2020 – Issue 3
Magazine Issues
Smart Energy International Issue 3 2020
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Energy & Grid Management
What if more convergence could accelerate the energy transition?
Convergence of companies, policy, financing and sectors should breed collaboration and that in turn could create the business models needed for a 21st century energy sector.
Digitalisation
The operational impacts of C-19
Philip Gordon examines the operational implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on utility operations. This article is largely derived from opinions expressed by...
Energy & Grid Management
Researching resilience: the data behind the modern grid
Grid and infrastructure resilience are increasingly important, while a relatively ‘new concept’ in terms of today’s modern grid, and its dynamic environment.
New technology
3 technologies set to disrupt the “new normal” in a post-pandemic...
The world faces unprecedented challenges. Whilst we know this, if there’s anything we’ve learned, it’s that the best-laid strategies and well-laid plans can be turned from clear direction to an ineffective muddle-up if the principles on which they’re built are suddenly changed.
Customer Services & Management
State of the consumer 2020
The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) recently announced the release of a new white paper, Identifying and Meeting Consumer Needs, that highlights successful programmes and services for residential customers from electricity providers across the United States.
Smart Energy
Using abundance to overcome scarcity – Power and water meet to...
The UN’s World Water Day on 22 March focussed on the theme of “Water and climate change” to shed light on the primary way climate change is making its presence known: the availability of fresh water.
Storage
Early thermal runaway indicator
Evaluating and testing technologies to increase the safety of battery
energy storage systems.
Energy & Grid Management
Microgrids are one tool in the energy toolbox to combat the...
Jared Leader, manager of Industry Strategy at the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), speaks about their latest research and the role of microgrids in increasing grid resilience.
Smart Water
Role of the IoT and AI in the digital transformation of...
Water utilities that traditionally enjoyed a monopoly in many regions with a captive customer base are compelled to evolve due to several factors, including regulatory policy changes, impacts of climate change, and increasing consumer expectations.v
Data & Analytics
Telemetry’s pivotal role in the energy transition
Matthew Hawkridge looks at why the latest remote telemetry unit systems take energy companies closer to the utopia of smart grids.
