Govinda Upadhyay

📹✨ At ETS24, Carina Lehmal, our CTO, delivered an insightful presentation on "Quantifying Grid Intelligence: The Role of Measurement Chains in Smart Grid Realization." 🔌🌍 Smart Grid and Sensors: Carina explained why achieving a truly smart grid is only possible with our advanced sensors. These measurement chains are crucial for monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing the grid's performance in real-time. ⚡🔧 Her talk highlighted how our sensors provide the necessary data to enhance grid efficiency, reliability, and sustainability. Without these precise measurements, the vision of a smart grid remains out of reach. Curious to learn more? Watch the video and discover how our sensors are shaping the future of energy! 🎥👇 Quantifying grid intelligence • Energy Tech Summit https://bit.ly/3zjIRvm #ETS24 #SmartGrid #GridIntelligence #MeasurementChains #Innovation #Sustainability

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Orus Energy Secures €2.2 Million to Revolutionize Power Grids with Energy Flexibility Software Orus Energy, a pioneering energy flexibility platform, has successfully raised €2.2 million in a pre-seed funding round dedicated to the decarbonization of power grids. The company utilizes advanced machine learning techniques to forecast and regulate energy consumption within buildings, optimizing usage during eco-friendly off-peak periods. This innovative approach not only cuts down on expenses, but also furnishes the grid with crucial flexibility. The primary investors for this funding endeavor were b2venture, Asterion Ventures, Ring Capital, in addition to prominent industry figureheads such as Pierre Trémolières and Myriam Maestroni. Orus Energy's cutting-edge software operates by regarding buildings as "thermal batteries," empowering them to shift up to 6 gigawatts of power demand in France by the year 2030. This methodology aids in stabilizing the grid, which is grappling with the mounting strain imposed by renewable energy sources and electrified devices, including electric vehicles and heat pumps. The platform interfaces with control systems to manage power demand without compromising the comfort of occupants, offering clients the potential to save up to 10% on their electricity bills. # Thank you Luisa Rodriguez for your submission!

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World’s commitment to research ways to generate #CleanEnergy is essential, and #Renewables have to play an important role in this effort, even more once the storage capacity will be commercially ready... Nevertheless we have to understand that for different reasons such as intermitency, lack of storage capacity, grid improvements... we are not yet ready for a #RenewablesFirstFuture... Quoting to Simon Sinek: "Pure pragmatism can´t imaging a bold future. Pure idealism can´t get anything done. It´s the delicate blend of both that drives innovation"... Now more than ever, the world need this delicate blend of pragmatism and idealism to build a sustainable future for next generations!!!

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Here's the first of 101 energy project use-cases you can model in Gridcog! 🏁 Only 100 to go! 💯😅 What should we demonstrate next???

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released "Electricity 2024" lately, giving key feedbacks about the electricity industry achievements and challenges ahead. Among the essential learnings : 1️⃣ Global electricity demand rose moderately in 2023 but is set to grow faster through 2026: emerging and developing economies are the engines of global electricity demand growth 2️⃣ Electricity prices for energy-intensive industries in the European Union in 2023 were almost double those in the United States and China. 3️⃣ Record-breaking electricity generation from low-emissions sources – which includes nuclear and renewables such as solar, wind and hydro – is set to cover all global demand growth over the next three years: Nuclear power generation is on track to reach a new record high by 2025 4️⃣ Emissions from electricity generation are entering structural decline as decarbonisation gathers pace 5️⃣ Growing weather impacts on power systems highlight the importance of investing in electricity security Major challenges ahead for clean energies to deliver low carbon electricity! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eYADePAD #IEA #Electricity #NuclearEnergy #Clean Energy #NetZero #NuclearForClimate

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Grid Services projects play a crucial role in our transition to a world powered by renewables 🌍 Learn more about how they work and why they are so important here 👇

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South facing solar rooftops seem to be the prevalent recommendation for behind the meter installations. This pv magazine Global article refers to a very interesting paper that quantifies if that is indeed the case (in Italy) and what are the benefits of an east-west orientation. As solar panels continue to go down in price, it will be increasingly economical to use panels with other orientations and angles (the article refers to 15 degrees). https://lnkd.in/drmfnstG

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🔌⚡️ Urgent: 🇪🇺 's Electricity Network Bottlenecks Threaten Energy Transition Eurelectric, warns of severe shortages in transformers, with delivery times reaching up to 4 years. This critical bottleneck, along with challenges in other essential components, threatens the energy transition (see report: https://shorturl.at/mbIk6 ) Key Challenges: - Massive Investment Needs: Transforming 🇪🇺 's electricity network is essential for climate goals and enabling heat pumps, electric vehicles, and renewable energy sources. - Transformer Shortages: Delivery times of up to four years create a bottleneck that threatens the connection of renewable energy by 2030. - x2 Investment Requirements: Eurelectric’s study shows grid investments need to x2 to €67 billion annually from 2025 to 2050, about 0.4% of 🇪🇺 GDP. - Economic and Employment Benefits: Upgrading the grid will create over 2 million jobs, save energy, and ensure reliable power, accelerating 🇪🇺's decarbonization. Urgency of Grid Modernization: 🇪🇺's grids must be modernized to support electrification, integrate renewables, and withstand extreme weather and cyber threats. By 2050, electricity will make up 60% of energy use, with renewable capacity increasing x6. However, connection requests are outpacing grid modernization efforts. Investment Requirements: To alleviate strain and facilitate the energy transition, annual investments into new infrastructure and digitalization should reach €67 billion from 2025 to 2050. Strategic approaches could reduce this to €55 billion per year if properly implemented. Risks of Inadequate Investment: Failing to achieve these investments could jeopardize 74% of connections for electric vehicles, heat pumps, and renewables. Call to Action: Eurelectric’s President and E.ON CEO, stresses the need for grid capacity expansion and attractive returns for investors. National authorities should: - Implement legislation to support investment. - Eliminate investment caps and fast-track grid permitting. - De-risk investments to attract private funding and open public financing through the EU budget. Supply Chain Challenges: The supply chain’s ability to scale is critical. Current shortages of copper, talent deficits, extended manufacturing lead times, and transformer costs can hinder infrastructure development. Addressing these bottlenecks through strategic planning, collaboration, and training initiatives is essential. Eurelectric calls on policymakers to secure grid investments, strengthen supply chains, and unlock the benefits of Grids for Speed. 👉 For more insights on innovation, follow me on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/dzcqjpQf Note: I worked on the risk of SF6 in switchgears at DNV and wrote about it here if you are curious: https://shorturl.at/kHVvA #energytransition #sf6 #supergrid #heatpump #tesla

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What are the Challenges of the Future Electricity System? Find the answers in the report issued today by EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER). I am delighted to see that the report identifies 1) bottlenecks in distribution grids, 2) the active participation of consumers/prosumers/storage 3) the need for increased effciency of existing grids, as the top priorities Plexigrid was born, precisely, to address and resolve these three questions. #energytransition #gridofthefuture #plexigrid

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From the pov of an #activetransportation enthusiast. I see all climate change conversations going down the drain if we are not focused on two sectors : a. Transport, contribution to climate change is almost 25% b. Construction sector, around 37%. There is a massive catch though. There is an interlinkage between the transport and the construction sectors. The more car-dominated cities have a larger spread, which means more construction, more roads, more concreting, more services, and so on. Plus we are also looking at ancillary facilities that transport and construction require. In totality, we have to shift urgently to a a. A stricter and leaner construction industry. Place retrofitting and quality construction on the top of the agenda. Deincentivise new construction and make rentals, and service apartments more accessible. b. Create a safe and weather-resistant Non-motorized transport (NMT) infrastructure on a war footing in major cities. Deincentivise car ownership and incentivize battery cycles and eV motorbike sales. Invest more in land-based and rail-based public infrastructure. #globalwarming #climatechange

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Demand response tech developer Voltalis has closed €215 million ($233 million) in loans to finance its infrastructure project of 1.4GWp of demand response capacity. #renewables #power #energy #wind #offshore #onshore #solar #hydropower #floating #nuclear #geothermal #efficiency #transition #susteinability #circular #economy #esg #clean #decarbonization #electrification #climate #hydrogen #mobility #greensteel #ammonia #transportation #storage #fuelcell #smartgrid #der #powersystem #generation #transmission #distribution #electricity #machines #drives #sensors #iot #education #engineering #innovation #entrepreneurship #creativity #technology #digitalization #cybersecurtity #metering

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Below a a link to recommended summer reading for decision makers at European grid system operators and regulators being tired of rejecting grid access and considering how to deal with a 225 to 1,150 GW solar PV increase from 2025 to 2050? Working in a utility investing in a European solar PV and storage where challenge No. 1 for adding more renewables and storage is grid capacity, it is amazing to read this new report not just looking at possible super conductor technologies for the next decade but also mature solutions available for grid operators to increase capacity within a year or three. E.g.: - storage as a transmission asset (SATA) which also can be conducted with private battery energy storage system (BESS) investors making it possible for system operators to loosen their back-up (N-1) reservations and increase supply and demand instead - flexibility management software solutions utilising the flexibility of BESS, interruptible solar PV, heat pumps and other assets to increase flexibility and capacity in the grid - the German NOVA principle: grid optimisation has priority over grid reinforcement, which has priority over grid expansion. We will need both expansion, reinforcement and optimisation to get to 2050 but to realise the opportunities of tomorrow before 2030, more optimisation and reinforcement is needed.

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Today at the EM-Power Europe Conference in Munich, I took part in the “Demand Side Flexibility - the Role of Grid Infrastructure, Market Parties and Digitalisation in Meeting Consumers’ Expectations” session alongside Andreas Jahn, Sebastian Mahlow, Dr. Frank Schlichting and Alex Schoch, and moderated by Carmen Gimeno de la Fuente. The growing electrification of our society puts Power Grids at the centre of the Energy Transition, and according to the Eurelectric “Grids for Speed” report, EU 27 countries and Norway will need to invest around 67 B€ per year from 2025 to 2050 to enable a successful Energy Transition and secure energy supply. EDP's network distribution companies operate in Brazil, Portugal, and Spain, and comprise 389k kilometres of networks and distribute 86k GWh to 11,8M connections. We are actively working to enable the Energy Transition, connecting renewable power plants, self-consumption installations, energy communities and electric mobility charging stations, using Smartgrids as the backbone to connect and provide information, and providing 400M daily data records in Portugal alone, information that we share with everyone through our Open Data Portal (e-redes.opendatasoft.com). We are conducting flexibility pilots and adopting more and more Agile practices to make the most of our resources. We work relentlessly for our grids to enable the Energy Transition. #grids #energy_transition #smart_meters

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The Green Electricity System era : As a representant of the Europacable Energy Distribution Team, I had the honor to lead the keynote speech to the High Level Forum on Standardization, an initiative of the EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton. As Europacable, we are stressing that cables are a strategic technology to safeguard Europe's energy sovereignty and decarbonization. I have emphasized that Europe has all the technology know-how, the expertise, the people and capacity it needs to build its future grids. European cable manufacturers are the world’s technology leaders in this critical grid technology segment. With over 4BN Euros of grid investments announcements made last year alone, European cable manufacturers will be more than doubling their available capacities to deliver to the European grid needs.

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Energy cooperatives versus energy poverty The survey is conducted by Hertie School of Governance and Kozminski University scholars to study the systemic role of energy cooperatives. The results and recommendations will be shared with all participants, as well as further used to promote energy cooperatives. About 15-20 minutes for 30 choice questions

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“There is no energy #transition without #transmission, and that can only happen with the availability of switchgears and transformers. #Grid #investments are accelerating dramatically in Europe and worldwide, and customers are competing for manufacturing slots. This agreement enables Siemens Energy to plan its capacities, which will benefit both Danish and European #energy #infrastructure. We are excited to be trusted to deliver on the #grid #acceleration in #Denmark.” Henrik Riis, CEO of Energinet Electricity Transmission, says, “We need external suppliers to ensure rapid and significant #expansion of the #electricity #transmission #grid. The task is enormous. In the coming years, several high-voltage #substations on the ‘high-ways’ of the Danish #electricity #grid are #needed to secure that #renewable #electricity can be #connected to the #grid and transported around the country. We are incredibly pleased that with Siemens Energy we get a long-term, strategic partnership, thus ensuring that we can keep up with the dramatic development in Denmark.” As renewable energy becomes a bigger part of the electricity mix, grids need to adjust how to transport that electricity. Unlike with conventional generation, wind and solar are often not available where they are consumed, which means the #electricity needs to be transported over #longer #distances, usually at high voltages to minimize loss. Power #transformers are a crucial link in this chain, as they enable both that long-distance #transport, as well as the conversion between high-voltage for #transporting and lower-voltage for #consumers. https://lnkd.in/dJf_hu6G

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#energyevening: Today, I had the pleasure of attending the opening ceremony of Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare, an innovation hub, co-located with the PSI Paul Scherrer Institut, a world-renowned Swiss research center. Axpo Group is a shareholder in the Innovaare AG and as such, it is no surprise that energy technologies are one of the four focus areas of Innovaare. I am very much looking forward to the development of this vibrant space as more and more start-ups with highly skilled and strongly motivated people will move into the state-of-the-art facilities. Innovaare board president Christian Broennimann cited Goethe in his opening thoughts: "Es ist nicht genug zu wissen, man muß auch anwenden; es ist nicht genug zu wollen, man muß auch tun." (It is not enough to know, one must also apply; It's not enough to want, you also have to do). What a fitting statement... innovation is about doing, trying, applying. That's also the spirit in Axpo's #innovation activities and I am looking forward to sharing more of these later this year.

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[𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 📖] The April issue of #pvmagazine! In this edition, we share first-hand accounts of the challenges community acceptance can pose to renewable energy projects, and we look at growth in community solar models both as an antidote to this and a novel way to deliver clean energy direct to consumers. We also highlight impressive progress for solar in Egypt, and look at how countries in Central Asia are beginning to realize their PV potential. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 👇 ⚡️ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺, 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄: Grid forming inverters can play an important role in grid stability. 💰 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮'𝘀 $𝟵𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: India has set ambitious targets for rooftop PV, but installations are well behind and questions linger over implementation. 💧 𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱: Greece is at the center of an ambitious interconnection proposal that stretches from Saudi Arabia to southern Germany. 🌞 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: Two planned gigafactories could add 10 GW of module capacity by 2027, but French manufacturers warn that political support is essential for future success. As always, the April issue of 2024 is filled with expert columnists who tackle the past month's hottest issues and offer their take on the latest trends in technology and pricing. Get your April issue now! 👉https://lnkd.in/dCT4zuVX pv magazine Global is available in both print and digital formats. 📰💻 #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #pvmagazine

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