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Smart energy storage and charge and VG2 Renault, player in the smart grids sector

3 Jul 2019

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]I[/leap_dropcap]n October 2017, The Group Renault announced the creation of a subsidiary, Renault Energy Services. Its aim: ” to position the group on the energy sector and smart grids,...

Issygrid operational on a full scale

1 Jul 2019

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]A[/leap_dropcap]fter several projects such as Solenn and Smart Grid Vendée, time is now for feedback from the “IssyGrid” project.

smile showroom smart grids

28 Jun 2019

In May and June of this year, the French association Smile (Smart Ideas to Link Energies) inaugurated its showroom, duplicated in two cities, Rennes and Nantes. This showcase for French...

A strategic committee for the “new energy systems” industrial sector

5 Oct 2018

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]T[/leap_dropcap]he Conseil National de l’Industrie, le CNI, (French National Industry Council), has labelled it Strategic Sector Committee “industries of new energy systems” sector. The mission of this Strategic Sector...

The benefits of digitisation of electricity networks amounts to billions of euros per year according to the IEA

30 Aug 2018

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]T[/leap_dropcap]he International Energy Agency has just released a report on the digitisation of the global energy system and its implications for energy players. In total, Smart Grids could save...

French Smart Grids industry mobilised around the Smart Islands at the 2017 European Utility Week

30 Aug 2018

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]F[/leap_dropcap]rom 3 to 5 October, more than 45 French companies gathered at the Creative France pavilion during European Utility Week 2017 in Amsterdam. For this new edition, the theme...

Strengths and limitations of the Blockchain for the electricity sector according to Eurelectric

11 Jul 2018

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]I[/leap_dropcap]n a report published in May 2018, Eurelectric, the trade association that brings together the electricity industry in Europe, undertook to take stock of the Blockchain’s promises and their...

SysFlex: a European project to prepare the electrical system for an renewables penetration rate of more than 50%.

26 Mar 2018

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]I[/leap_dropcap]rish operator EirGrid, together with EDF and 32 other partners, have been selected by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme to develop ways to integrate large quantities...

A second wave of projects for the Flexgrid programme

12 Mar 2018

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]T[/leap_dropcap]he FLEXGRID programme is structured around some 40 projects. Among these projects such as Premio, Nice Grid, and Reflexe, were created even before Flexgrid was contracted by the State...