. Furthermore, the legislation includes $73 billion to modernize the nationโs electricity grid, provides $7.5 billion for clean buses and ferries and sets aside $7.5 billion to develop electric vehicle charging stations across the country.</p> <p>โToday we move this country in a very different directionโ with a budget plan that will โask the wealthiest people in our country to start paying their fair share of taxes,โ said Senate budget committee chair Bernie Sanders on Tuesday.</p> <p>Senator Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the budget committee, railed against the spending plan, saying it would fuel inflation, lead to higher taxes and energy costs on working Americans and open the border to more illegal immigration.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/policy-regulation/what-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-means-for-the-us-energy-landscape/">What the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill means for the US energy landscape</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/electric-vehicles/us-50-electric-vehicle-sale-share-by-2030/">US: 50% electric vehicle sale share by 2030</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/renewable-energy/energy-sector-backs-ipcc-code-red-for-humanity-climate-report/">Energy sector backs IPCC โcode red for humanityโ climate report</a></p> <p>The $1 trillion bipartisan measure is to be funded by repurposing other money, including some COVID-19 aid, unlike the $3.5 trillion second package, which would be paid for by higher tax rates for corporations and the wealthy. This larger package is now being debated and is considered a more liberal undertaking expected to draw only Democratic support.</p> <p>The bill must now pass through the House of Representatives before it can become law, however, this is expected to be a formality only, as Democrats hold a majority in the House.</p> <p>Anthony Allard, Head of North America for Hitachi ABB Power Grids, said: โThis is a monumental bill for the energy industry and Iโm excited to see it making its way through the legislative process. It comes at a critical, pivotal time. </p> <p>“The UN just released a report about the dire consequences if we donโt fight climate change together. Thereโs no better time than today to invest in our grid and its transmission and distribution system. It will help create a more resilient, reliable grid โ one that is powered by clean, renewable energy. </p> <p>“The investments in EVs and clean transportation will empower the country to move full steam ahead with electrification, critical to reaching carbon zero. </p> <p>“By leveraging and investing in R&D and technology such as long-duration batteries and artificial intelligence, this law will bring the United States one step closer to addressing the countryโs energy needs.โ</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The infrastructure bill passed by the US Senate includes billions in upgrades to transportation, energy & water infrastructure. But we need more climate-smart investment to meet the challenges we're facing. Read more fromย <a href="https://twitter.com/Dlashof?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Dlashof</a>.<br> <br>Photo by Eric E Johnson/Flickr</p>— World Resources Inst (@WorldResources) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldResources/status/1425291128266498048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div></figure> <p>Hamad Ebrahim, Head of Research at NTree International, believes commodity markets and supply chains, in particular metals like copper, nickel, and silver, are set to benefit substantially from this enormous investment. โThe approval of Bidenโs infrastructure plan is good news for those investing in metals, with copper and nickel required in huge quantities as power systems and vehicle fleets are upgraded and electrified.โ</p> <p>“Assuming an annual US refined copper consumption of approximately 1.8 million tonnes per year then the increased infrastructure spending will translate into additional refined copper demand of approximately 500k2 tonnes over the next five years.</p> <p>“Nickel and copper also stand to be key beneficiaries from electrification spending and replacement of internal combustion-powered federal fleets with electric battery-powered fleets. EVs contain up to 10x more copper than internal combustion engine vehicles and each electric bus contains approximately 370kgs of copper. </p> <p>“The US yellow school bus fleet size is approximately 480,000 and if 20% of the fleet is replaced by electric buses, an additional 35k tonnes of copper will be needed. The US also has a federal agency vehicle fleet of approximately 650k and transitioning all of those to electric vehicles will significantly increase demand for both copper and nickel.”</p> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background" href="https://www.smart-energy.com/subscribe-to-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sign up to our newsletter</a></div> ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:5;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:75:" ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:3:{s:0:"";a:7:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:68:"Merger highlights importance of clean energy and storage 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technologies to address renewables fluctuation, meet demand and drive environmental sustainability.</strong></p> <p>The planned merger between the largest clean energy and energy storage associations in America highlights the increasing importance of integrating renewables and storage for grid reliability and to achieve energy transition and decarbonisation goals.</p> <p>The boards of directors of ACP and ESA have voted in favor of the merger, which is expected to come into effect on January 1, 2022 once approval from other relevant parties is achieved.</p> <p>Combining the staff, programmes, members, and expertise of the two associations will “further position the renewable energy and storage industries for success as they move into a decade of transformative growth,” according to a statement.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.powerengineeringint.com/coal-fired/strategic-development-coal-fired/doe-commits-109-5m-to-support-transition-from-coal/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DOE commits $109.5m to support transition from coal</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/distributed-generation/national-grid-to-integrate-150gwh-of-der-capacity-in-new-england-grid/">National Grid to connect 150GWh of DER capacity in New England</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/storage/pnnl-researchers-increase-the-lifespan-of-ev-batteries-to-record-level/">New Lithium-metal โrecipeโ increases lifespan of EV batteries to record level</a></p> <p>Jim Murphy, Chairman of the board for ACP, said: โEnergy storage is foundational to a cleaner energy future for the country.</p> <p>โJoining together with ESA strengthens the unified voice of the clean power industry as we continue to transform the US power grid to a low-cost, reliable and renewable power system.โ</p> <p>Kiran Kumaraswamy, Chairman of the Board for ESA, adds: โOur Board sees the merger with ACP as a powerful new chapter for our industry and a pathway to achieving 100GW of new energy storage by 2030.</p> <p>โThe ESA Board of Directors is confident that a merger will elevate advocacy, research, and educational efforts on behalf of the energy storage industry, with significant benefits and expanded opportunities for ESAโs staff and membership.โ</p> <p>The announcement follows the US Department of Energy announcing a target of reducing the cost of grid-scale, long-duration storage systems by 90% by 2030. Reducing the costs will also ensure that energy storage systems are readily available in abundance to scale up renewables deployment. </p> <p>Commenting on the target, the US Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, said<strong>: </strong>โWeโre going to bring hundreds of gigawatts of clean energy onto the grid over the next few years, and we need to be able to use that energy wherever and whenever itโs needed.</p> <p>โThatโs why DOE is working aggressively toward cheaper, longer duration energy storage to reach President Bidenโs goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035. This new initiative will create new manufacturing jobs right here at home and make sure clean, reliable, affordable electricity is available to everyone, including Americans living in remote and underserved communities.โ <a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/storage/us-doe-sets-a-new-target-for-long-duration-energy-storage/">Find out more here.</a></p> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background" href="https://www.smart-energy.com/subscribe-to-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sign up to our newsletter</a></div> ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:6;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:66:" ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:3:{s:0:"";a:7:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:64:"AGL announces Australiaโs second-biggest energy storage system";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:116:"https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/storage/agl-announces-australias-second-biggest-energy-storage-system/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:16:05 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:8:"category";a:4:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4:"News";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:1;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:7:"Oceania";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:2;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:7:"Storage";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:3;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Australia";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:38:"https://www.smart-energy.com/?p=105066";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:1:{s:11:"isPermaLink";s:5:"false";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:126:"Energy company AGL has announced that it will be building the second-largest battery energy storage system in South Australia.";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:9:"enclosure";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:0:"";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:3:{s:3:"url";s:111:"https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ipiccy_image-2021-08-10T120225.694-250x356.jpg";s:4:"type";s:9:"image/jpg";s:6:"length";s:1:"0";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14:"Nicholas Nhede";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:40:"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3252:" <p><strong>Energy company AGL has announced that it will be building the second-largest battery energy storage system in South Australia.</strong></p> <p>The utility is investing $180 million (US$131 million) for the construction of a 250MW/250MWh battery energy storage system at Torrens Island in South Australia.</p> <p>The project is AGL’s first grid-scale battery energy storage system and will be developed in partnership with technology company Wรคrtsilรค.</p> <p>The plant will enable the storage of both thermal and renewable energy. With AGL producing 20% of Australiaโs total electricity, battery storage is expected to play a key role in ensuring the reliability of the grid during peak periods. Meaning electricity can be stored during times when demand is low for use during peak periods.</p> <p>Energy storage will also enable the utility to expand its portfolio of renewable energy as well as address its fluctuating nature. AGL plans up to 850MW of grid-scale energy storage capacity across Australia.</p> <p>Construction is planned to commence in late 2021 for operations to kickstart in 2023.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/policy-regulation/arena-to-speed-up-der-adoption-in-australia-with-new-regulation/">New regulation to speed up DER adoption in Australia</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/distributed-generation/consumers-transforming-australias-electricity-market-with-rooftop-pv/">Consumers transforming Australiaโs electricity market with rooftop PV</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/storage/renew-power-to-address-storage-market-barriers-with-stanford-university/">ReNew Power to address storage market barriers with Stanford University</a></p> <p>The storage system will operate initially in grid-following mode before switching at a later date to grid-forming mode (virtual synchronous generationโVSG), making it the largest energy storage solution capable of operating in this mode, according to a statement.</p> <p>Sushil Purohit, President, Wรคrtsilรค Energy, said: โThis is a landmark project. Renewable generation is growing rapidly in South Australia.โ</p> <p>Purohit said the energy storage will enable the increased use of renewables to provide affordable electricity to consumers. The project is expected to help Australia to speed up its transition from fossil fuel-based energy generation to low-carbon resources.</p> <p>AGL Chief Operating Officer, Markus Brokhof said AGL is excited to begin these works as they develop their sites into low-carbon industrial energy hubs.</p> <p>Said Brokhof: โTorrens Island has played an important role in the stateโs energy generation for many decades and our plans ensure the siteโs legacy continues with smart and sustainable technologies.<a href="https://www.powerengineeringint.com/newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sign up for our newsletter and stay informed</a></p> <p>โWe estimate up to 50 local jobs during the peak of the construction phase, in addition to the 400 employees already working at our South Australian sites.โ</p> ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:7;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:69:" ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:3:{s:0:"";a:7:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:66:"Smart water meters market to record impressive 7.7% growth by 2026";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:125:"https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-meters/smart-water-meters-market-to-record-impressive-7-7-growth-by-2026/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:10:27 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:8:"category";a:5:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14:"Digitalisation";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:1;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:6:"Global";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:2;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4:"News";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:3;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:12:"Smart Meters";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:4;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:11:"Smart Water";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:38:"https://www.smart-energy.com/?p=105030";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:1:{s:11:"isPermaLink";s:5:"false";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:157:"The global smart water meters market is expected to record a significant growth of 7.7% between 2020 and 2026 owing to massive investments in digitalisation.";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:9:"enclosure";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:0:"";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:3:{s:3:"url";s:88:"https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Water-meter-250x356.jpg";s:4:"type";s:9:"image/jpg";s:6:"length";s:1:"0";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14:"Nicholas Nhede";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:40:"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3941:" <p><strong>The global smart water meters market is expected to record significant growth of 7.7% between 2020 and 2026 owing to massive investments in digitalisation by stakeholders in the water sector as economies recover from the pandemic.</strong></p> <p>A new report released by Global Industry Analysts forecasts investments in smart water metering to jump from $2.9 billion in 2020 to $4.6 billion by 2026 with the US, China, Canada, Japan, and Germany leading the market.</p> <p>With two-way communication-based system operations taking over, the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) segment is expected to witness more investments than the automated meter reading (AMR) sector. </p> <p>The AMI segment which enables utilities to access consumer water usage data in real-time by allowing smart meters to communicate directly with the utility on their own is expected to record a 10.6% growth. Benefits associated with AMI including fault or leakage identification, service connection/disconnection, and theft or tamper detection, are expected to drive increased utility investments, states the <em>“Smart Water Meters – Global Market Trajectory & Analytics”</em> report. The AMR sector is projected to record a 4.9% expansion.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-water/450000-nb-iot-smart-water-meters-coming-in-spain/">450,000 NB-IoT smart water meters coming in Spain</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-water/montana-utility-combines-smart-metering-with-pressure-monitoring/">Montana utility combines smart metering with pressure monitoring</a></p> <p>Overall, the primary drivers of utility investment in smart meters include the need to address water scarcity, leakages, non-revenue water, aging infrastructure, rapid urbanisation, an increase in the enactment of supporting legislation, water conservation, and measures to improve operational savings.</p> <p>Other factors driving the growth of the market include the need to ensure efficient water leakage and pressure management, reliable network operations and management, strategic channelization of capital expenditures, and better water quality monitoring.ย </p> <p>The US, in 2021 alone, is expected to generate $467.8 million in revenue. North America is expected to remain a strong market for smart water meters owing to rapid industrialisation and urbanisation. Efforts by North American governments to reduce non-revenue water, ensure accurate water bills, and develop smart cities will drive the market. Moreover, the increasing amount of technology companies offering smart metering solutions in North America presents growth opportunities for the market.</p> <p>The Chinese market, owing to the country’s high population, IoT rollouts, and rapid digitalisation, is expected to reach $1.8 billion in revenue by 2026. </p> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background" href="https://www.smart-energy.com/subscribe-to-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sign up to our newsletter</a></div> <p>Japanย andย Canada are projected to record a 4.8% and 6.2% growth, respectively, whilst Germanyย is forecast to grow at approximately 6.2% CAGR.ย In Germany and its other European counterparts, increasing awareness of the benefits of smart meters on consumer water usage and government efforts to enhance water conservation will be the main 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the time and cost โ and inconveniences โ of digging up roads and verges.</p> <p>Civil works, in particular installing new ducts and poles, are calculated to make up as much as 80% of the costs to industry of building the new gigabit-capable broadband network.</p> <p>The government is making available ยฃ4 million ($5.5 million) to trial the scheme, which follows the initiation of a consultation process in June 2020 on potential utility and telecom infrastructure sharing by broadband companies to accelerate the rollout and achievement of national coverage of the next-generation network.</p> <p>โThe cost of digging up roads and land is the biggest obstacle telecoms companies face when connecting hard-to-reach areas to better broadband, but beneath our feet, there is a vast network of pipes reaching virtually every building in the country,โ states Digital Infrastructure Minister Matt Warman.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-grid/alabama-utility-developing-regions-most-advanced-broadband-network/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alabama utility developing regionโs most advanced broadband network</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/energy-grid-management/smart-sector-integration-from-concept-to-model/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Smart sector integration โ from concept to model</a></p> <p>โSo we are calling on Britainโs brilliant innovators to help us use this infrastructure to serve a dual purpose of serving up not just fresh and clean water but also lightning-fast digital connectivity.โ</p> <p>The project will also look to test solutions that reduce the amount of water lost due to leaks, estimated at around 20% of the total put into the public supply. 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Grid modernisation and new field services are underway to improve efficiency and productivity in a system with increasing penetration of intermittent renewable generation and small scale distributed energy resources.</strong></p> <p>In increasing numbers, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), grid sensors, and distributed energy resources are being installed across the networks. Distribution automation enabled by these edge devices, is key for the system operator to maintain the grid’s integrity.</p> <p>The challenge for grid modernisation is that it is a long term phased implementation utilising the technologies of the day. Commonly, technologies are based on a plethora of different standards โ DLMS, G3-PLC, LTE, Wi-SUN to name a few โ and backed by a slew of different types of communications networks from private to public and fibre to PLC to wireless.</p> <h2><strong>Distribution automation</strong></h2> <p>Multiple-use cases offer wide-ranging potential benefits for operational reliability, efficiency and system performance, as well as customer engagement and the enablement of prosumer participation in the market.</p> <p>To increase safety, reliability, customer satisfaction and profitability, utilities are automating meter reads, power quality sensing and customer load profiles through automated two-way communication with the AMI.</p> <p>Management of power quality throughout distribution systems is being automated with volt/var optimisation. Power restoration is automated with fault, location, isolation and service restoration (FLISR) technologies.</p> <p>To integrate grids with other energy resources, distribution automation and the Internet of Things (IoT) is used to connect to distributed energy resources such as solar power generators, wind farms and microgrids.</p> <p>Each of these energy resources has its own set of sensors and specialised substations, which are bringing growing volumes of data to manage and process both from their number and the read frequency as the grid management requirements have moved closer to real-time.</p> <h2><strong>Utility Field Area Networking</strong></h2> <p>This grid modernisation is driving intense focus in wireless Field Area Networking (FAN). Despite the aim for a single FAN, no one technology can support all of the use cases and utilities will have a variety of grid modernisation FANs, adding costs and complexities to their operations.</p> <p>To simplify operations and to drive convergence within the FAN, new technologies pioneered by connectivity provider Cisco enable all of these technologies to be consolidated onto a single multi-service platform for monitoring and control of distribution networks.</p> <p>The Cisco FAN solution includes technologies, products and architectures that provide new advantages in security, manageability, edge intelligence, scalability and high availability. This multi-service FAN includes a secure scalable network architecture leveraging LTE, Wi-SUN 900MHz mesh, LoRaWAN and wireline technologies all terminating in the same secure headend infrastructure.</p> <p>The solution reduces complexity with unified management through the Cisco Field Network Director, which provides enhanced automation and serviceability via a zero-touch deployment and plug-and-play functionality.</p> <p>With support for 10 million endpoints and a scalable headend architecture, the solution is designed to enable utility deployment of distribution automation assets at volume, speed and accuracy.</p> <p>Jeffrey Tufts, Director of Global Energy Solutions at Cisco, says that there is the desire to consolidate on to one FAN technology and many projects start with this goal in mind. However, there is no silver bullet and often a FAN that was intended to be a single technology eventually grows to encompass several.</p> <p>โOften a technology that supports line or pole sensors is not appropriate for real-time fault isolation use cases,โ he points out.<br><br>โCisco has worked to develop a utility FAN platform that can consolidate multiple FAN technologies into one architecture with a consistent operational model and security posture, allowing the utility to choose the right technology for the use case, geography or density while not taking on the burdensome task of supporting multiple disparate networks.โ</p> <h2><strong>FAN strategy</strong></h2> <p>Tufts advises that a FAN strategy should support the widest array of use-cases across the utilityโs operating territory with the fewest technology variations.</p> <p>No single FAN technology choice can support all field use cases and utilities should converge as many use cases on as few FAN technologies as feasible. Reducing the number of unique FAN networks reduces the long term associated OpEx from support contracts, software licensing, frequency leasing and employee support costs.</p> <p>A successful FAN strategy also should consider the immediate OpEx in addition to the long-term, he adds.</p> <p>In the deployment phase for large-scale FANs, the onboarding of end-user equipment, FAN gateways and their corresponding power system devices is a major cost due to a large number of devices to be deployed.</p> <p>Network automation has become the most adopted resolution to not only reduce deployment costs but also to eliminate human error and the OpEx associated with field remediation during Ciscoโs installations.</p> <p>Cybersecurity is increasingly becoming one of the most important business imperatives for utilities. Limiting the number of different FANs and architectures and their corresponding security postures reduces the cybersecurity complexity and further supports a reduction in the long-term OpEx.</p> <p>Ciscoโs FAN security architecture includes hardware and software certification management, firewall and malware protection and intrusion monitoring as well as robust encryption to help ensure secure network communications and edge applications.</p> <h2><strong>Utility use cases</strong></h2> <h3><strong>Public LTE and private mesh</strong></h3> <p>In a lengthy proof of concept, one of the largest utilities in North America tested all 15 of its grid modernisation use cases and decided these could be best supported with a mix of public LTE, fibre and Wi-SUN mesh technologies from Cisco.</p> <p>The utilityโs architecture uses public LTE where it is available and where there is no public LTE service, it extends a private wireless network by using Ciscoโs Wi-SUN standard mesh. Its entire grid modernisation architecture uses Ciscoโs Distribution Automation platform to enable a single secure architecture that supports rapid technology deployment and a single management platform.</p> <p>โWe are seeing this scenario play out across the globe, where utilities begin their design and engineering phases with a preferred FAN technology but need to eventually adapt their FAN to encompass niche use cases that cannot be served by their primary FAN choice. Itโs this adaptability to encompass multiple technologies in a single FAN that has been well received by our clients in the utility sector,โ Tufts says.</p> <h3><strong>Public and private LTE</strong></h3> <p>Another leading large US utility has chosen Cisco to support its grid modernisation efforts via a combination of fibre, private LTE (pLTE) and public LTE. Similarly, the desire to be able to use the best technology for the use case, while consolidating on a single architecture and operational model, was the driver to this FAN architecture.</p> <p>Tufts comments: โThe adaptability of the Cisco FAN serves our pLTE FAN clients really well. Private LTE is growing in popularity, but it will take time to acquire frequency and build the pLTE network. Having a FAN that can be flexible to migrate from public LTE infrastructure, including frequency and SIM, to pLTE without truck rolls is an important project consideration allowing our clients to support grid modernisations with a platform that can be switched over to pLTE when desired.โ</p> <h2><strong>New edge technology</strong></h2> <p>The emerging 5G with its high capacity, low latency characteristics is opening up a new world of connectivity of the Internet of Things. Capabilities such as network slicing are paving the way for innovative multi-service offerings via connected edge devices.</p> <p>Utilities have started piloting 5G in distribution automation use cases such as substation monitoring and distributed energy resource optimisation and the technology is expected to be key to support the next wave of smart grid growth at the medium voltage level.</p> <p>In anticipation of these and other advances including the emergence of Wi-Fi 6, Cisco has recently launched a new portfolio of <a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/energy-grid-management/how-the-cisco-catalyst-5g-industrial-router-portfolio-enables-grid-modernisation/">industrial gateways and routers</a> to unify these technologies into the FAN.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Read more on</strong>: <a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-grid/connecting-the-modern-grid-agility-is-more-important-than-ever/"><strong>Connecting the modern grid: Agility is more important than ever</strong></a></p> <p>These โUnite your edgeโ devices, which were conceived with flexibility and scalability in mind, are intended for fixed and mobile installation in locations such as substations, poles and maintenance trucks. 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For instance, ARENA’s has planned a $25 million (US$18.3 million) project to deploy some 400 public fast-EV charging stations as part of the Future Fuels Fund. </p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/renewable-energy/renewables-breakthrough-as-australian-town-runs-completely-on-solar/">Renewables breakthrough as Australian town runs completely on solar</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/energy-efficiency/industrial-energy-transformation-studies-programme-launches-in-australia/">Industrial Energy Transformation Studies Programme launches in Australia</a></p> <p>Under the regulations, ARENA will also be able to support priority low emission technologies identified in the first Low Emissions Technology Statement; including clean hydrogen, energy storage, low emissions aluminium and steel, carbon capture and storage, and soil carbon.</p> <p>ARENA CEO Darren Miller, said: โWe still have a lot of work to do to reduce Australiaโs emissions and we still have a long way to go in the global energy transition. 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Installations in Japan and Australia are also expected to help the region lead the global market.</p> <p>Currently, China and Japan are the largest markets for smart meters in the Asia Pacific region. China had installed around 437 million smart electric meters by December 31, 2020.</p> <p>Factors driving the installations include the need for utilities to ensure real-time analysis regarding the operations of the grid and consumer usage. Markets and Markets expect an increase in utility appetite to leverage dynamic pricing to shift consumer heavy energy usage from peak to off-peak periods. This is expected to drive utility investments in smart metering.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-meters/uk-doubles-number-of-smart-meters-on-dcc-network-in-one-year/">Smart meters on UKโs DCC network doubled in one year</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-water/montana-utility-combines-smart-metering-with-pressure-monitoring/">Montana utility combines smart metering with pressure monitoring</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-meters/fluvius-orders-3-5m-landisgyr-smart-meters-for-belgian-counterparts/">Fluvius orders 3.5m Landis+Gyr smart meters for Belgian counterparts</a></p> <p>In addition, an increasing number of governments in the region have set smart meter mandates and policies encouraging the digitalisation of grid networks. Such measures are forcing utilities to roll up their sleeves and chase both nationwide and company smart meter rollout targets. </p> <h2>Smart meters and renewable energy adoption</h2> <p>Moreover, the ability of smart meters to help utilities expand their portfolio of renewable energy resources and help reduce carbon emissions are driving the market. </p> <p>For instance, China the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions, although a leader in renewable energy deployment, can take advantage of smart metering to speed up its renewables adoption and to optimise consumer energy efficiency.</p> <p>In Japan, electrical utilities have begun implementing a nationalised grid restructuring programme, which would necessitate investment in T&D equipment and infrastructure. </p> <p>Given the decommissioning of nuclear power plants in the country, the Japanese government is increasing its focus on renewable energy. The government is working towards generating 25-35% of power from renewable sources by 2030. </p> <p>Moreover, the Government of Japan also shifted its focus to demand-side management and an increased emphasis on energy security and resiliency through smart grid and energy efficiency technologies. The Energy Environment Council has met the 85% nationwide target for smart electrical meter adoption in the year 2020, and deployed around 58 million smart meters in the country. The plans to reach the 100% mark will help grow smart meter adoption in the region.</p> <p>At the same time, <a href="https://www.powerengineeringint.com/coal-fired/singapore-relies-on-fossil-fuels-more-than-any-other-country-study/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Singapore, which relies on fossil fuels more than any other country, according to Utility Bidder</a>, can also leverage advanced metering to speed up the shift to clean energy resources. 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latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which provides new estimates of the chances of crossing the global warming level of 1.5ยฐC in the next decades. </p> <p>The report finds that unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5ยฐC or even 2ยฐC will be beyond reach.</p> <p>The report, <em><a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/2021/08/09/ar6-wg1-20210809-pr/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">IPCC Working Group I report, Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis</a></em>, approved by 195 member governments of the IPCC, shows that emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1ยฐC of warming since 1850-1900, and finds that averaged over the next 20 years, global temperature is expected to reach or exceed 1.5ยฐC of warming. </p> <p>โThis report is a reality check,โ said IPCC Working Group Co-Chair Valรฉrie Masson-Delmotte. โWe now have a much clearer picture of the past, present and future climate, which is essential for understanding where we are headed, what can be done, and how we can prepare.โ</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPCC</a> released its latest <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateReport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClimateReport</a> today, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateChange?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClimateChange</a> 2021: the Physical Science Basis.<br><br>โThe role of human influence on the climate system is undisputed.โ โ Working Group I Co-Chair <a href="https://twitter.com/valmasdel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@valmasdel</a> <br><br>Report โก๏ธ <a href="https://t.co/uU8bb4inBB">https://t.co/uU8bb4inBB</a><br><br>Watch the video, ๐ฅ โฌ๏ธ <a href="https://t.co/hZOSU1xWQR">pic.twitter.com/hZOSU1xWQR</a></p>— IPCC (@IPCC_CH) <a href="https://twitter.com/IPCC_CH/status/1424654466566037504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div></figure> <p>The report emphasises that climate change is already affecting every region on Earth in multiple ways, bringing more intense rainfall and associated flooding, drought, more frequent and severe coastal flooding, amplified permafrost thawing, loss of seasonal snow cover, melting of glaciers and ice sheets, and loss of summer Arctic sea ice. </p> <p>The evidence is clear in the report that carbon dioxide is the main driver of climate change, and human actions still have the potential to determine the future course of climate. โIt has been clear for decades that the Earthโs climate is changing, and the role of human influence on the climate system is undisputed,โ said Masson-Delmotte.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you</strong> read?<br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/features-analysis/insuring-the-energy-transition/">Edโs note: Insuring the energy transition</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/energy-efficiency/exelon-utilities-announces-2050-net-zero-carbon-emissions-goal/">Exelon Utilities announces 2050 net-zero carbon emissions goal</a></p> <p>โFor thirty years we have known about the risks of dangerous climate change but done literally nothing,โ says Anders Wijkman, Honorary President of the Club of Rome and chairman of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC. </p> <p>โNow it may be too late to transform the system in an orderly fashion. But we have to try. The wasteful way we use resources is key and the best we can do is to lower taxes on labor and increase taxes on the use of nature, including carbon emissions.โ</p> <h2>Report no surprise for industry</h2> <p>Industry reactions suggest that the report’s contents are of no surprise, however quantifiable action must be ramped up by every actor in the sector. </p> <p>Phil Thompson, CEO and managing director at Balance Power, says: โThe new IPCC report provides a summary of the best available science, although it contains no real surprises. </p> <p>“It does however, confirm what we already know โ that we must urgently shift the global economy to a low-carbon footing. The solutions will vary from country to country, but in the UK, land diversification to accommodate green energy projects such as solar and battery storage, is, and will continue to be, absolutely integral if we are to tackle the climate emergency.โ</p> <p>Steve Malkin, founder and CEO of the Planet Mark, says: โThe IPCCโs report is unequivocal; action must be taken now to avoid the worst impacts of global warming. Many companies have been measuring and reducing their carbon emissions for years, but todayโs report highlights the fact that we need to ensure that every organisation in the UK and beyond follows suit. </p> <p>“This is more than merely a box-ticking exercise for companies – consistent year-on-year carbon reductions are achievable and create quantifiable business value, while also accelerating positive impacts on the climate crisis and society.โ</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateReport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClimateReport</a> screams climate emergency. We have the solutions, we just need the political will. Governments must act now! ๐ฑ<br><br>๐๐พ <a href="https://t.co/N17hSYgxYg">https://t.co/N17hSYgxYg</a> <a href="https://t.co/kzXkFUGjGJ">pic.twitter.com/kzXkFUGjGJ</a></p>— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) <a href="https://twitter.com/Greenpeace/status/1425003994821259271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div></figure> <p>Stew Horne, Head of Policy at the UK’s Energy Saving Trust, said the IPCC report “raises the alarm on the need for immediate action to avoid the point of irreversible climate damage”. </p> <p>โWith the eyes of the world on the UK as we build up to COP26 in November, the UK government must now show real leadership by recommitting to delivering a greener recovery. The UK government has set some of the most ambitious climate pledges of any major economy in the world.</p> <p>โThe upcoming Heat and Buildings Strategy, Net Zero Strategy and Treasury Spending Review, will provide the practical steps to reduce carbon emissions and must ensure a fair and equitable transition to net zero. Greener ways of doing things which currently feel unobtainable or undesirable for many people, must be made affordable and attractive.”</p> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background" href="https://www.smart-energy.com/subscribe-to-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sign up to our newsletter</a></div> <p>Horne added: โRecent analysis from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) shows that the changes we need to make in the UK remain achievable โ and will also bring wide-ranging benefits. For example, the costs of upgrading existing housing stock, to improve insulation and provide low carbon heating, will be more than outweighed by the lower energy bills achieved.”</p> ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:14;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:81:" ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:3:{s:0:"";a:7:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:57:"โUtilities embarking on pilots for the wrong reasonsโ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:132:"https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/digitalisation/innovation-centers-utilities-embarking-in-pilots-for-the-wrong-reasons/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:10:08 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:8:"category";a:9:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:8:"Business";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:1;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:16:"Data & Analytics";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:2;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14:"Digitalisation";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:3;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:6:"Global";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:4;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4:"News";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:5;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"North America";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:6;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:10:"Smart Grid";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:7;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:21:"Grid Evolution Summit";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:8;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4:"SEPA";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:38:"https://www.smart-energy.com/?p=104232";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:1:{s:11:"isPermaLink";s:5:"false";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:126:"SEPA hosted a discussion about the role of innovation centers play on utilities' energy transition and digital transformation.";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:9:"enclosure";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:0:"";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:3:{s:3:"url";s:124:"https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/innovation-needed-for-energy-transition-800-600-250x356.jpg";s:4:"type";s:9:"image/jpg";s:6:"length";s:1:"0";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14:"Nicholas Nhede";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:40:"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4741:" <p><strong>Global utilities are embarking on pilots for the wrong reasons resulting in dozens of these trial projects failing to be converted into wide-scale deployments</strong>, <strong>according to Apoorv Bhargave, the CEO of smart sensor technology firm</strong> <strong>WEAVEGRID</strong>.</p> <p>Bhargave said the majority of utilities are implementing pilot programmes to test technologies rather than to explore business cases that are associated with a solution.</p> <p>Instead of testing new technology, utilities must explore the value of a business case and associated benefits for both the utility and its customers, added Bhargave. By so doing, he said energy companies have the opportunity to identify how a solution can add value to existing processes as well as expand offerings.</p> <p>For instance, rather than just testing smart meters to improve energy billing, he suggested that utilities can test associated business cases such as demand response, grid automation, vehicle charging, and optimisation. This means in addition to enhancing revenue collection, smart meters will enable utilities to improve customer services, ensure grid reliability through demand response, prepare grid networks for anticipated growth in EVs, expand portfolio of renewable resources to reduce carbon emissions etc.</p> <p>Bhargave was speaking during the <a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/tag/grid-evolution-summit/">2021 Grid Evolution Summit</a> hosted by the Smart Electric Power Alliance from 27 to the 28th of July. </p> <p>During the ‘Beyond consulting, Accelerating innovation through external partnerships session’, Bhargave urged utilities to set up their own or join existing innovation centres where they can partner with startups, academia, other energy retailers, and regulators on research, development (R&D), and testing of technologies.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Related content:</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/customer-services-management/demand-flexibility-best-practices-from-a-colorado-utility/">Demand flexibility โ best practices from a Colorado utility</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/policy-regulation/embracing-utility-transformation-to-achieve-carbon-reduction/">Embracing utility transformation to achieve carbon reduction</a></p> <p>Outsourcing technology R&D and testing will help utilities to save time, money, and resources and only focus on energy generation, distribution, and retail businesses.</p> <p>Innovation centres in this case will be the ones that will introduce a business case or technology capable of solving utilities’ operational challenges or broadening offerings.</p> <p>Adam Sledd, director at Dominion Energy Innovation Center, said before utility Dominion Energy embarks on a pilot, his organisation is the one responsible for testing technologies and learning which business cases are going to be fast to commercialise and beneficial for the utility.</p> <p>Dominion Energy established the Energy Innovation Center in partnership with the Virginia Biotech Research Park in 2009. The aim was to bring together academia, research institutions, utilities, and other energy stakeholders together to research, develop, test, and fast-track the commercialisation of new smart grid technologies.</p> <p>Arlen Orchard, board chair at California Mobility Center, a testbed set up by Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), added that innovation centres would enable utilities to broaden their technology R&D capabilities owing to collaboration with a wide spectrum. </p> <p>In addition, these facilities would provide startups with the much-needed financial and resource support for technology development and commercialisation. This in turn would increase the global portfolio of solutions capable of accelerating both the energy transition and digital transformation of the utility sector.</p> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background" href="https://www.smart-energy.com/subscribe-to-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sign up to our newsletter</a></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background">To learn more about the role of utilities’ innovation centres in the energy transition and digital transformation journeys of energy companies, <a href="https://sepapower.org/grid-evolution-summit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">listen to the on-demand discussion here.</a></p> <p></p> ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:15;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:66:" ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:3:{s:0:"";a:7:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:58:"The accelerated future of EU ZEV adoption under Fit for 55";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:137:"https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/electric-vehicles/zero-emission-the-accelerated-future-of-eu-zev-adoption-under-fit-for-55/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:30:40 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:8:"category";a:4:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:17:"Electric Vehicles";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:1;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:11:"Europe & UK";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:2;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:21:"Features and Analysis";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:3;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:19:"Policy & Regulation";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:38:"https://www.smart-energy.com/?p=104877";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:1:{s:11:"isPermaLink";s:5:"false";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:211:"Man Yiu Tse, Senior Analyst, ICIS discusses how the European Commission new law, Fit for 55, aims to leverage an increased deployment of zero-emission vehicles to meet greenhouse gas emissions reductions target.";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:9:"enclosure";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:0:"";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:3:{s:3:"url";s:115:"https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/127445137_electric-vehicle-programme-s-250x356.jpg";s:4:"type";s:9:"image/jpg";s:6:"length";s:1:"0";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:17:"Guest Contributor";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:40:"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:8822:" <p><strong>The European Commission is providing a strong signal for an acceleration in the adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) to tackle rising emissions in road transport, and perhaps by extension, a warning sign for the refining industry to prepare for an expedited displacement of fossil-fuel-based gasoline and road diesel demand.</strong></p> <p>Among the set of proposals in its Fit for 55 package, the Commission has called for a stricter CO<sub>2</sub> emission target for passenger cars and vans in 2030 (55% and 50% below 2021 levels, respectively, compared with 37.5% and 31% previously). By 2035, all new registered passenger cars and vans are to be zero-emission.</p> <p>If adopted by its Member States, such regulatory certainty will give confidence to businesses to invest in transitioning to zero-emission mobility, be it in production scale-up, or technology research and development. It is worth noting that the share of plug-in electric and battery electric car sales in Europe more than tripled to reach 11.5% in 2020 compared with the previous year, in large part due to the requirement to meet the emission standard of 95gCO<sub>2</sub>/km.</p> <p>The 2021 reference level will not be published until 31 October 2022, which will be based on Member Statesโ 2021 emissions monitoring data, measured using the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP), instead of the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) test which was used before 2021. Nonetheless, it will be instructive to understand what the percentage reduction means for the emission target in 2030 based on the NEDC emission values and hence the possible fuel type composition required.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/electric-vehicles/us-50-electric-vehicle-sale-share-by-2030/">US: 50% electric vehicle sale share by 2030</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/electric-vehicles/british-consortium-pledges-support-to-accelerate-transport-electrification/">British consortium pledges support to accelerate transport electrification</a></p> <p>The following table shows what the NEDC emission standards for passenger cars and vans would be in 2030 based on the proposed percentage reduction:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="197" src="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3-1024x197.png" alt="" class="wp-image-104986" srcset="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3-1024x197.png 1024w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3-300x58.png 300w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3-768x148.png 768w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3-100x19.png 100w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3-640x123.png 640w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3.png 1457w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>To put the 2030 NEDC emission standards in perspective, for the passenger car segment, at 42.8gCO<sub>2</sub>/km it is equivalent to the average emission of a plug-in electric car in 2020. Whereas for the van segment, 73.5gCO<sub>2</sub>/km is about 55% less than the average emission of a diesel-engine van, which accounted for around 93% of total fleet in Europe in 2020.</p> <p>This demands a significant shift in the fuel type composition to include more zero- or low-emission vehicles. While there will be numerous combinations of fuel types to reach the emission standard, it is possible to come up with a plausible combination. ICIS estimates that zero-emission cars, including battery electric and fuel-cell electric, will have to make up at least 50% of market share in 2030, compared with 35% previously. For the van segment, given that in commercial use there is less likely to have concerns over some of the common barriers for electric car uptake in the consumer market, such as charging time and range, hybrids, an in-between option, will likely not gain much market share. ICIS estimates zero-emission vans could reach close to 50% market share by 2030, compared with less than 20% previously.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="626" src="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1-1024x626.png" alt="" class="wp-image-104981" srcset="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1-1024x626.png 1024w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1-300x183.png 300w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1-768x469.png 768w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1-100x61.png 100w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1-640x391.png 640w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1.png 1442w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>Meanwhile, complementary measures to steer consumers to switch to zero-emission vehicles were also proposed. In particular, the Commission proposed to revise the Energy Taxation Directive, raising the minimum levels of taxation on motor fuels from 1 January 2023. The minimum energy tax for gasoline and road diesel is to be set at EUR10.75/GJ, compared with EUR359/kilolitre for unleaded petrol and EUR330/kilolitre for gas oil currently, which convert to about EUR10.38/GJ and EUR8.55/GJ, respectively. In addition, a new, separate EU Emission Trading System (ETS) will be set up for fuel distribution for road transport (and buildings) from 2026.</p> <p>The displacement of gasoline and diesel demand will undoubtedly be significant, though it would not be as drastic as that of the shift in sales away from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. There is a large existing fleet of ICE passenger cars and vans that will take time to be retired. On average, only about 5% of total gasoline and diesel cars and vans are scrapped every year.</p> <p>Given the scenario for 2030 laid out above, and assuming only a changing fleet size and its composition with other variables such as fuel efficiency and vehicle distance remaining constant as 2019, the stricter emissions standard would result in a 21% decline in gasoline demand and 16% decline in diesel demand by cars and vans, compared with 2019 levels. By 2035, when only zero-emission vehicles will be sold, the decline will be 41% and 34% respectively, compared with 2019 levels. In absolute terms, this means around 35m tonnes of gasoline and 44m tonnes of diesel will be displaced by 2035, cumulatively.</p> <p>This would certainly put many European refiners at risk at a faster rate amid the already challenging environment, with falling demand locally and rising competition from other regions. To illustrate, Europe produced 147m tonnes of gasoline in 2019, and its net exports were around 54m tonnes. Assuming net exports remain constant, gasoline production would need to be cut by 28%, an additional 7% than if emissions standard were not strengthened.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="723" src="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2-1024x723.png" alt="" class="wp-image-104983" srcset="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2-1024x723.png 1024w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2-300x212.png 300w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2-768x542.png 768w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2-92x65.png 92w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2-100x70.png 100w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2-640x452.png 640w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2.png 1248w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>Already about 400kbd of refining capacity in Europe will be closed by end-2021, as tracked by ICISโs Supply and Demand Database, as refiners have been evaluating their business position and future strategy. More closures may be expected as the overcapacity situation persists. The future with only zero-emission cars and vans on the European roads could very well become a reality much sooner than imagined, especially in terms of business planning cycles. 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Guest Editor <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinodonovan/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kevin O’Donovan</a>, however, predicts that the insurance industry is going to play a more visible role in the energy transition in the coming years. Here is his logic.</strong></p> <p>Over the past few years, the role of finance has become front and centre when it comes to the energy transition. Financial institutions have come under pressure from their shareholders to only invest in what are seen as sustainable investments. Many of you would be familiar with all the debate happening around the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/banking-and-finance/sustainable-finance/eu-taxonomy-sustainable-activities_en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">EUโs Sustainable Finance Taxonomy</a>, defining what will be seen as a sustainable investment. Such a โtaxonomyโ has huge implications in terms of financing new infrastructure investments or simply refinancing existing infrastructure. Thus, the role of finance enabling our energy transition is seen as a given.</p> <p><em>But what about insurance?</em></p> <p>Insurance is defined as โan arrangement by which a company or the state undertakes to provide a guarantee of compensation for specified loss, damage, illness, or death in return for payment of a specified premium.โ</p> <p>We all understand insurance. Itโs part of daily life. We take out life insurance, car insurance, house insurance etc. because, unfortunately, bad things happen. Murphyโs Law kicks in from time to time. So we take out insurance just in case Murphy comes calling.</p> <p><em>What has this to do with the energy transition?</em></p> <p>At the risk of oversimplifying the entire insurance industry letโs just look at it from two angles:</p> <ol><li><strong>Insurance companies are investors</strong><br>The insurance industry collects vast amounts of money via insurance โpremiumsโ from their customers. They take this money and look to invest it wisely, in order to fund their own business. So as such, they are simply a huge source of finance that anyone in the energy industry may call on when looking for investment. When we broadly talk about the role the finance industry has to play, then insurances companies are a large part of this. This is not new. Insurance industry funds have been one of the major sources of energy infrastructure investments for decades.</li><li><strong>Insurance companies insure stuff</strong><br>Surprise, surprise. Insurance companies insure stuff. Again, nothing new. Whether you are building a power station, transmission line, floating offshore wind, electric vehicle charging networks, there are significant risks associated with any project. In order to mitigate such risks you take out insurance. You have insurance for construction delays, in case something breaks and say your power station goes off-line, if major weather events happen โฆ the list goes on and on. Having insurance is simply seen as a โmust haveโ, a cost of doing business.</li></ol> <p><em>So whatโs new?</em></p> <p>Whatโs new is seeing <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/france-s-biggest-insurer-dumps-german-power-giant-over-coal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AXA drop RWE</a> as a customer. The French insurer announced back in March that they were dropping RWE AG, one of Germanyโs largest utilities, because of its sustainability record. AXA called out RWEโs coal strategy as the main reason. The utility is producing <a href="https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/podcasts/energy-evolution-in-esg-era-shale-gas-drillers-try-going-green" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">too much coal per year</a>, which goes against the insurer’s company policies. And itโs not just the RWE coal power plants AXA are not insuring. AXA announced they are dropping RWE completely. </p> <p>Thatโs big news.</p> <p>Now I am not aware of what has been going on behind the scenes since at RWE and have no insight into how all this will play out, specifically for RWE. But one can imagine when an energy company the size of RWE gets told that their insurance is going to come to an end, that makes for some interesting management meetings.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you listened to our podcasts?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/resources/podcasts/episode-15-what-will-be-the-industry-trends-over-the-next-25-years/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Episode #15: What will be the industry trends over the next 25 years?</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/resources/podcasts/episode-14-milestones-that-changed-the-energy-industry-in-the-past-25-years/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Episode #14: Milestones that changed the energy industry in the past 25 years</a></p> <p>And in my opinion, this is just the start. All of the large insurance companies are revising their sustainability criteria. So as an energy company, if you go to the insurance industry looking to ensure your business, the insurance industry may turn around and say: โYouโre part of the problem, we are not going to take that riskโ. Such an answer would have serious implications for your business. Not least because there are only a few insurance companies, like AXA, that are big enough to insure assets from the big players in the energy sector.</p> <p>Now I canโt say this will turn into a systemic risk for the entire energy industry, I can imagine the government stepping in as being the insurer of last resort should countries energy supply get impacted.</p> <p>Having said that, I for one will be interested to see how all this plays out in the next few years. The prospect of losing insurance has to be something that is keeping some energy execs awake at night.</p> <p>So my prediction? The insurance industry will play a much more visible role in the energy transition, with <a href="https://www.axa.com/en/magazine/leaders-voice-renaud-guidee-nzia" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">COP26 </a>as a potential accelerator. Regardless of the technology or the type of infrastructure, if you canโt get anyone to insure it, then it may never get built. And even more interestingly, if you canโt get insurance for your existing legacy infrastructure, then we may see such infrastructure retiring way faster than anyone planned.</p> <p>Interesting times ahead.</p> <p>Kevin O’Donovan</p> <p>Technology Evangelist and Guest Editor for <em>Smart Energy International</em></p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft is-resized"><img loading="lazy" src="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/linkedin-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-61991" width="62" height="62" srcset="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/linkedin-1.png 512w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/linkedin-1-300x300.png 300w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/linkedin-1-245x245.png 245w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/linkedin-1-490x490.png 490w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/linkedin-1-100x100.png 100w" sizes="(max-width: 62px) 100vw, 62px" /></figure></div> <p><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinodonovan/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Follow me on LinkedIn</a></p> ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:17;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:75:" ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:3:{s:0:"";a:7:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:61:"EDP and Jaguar Land Rover to speed up EV adoption in Portugal";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:134:"https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/electric-vehicles/edp-and-jaguar-land-rover-partner-to-speed-up-ev-adoption-in-portugal/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:03:29 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:8:"category";a:7:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:8:"Business";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:1;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:10:"Components";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:2;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:17:"Electric Vehicles";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:3;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:11:"Europe & UK";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:4;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4:"News";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:5;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3:"EDP";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:6;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:8:"portugal";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:38:"https://www.smart-energy.com/?p=104924";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:1:{s:11:"isPermaLink";s:5:"false";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:134:"Portuguese utility EDP has partnered with British automaker Jaguar Land Rover to help expand the electric vehicles market in Portugal.";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:9:"enclosure";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:0:"";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:3:{s:3:"url";s:111:"https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ipiccy_image-2021-08-09T140144.923-250x356.jpg";s:4:"type";s:9:"image/jpg";s:6:"length";s:1:"0";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14:"Nicholas Nhede";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:40:"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4240:" <p><strong>Portuguese utility EDP Comercial has partnered with British automaker Jaguar Land Rover to help expand the electric vehicles market in Portugal.</strong></p> <p>With the lack of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure as one of the main barriers to smart mobility, the two parties help increase access to EV chargers for EV drivers.</p> <p>Customers who will purchase a Jaguar EV will be provided with a charging solution for both indoor and outdoor use. 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The development is part of the automaker’s ‘Reimagine’ global strategy, which aims to make all Jaguar and Land Rover nameplates available in pure electric form by 2030. The strategy will enable Jaguar Land Rover to become a net-zero carbon business by 2039.</p> <p>EDP Comercial Director Pedro Vinagre, adds: โPurchasing an electric vehicle is often the customer’s entry into the electric mobility ecosystem. It is perfectly normal to have questions about the best charging equipment, the available tariffs, or what it takes to charge the vehicle on public roads. The purpose of this partnership is to make the customer’s experience with Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles simple and distinctive.” </p> <p>Despite bottlenecks being faced in the transition to smart mobility, in addition to the operational challenges caused by the pandemic, 2021 has so far been a record year for EDP within the EV business. 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This principle is something weโve always applied in life and it infuses all of our work at the net-zero bankability consultancy, Ikigai Capital.</p> <p>We believe that balancing multiple virtues, finding compromises (or better yet, win-wins) between the four main stakeholders in the energy transition โ consumers, technological innovators, financial institutions and governments โ is the only way we can achieve our sustainability objectives.</p> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background" style="grid-template-columns:auto 26%"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img loading="lazy" width="530" height="300" src="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Enlit_The_GuideS3_mockup.png" alt="" class="wp-image-103944 size-full" srcset="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Enlit_The_GuideS3_mockup.png 530w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Enlit_The_GuideS3_mockup-300x170.png 300w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Enlit_The_GuideS3_mockup-100x57.png 100w" sizes="(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px" /></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <p class="has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size"><strong><em>This article was originally published in </em></strong><br><strong><em>Enlit Europeโsย </em></strong><a href="https://www.clarion-events-group.com/what-is-the-enlit-europe-digital-series/the-guide/the-guide-season-3-2021-SEI-Website" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong><em>Guide to season 3</em></strong><em><strong>ย โ A just transition</strong></em>.</a></p> </div></div> <p>What does this actually mean in practice? For example, notwithstanding huge social (and now legal) pressure, it would be quite naiฬve to think that large oil and gas companies can divest from billions of investment just because we have to decarbonise.</p> <p>Besides the fact that shareholders expect to have their investment remunerated, millions of people are employed in the industry and all our economies still depend heavily on fossil fuels for materials, industry and transportation.</p> <p>Transition implies change, radical change in this case, and radical change cannot happen overnight, nor can it leave economic disparities or insecurity.</p> <p>We need to move billions of dollars from a fossil fuel-driven economy to the future green economy. 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Surging global fossil fuel prices are already driving up inflation for consumers, making fixed-rate energy tariffs not covered by the price cap, as well as petrol and diesel more expensive.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/business/carbon-prices-in-eu-hit-record-highs-as-power-demand-rises/">Carbon prices in EU hit record highs as power demand rises</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-meters/submetering-solution-with-integrated-billing-and-payment-platform/">Submetering solution with integrated billing and payment platform</a></p> <p>Jonathan Brearley, chief executive of Ofgem, said: โHigher energy bills are never welcome and the timing and size of this increase will be particularly difficult for many families still struggling with the impact of the pandemic.</p> <p>โThe price cap means suppliers only pass on legitimate costs of supplying energy and cannot charge more than the level of the price cap, although they can charge less.</p> <p>โIf youโre struggling to pay your bill you can get in touch with your supplier to access the help thatโs available and if possible, shop around for a better deal.”</p> <p>The price cap offers a safety net for customers who havenโt switched by making sure that suppliers only pass on legitimate costs. 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Unruh, Executive Director, National Association of Energy Service Companies</em></p> <p>Platitudes aside, thereโs much to consider. For Americans whose economic wellbeing largely depends on conventional energy production, wind turbines and solar panels evoke fears of employment loss and economic stagnation.</p> <p>For consumers, particularly those in historically disadvantaged low-income communities and communities of colour, the prospects of potentially increasing prices for electricity and other utilities in the short term, insufficient access to new and increasingly necessary technologies such as EV charging infrastructure โ as well as disproportionate exposure to grid reliability issues and climate change-induced weather events โ give similar cause for alarm.</p> <p>There are a range of solutions that policymakers, regulators, energy industry corporates and investors can employ to address equitability challenges presented by the energy transition.</p> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background" style="grid-template-columns:auto 26%"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img loading="lazy" width="530" height="300" src="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Enlit_The_GuideS3_mockup.png" alt="" class="wp-image-103944 size-full" srcset="https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Enlit_The_GuideS3_mockup.png 530w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Enlit_The_GuideS3_mockup-300x170.png 300w, https://d346xxcyottdqx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Enlit_The_GuideS3_mockup-100x57.png 100w" sizes="(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px" /></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <p class="has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size"><strong><em>This article was originally published in </em></strong><br><strong><em>Enlit Europeโsย </em></strong><a href="https://www.clarion-events-group.com/what-is-the-enlit-europe-digital-series/the-guide/the-guide-season-3-2021-SEI-Website" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong><em>Guide to season 3</em></strong><em><strong>ย โ A just transition</strong></em>.</a></p> </div></div> <p>Yet, in my years at the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office of the US Department of Energy and, more recently, at the National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO), I have developed a keen, well-informed appreciation for the capacity of energy efficiency to address these challenges and facilitate the equitable distribution of the costs and benefits of energy system decarbonisation.</p> <p>First, letโs look at energy efficiencyโs most obvious advantage โ cost savings. Investments made since 1980 in energy-efficient appliances, equipment, vehicles, power system infrastructure and buildings are saving US consumers roughly $800 billion in annual energy expenditures. Even still, energy costs, such as electricity and gasoline, comprise a burdensome portion of living expenses for low-income, rural and racial and ethnic minority communities across the US.</p> <p>A government-backed just transition designed to lessen these โenergy burdensโ, be it through the expansion of existing programmes like the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and ENERGY STARยฎ or other means, is key to ensuring American consumers are not unnecessarily and unfairly disadvantaged by the increased reliance on electrical energy that ubiquitous end-use electrification โ the undisputed keystone of energy system decarbonisation โ promises to affect.</p> <p>For stakeholders on the supply side of the energy system, too, investments in energy efficiency can help achieve a just transition. In 2019, the energy efficiency industry generated more jobs and employed more Americans than any energy sector.</p> <p>However, over the course of the pandemic, energy efficiency employment suffered the largest contraction of any US clean energy sector. For rural counties, where energy efficiency industries in 2019 employed nearly 60 per cent of clean energy workers, the toll has been particularly acute.</p> <p>Of course, this is to say nothing of the positive externalities that investments in energy efficiency offer our communities and economy.</p> <p>A just transition reduces the harmful emissions that disproportionately impact marginalised communities, balances inevitable employment losses with employment gains, improves infrastructural performance and enables more affordable consumption of necessary energy for all and itโs precisely these outcomes for which energy efficiency is well-positioned to deliver.</p> <p> <em><a href="https://www.enlit-europe.com/news-enlit-europe/how-energy-efficiency-can-deliver-equitability" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read the full article</a></em> </p> ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:25;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:81:" 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report from Britainโs regulator follows a trial of the effectiveness of attack graphs with an unnamed gas or electricity operator.</p> <p>Attack graphs provide a structure for capturing system security-related data that enables detailed analysis of attack paths, i.e. the possible sequences of steps that cyber-attackers could take to cause harm.</p> <p>They are not primarily used for assessing compliance with security requirements, but for answering the question, โgiven my level of compliance and my implementation of other security controls, what is the easiest way for cyber-attackers to compromise my system of interest?โ</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/cybersecurity/the-solarwinds-cyber-attack-lessons-for-the-industry/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The SolarWinds cyber attack โ lessons for the industry</a><br><a 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The nodes represent a level of privilege or access achieved by an attacker on the target network, e.g. user privileges on a particular device and application. The links represent attack steps to gain further access or privilege.</p> <p>The level of difficulty of an attack step can be derived by considering the availability of exploits and the type of defences in place.</p> <p>Ofgem says in its <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2021-07/ICS_Attack_Graph%20trial%20report%20v1.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">report</a> that while there have been considerable advances by academia<br>in modelling the cybersecurity of IT and SCADA systems, there has been little use of attack graphs by the industry.</p> <p>Ofgem reports that the trial found the use of attack graphs enabled a more detailed understanding and discussion of the cyber risks to the associated essential service than would typically be achieved through analysis of system documentation and component level vulnerability analysis.</p> <p>They enable much data to be captured into a data structure for automated analysis and a summary of its implications for cyber risks. They also could provide security insights overlooked by other methods.</p> <p>However, they are not a panacea for cyber risk analysis. Cyber expertise is required to understand their limitations and interpret attack paths. 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Big Sky is a gateway community to Yellowstone National Park and has become a hot spot for seasonal residents and visitors, resulting in varying water demand.</p> <p>This prompted the local utility to embark on the project that included the installation of smart metering units, an IoT network, smart sensors, and the use of data analytics.</p> <p>The ongoing project enabled Big Sky Water & Sewer to combine smart metering capabilities with pressure monitoring for real-time management of the water distribution network. The IPERL water meters installed enabled the utility to bill consumers accurately and gain data regarding consumer water usage in real-time. The data acquired can be analysed and used to help consumers to improve their water usage and save money. Previously, Big Sky Water & Sewer billed its 2,800 customers on a quarterly basis.</p> <p>The two-way IoT network enables the smart water meters to send consumer water usage data in near-real-time and allows the smart sensors/gateway devices to be used by the utility to monitor distribution across the districtโs ten pressure reducing valve (PRV) sites. The combination of smart metering and pressure monitoring enables leaks within the distribution network to be quickly identified.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?<br></strong><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/data_analytics/smart-meters-data-crucial-for-texas-utilities-in-post-storm-repairs/">Smart meter data crucial for Texas utilities in post-storm repairs</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/data_analytics/uks-united-utilities-to-deploy-cloud-based-meter-data-management-solution/">UKโs United Utilities to deploy cloud-based meter data management solution</a></p> <p>Ron Edwards, General Manager, Big Sky Water & Sewer District, said: โCosts can really add up if a leak goes undetected for long.</p> <p>โWe need to be able to identify these types of things before they become big problems for customers or lead to non-revenue water issues. Weโve installed the gateway devices at three sites so far and are already experiencing benefits.</p> <p>โThe ability to see the volume of water coming through these sites allows us to better understand where we may have service area leaks.โ</p> <p>The system enabled the utility to identify a leak at a consumer home that caused 170 gallons of water to be lost per-hour leak. 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In addition, Exelon Utilities plans to increase its investments in grid modernisation and smart grid technologies. </p> <p>Today the company has installed 8.8 million smart electric meters and 1.3 million smart gas meters as part of its digital transformation programme. Smart meters have helped Exelon Utilities avoid 410,000 service truck trips to consumer homes, thereby reducing emissions and saving labour hours.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><strong>Have you read?</strong><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-grid/atlantic-city-electric-gets-go-ahead-for-smart-energy-network/">Atlantic City Electric gets go-ahead for smart energy network</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/policy-regulation/what-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-means-for-the-us-energy-landscape/">What the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill means for the US energy landscape</a></p> <p>The energy company says it will convert 30% of its vehicle fleet to electric by 2025 and 50% by 2030. In so doing, Exelon Utilities recognises the impact emissions from transportation have on the environment. </p> <p>According to the<a href="https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> US Environmental Protection Agency</a>, in 2019 greenhouse gas emissions from transportation accounted for about 29% of total gas emissions, making it the largest contributor of US greenhouse gas emissions. </p> <p>Exelon Utilities will also embark on projects aimed at encouraging the adoption of smart mobility in the 48 states the utility has operations in.</p> <p>The six subsidiaries of Exelon will be investing $26.7 billion in the modernisation of gas and electric infrastructure<strong> </strong>between 2021 and 2024. The measures are expected to help reduce methane leaks within the gas infrastructure and carbon emissions from power generation. This follows the parent company’s $6.6 billion investment in grid modernisation in 2020. </p> <p>Energy efficiency has proved to be a vital tool to reduce consumer energy usage and reduce the need to build new power plants to meet demand. Through energy efficiency projects, Exelon has saved 22.3 million MWh or the equivalent energy use of 932,000 average homes for a year. This has, in turn, helped the utility to avoid the high costs associated with building new generation assets.</p> <p>Energy efficiency has proved to be a vital tool to reduce consumer energy usage and reduce the need to build new power plants to meet demand. However, ensuring greater efficiency will cost the utility more, with customers of Exelon Utilities reducing energy usage by 22.3 million MWh or the equivalent energy use of 932,000 average homes for a year. </p> <p>Calvin Butler, CEO of Exelon Utilities, said: โOur customers have made it clear that climate change is important to them and they want us to continue being part of the solution and pushing ourselves to do more. </p> <p>โThese aggressive goals seek to eliminate emissions from our utility operations, provide needed support to state and local climate goals and give customers expanded access to clean and affordable energy solutions.โ</p> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background" href="https://www.smart-energy.com/subscribe-to-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sign up to our newsletter</a></div> <p>The energy company also plans to work with startups and communities to address climate change through the deployment of renewable energy projects and research and development of innovative green technologies. 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Adderra provides sub-metering as a service limiting landlord effort to only simple registration via Smartphone application and setting up the prices for electricity and water.</p> <p class="has-text-align-right"><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/add-grup/">Read more about the ADD Grup:</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-meters/submetering-different-perspective/">Submetering. Different perspective</a><br><a href="https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-meters/adderra-prepaid-utility-services-for-hotels-and-rental-property/">ADDERRA: Prepaid utility services for hotels and rental property</a></p> <p>Due to the combination of Bluetooth sub-meters, smart-phone application, billing, and payment platform on remote servers Adderra allows to recharge the submeter online throughout the sales of token, thus, creating 3 options for payment: prepayment, post-payment, and on a preset limit mode (consumers pay for the water and electricity as they reach the pre-established limits expressed in monetary value or cubic meters and kilowatts.).</p> <p>It is worth mentioning that if consumers do not use the whole amount of electricity and water they have prepaid for, they will get a refund after check-out.</p> <p>Beyond that, Adderraโs submeters can also be smart. 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