Kaluza acquires Australian energy software specialist Beige Technologies
United Kingdom-headquartered energy software platform Kaluza has acquired Melbourne-based technology company Beige Technologies’s boosting platform capabilities for energy suppliers to the commercial and industrial sector.
Hitachi Energy to power New Zealand grid project’s second stage
Japan-headquartered technology company Hitachi Energy is supplying static synchronous compensators to the second stage of a grid transformation project on New Zealand’s North Island.
ACCC drafts proposed national emergency backstop mechanism
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has drafted a determination proposing to grant authorisation to selected distribution network service providers for the procurement and implementation of a national ‘public key infrastructure’ service, or emergency backstop mechanis.
Clean energy future outlined in draft Victorian 2025 transmission plan
The Victorian government has released its draft 2025 transmission plan, which sets out the proposed renewable energy zones and transmission projects the state will need to deliver power to the state by 2040.
Off-grid solar street lighting delivers control of energy assets for local council
Melbourne-based off-grid public solar lighting provider Leadsun has collaborated with a New South Wales local council to install off-grid public solar street lighting in a new residential development.
EcoJoule reels in $3 million from Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Queensland voltage control specialist EcoJoule Energy has received a $3 million commitment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation as part of its $15 million capital raise.
Quantum-based energy management method for PV-powered buildings
United States scientists have combined quantum computing with model predictive control to manage the energy of two solar-equipped university buildings in New York.
Remote community microgrid to remove 1.2 million litres of diesel
Further reducing their reliance on diesel fuel and pre-paid power cards, the remote Northern Territory community of Borroloola in the state’s Gulf Country is building a microgrid called the Ngardara Project, to enable affordable, reliable power for it’s residents.
Carnegie lands $2.1 million to progress wave power generation project in Spain
Wave energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy reports its subsidiary has received $2 million (USD 1.2 million) from the Spanish government to progress the development of its wave power technology, called CETO.
Three new Victorian community batteries to operate in virtual power plant
Energy from three new community batteries to be built by Melbourne-based Yarra Energy Foundation will be managed by Victorian electricity company Diamond Energy’s virtual power plant.
