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Dominic Fava, head of marketing and propositions at Origami, a provider of energy trading platforms, looks at the difficulties of trading energy in a more flexible - and therefore volatile - electricity market, and how a new generation of smart IT systems will be needed to support energy companies.

For a two week period in May 2019, Great Britain met its electricity needs without burning coal. This was the longest period that the country has gone coal-free since the 1880s. The coal-free fortnight followed a period of one week without coal earlier that month, and a further period of 90 hours without ...

Moixa and Honda launch the first stage of an electric vehicle charging partnership in London which will help Islington achieve its net zero by 2030 target.

Moixa has installed five V2G chargers, manufactured by EVTEC and Honda, outside Islington Town Hall in London. The system charges the EV batteries when power is cheapest and cleanest and discharges power from the car batteries when it is most expensive and carbon intensive, allowing bidirectional charging to help manage the council’s energy load. Very loud concerts will sometimes blow a fuse at the Town Hall, but Moixa’s Gridshare AI software will ...

Digital asset management company Big Data Energy Services and infrastructure consultants Ardua Strategies will examine the benefits of using distributed ledger technology in the natural gas settlement process.

The project will automate the many manual steps for post-trade processes including pricing, confirmation, settlement and invoicing. “Many key gas market participants have recognized the massive impact this transformative technology can have on the commercial functions of the industry and have been collaborating to demonstrate a path forward for its implementation, “says Cade Burks, chief digital officer of Houston-based Big Data Energy Services. “Through the proposed distributed ledger utilizing the NAESB (North ...

In this presentation, Meabh Cormacain of the Department for the Economy sets out the Department's energy vision for Northern Ireland.

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In this presentation, Anne-Marie Clancy of DCCAE outlines the key features and contributing elements of Ireland's Energy Policy.

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Henrik Dam of DG Energy gives an overview of the EU policy framework (presented at a GSGF/SGI Board Meeting).

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In the context of the release of the EU Green Deal on the 11th of December 2019, ETIP SNET and CIGRE have issued a joint statement to highlight 10 key messages that illustrate their common Vision of the energy sector to be achieved by 2050.

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The European Technology and Innovation Platform Smart Networks for Energy Transition (ETIP SNET) is currently working on updating the short and medium term key Research Demonstration & Innovation priorities to enable the transition towards a reliable, affordable and 100% renewable European energy system with electricity as its backbone.

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This year ETIP SNET, in collaboration with regional partners across Europe, held two successful workshops in Petten and Paris from September to November 2019. Together the workshops gathered over 130 participants from all over Europe to share knowledge on local projects and identify research priorities. All session slides and minutes are now available online.

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During the European Utility Week in Paris last November, the BRIDGE initiative organised 4 sessions that raised central topics for the future of the energy markets.

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