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The ‘Advancing Grid-Enhancing Technologies’ (GETs) Act has been introduced in the US to boost investments in these technologies.

Following a tender review the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) can proceed with the 400,000 smart meter rollout across the island, local press has rep…

ABB has announced several initiatives in Brazil to deploy low carbon solutions, including fast-charging solutions to improve e-mobility.

Aclara is to bring NVIDIA’s Jetson AI to the grid edge with the embedding of Utilidata’s Karman platform in its smart meters.

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Renewable energy sources — once the fuel of the future, then practical in specific, narrow applications — are increasingly economic mainstream sources of power generation. Hydropower was long the mainstay of U.S. renewable electricity generation, although wind power surpassed hydro for the first time in 2019, and solar continues its rapid growth. The continued growth of wind and solar, with their fluctuations, is tied in part to improvements in storage technology: batteries.

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