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Smart Grid Index: a global benchmark to evaluate network operators’ transformation

21 Feb 2020

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]I[/leap_dropcap]n 2018, SP Group (formerly Singapore Power), Singapore’s sole electricity distribution operator, set out to “find out what makes a smart grid and measure that intelligence” by benchmarking the...

European green deal_key role of smart grids

18 Dec 2019

At COP 25 in Madrid, the Heads of State and Government of the 28 Member States met for a European Council on December 12th and 13th 2019, and endorsed, despite...

Study new technologies at the service of energy grids

10 Dec 2019

Think Smartgrids’ Data and Digital Transformation Working Group, led by Cosmo Tech and DCbrain, recently published a new study on new technologies for energy grids: several of them show great...

D2Grids 5G local energy loops

9 Dec 2019

The D2Grids project aims to develop a standard for 5th generation local energy loops (5G DHC) in North West Europe. These are intelligent energy networks based on a low-temperature local...

French TSO evolve support the energy transition

9 Dec 2019

RTE, the French electricity transmission system operator, is firmly committed to supporting the energy transition. Its project for the development of the electricity grid by 2035, called the “Ten-year grid...

Glénan microgrid laboratory

9 Dec 2019

In 2021, the island of Saint-Nicolas des Glénan will be the first French island to be 100% supplied by renewable energies.

Météo-France platform to forecast renewable electricity production

9 Dec 2019

Weather conditions have a significant impact on the production of renewable electricity sources, whether wind or solar. Atos and Météo-France launched last November a platform for forecasting renewable electricity production.

Mission Innovation: smart grids energy grid of the future

26 Nov 2019

Mission innovation IC1 is an initiative launched after the COP21 summit to bring together national experts related to Innovation Challenge #1 (IC#1) for a focused technical discussion designed to yield...

European alliance for sustainable battery industry

14 Oct 2019

The European Commission sees battery production as “a strategic imperative for clean energy transition and the competitiveness of its automotive sector”. The European Battery Alliance (EBA) was proposed in October...