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Image: SSEN Network operator Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is monitoring towers across central southern England with drones. The company has over 1,500 towers on its 64,200km of overhead powerlines across the four regions of its distribution area. The programme being undertaken with visual data management provider Cyberhawk, uses drones and its iHawk data […]

Image: IFAM Grupo ICE, Costa Rica’s state electricity and telco provider, is partnering with municipal development association IFAM to create smart neighbourhoods. Grupo ICE and the Instituto de Fomento y Asesoría Municipal (IFAM) government agency have signed a framework cooperation agreement under which they will support local governments in the creation of smart neighbourhoods –

Image credit: Stock US utility Louisville Water has completed a project to manage linear and plant-based assets and connect its workforce, customers and community. The utility has partnered with AI cloud-based field service and asset management solutions firm KloudGin under the programme. The utility will leverage the work management platform for increased worker and operational

Image: PowerUp EDF partners with renewable asset manager SWGT on energy storage optimisation in UK and invests in French cleantech startup PowerUp. The partnership with SWGT, an independent battery storage asset manager in the UK, is aimed to optimise SWGT’s 30MW utility scale battery storage asset across a variety of grid flexibility schemes, as well

Image credit: Stock Precedence Research predicts that the global vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology market will garner revenue around $17.43 billion by 2027 by recording a compound annual growth rate of 48% between 2020 to 2027. Growth Factors Increasing awareness for smart power generation coupled with rising adoption of autonomous vehicles has significantly triggered the demand for

Image credit: 123RF In March this year, the European Commission released its new Circular Economy Action Plan for a cleaner and more competitive Europe. The aim is to encourage sustainable use of resources, reduce waste and build a “climate-neutral, resource-efficient and competitive economy.” The plan proposes a number of initiatives to achieve the above, including

Image credit: Stock The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has released its 2020 City Clean Energy Scorecard.  The scorecard analyses the efforts of 100 major US cities—home to 19% of the nation’s population—to make buildings and transportation more energy efficient and scale up the use of renewable energy. The report provides a national

The City of Hillsboro, Oregon, Energy Trust of Oregon, Portland General Electric (PGE) and InPipe Energy announced the completion of the Hillsboro In-Pipe Hydroelectric Project – the first renewable energy project featuring the In-PRV, a new smart water and micro-hydro system that generates electricity by harvesting excess pressure from a city water pipeline. The In-PRV

Image credit: Stock Renewable energy retailer Iberdrola Texas has partnered with energy analytics company Innowatts to drive the adoption of green home energy sourced directly from Texas wind farms.  Iberdrola Texas is part of the Iberdrola Group, which serves over 100 million customers and is the world’s No.1 producer of wind power. Spearheading Iberdrola’s expansion

Image credit: Stock In Australia, the government has announced up to $1.62 billion in funding to support the development and adoption of innovative low-carbon energy technologies over the next ten years. The prime minister and the minister of energy and emissions reduction announced the funding for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). ARENA will use