Three ways AI has been moulding the global energy market | Smart Energy International
The future of energy largely depends on how we manage AI and its power demand. Here's three ways it has been shaping the energy market.| Smart Energy International
Hitachi Energy has announced an investment of more than $1 billion to expand its manufacturing capacity of critical electrical grid infrastructure in the US. These investments, among the largest seen in the electrical industry in the US, include approximately $457 million for a new large power transformer facility in South Boston, Virginia, along with significant| Regional News | Smart Energy International
From virtual power plants to flexibility, recent months have seen a number of acquisitions and partnerships in the EV smart charging space.| Regional News | Smart Energy International
Tauron has signed two financing agreements with BGK, valuing €1.2 billion across power grid transformation and infrastructure digitalisation.| News | Smart Energy International
Pacific Green Technologies has completed a financing raise of AU$77 million for a 7GWh battery pipeline in Australia.| News | Smart Energy International
The future of energy largely depends on how we manage AI and its power demand. Here's three ways it has been shaping the energy market.| Smart Energy International
While the switchgear market is poised for strong growth, it still faces headwinds from supply chain disruptions and regulatory changes.| Industry Sectors | Smart Energy International
Yusuf Latief discusses the UK’s BESS market, which in the first half of this week became a hotbed of investment activity.| Regional News | Smart Energy International
Germany-based multinational electric utility company E.ON has reported a 13% increase in its Group EBITDA, with networks a key driver.| Smart Energy International
The Iberian blackout is still under investigation, but what it has highlighted is the criticality of the right type of power grid investment.| Smart Energy International
EV sales are up across the globe - China dominates as Europe grows - but can the momentum keep up amid economic and tariff uncertainty?| Smart Energy International
In this week’s Power Playbook: Yusuf Latief discusses how the blackout in Iberia has been accelerating much-needed investment into the power grid.| Smart Energy International
The EIB signed two €25 million loans with Iberdrola to reconstruct and redesign the distribution grid damaged by the October floods in Valencia| Smart Energy International
Eaton was awarded the tax credits for its manufacturing investments totaling more than $200 million to support clean energy projects and workforce training.| Smart Energy International
The importance of energy investment in Africa is not up for debate. However, the question of how to convince the public and private sectors to invest does not lead to straightforward answers.| Smart Energy International
The European Investment Bank and multi-utility company AGSM AIM have signed a finance contract of €120 million for grid modernisation.| Smart Energy International
Will energy investors’ interest wander to Europe now that Trump has flipped the script with his Big Beautiful Bill?| Smart Energy International
Iberdrola announced a €5 billion capital increase to finance networks operations in the US and UK, where framework condition are attractive.| Smart Energy International
There is a €250 billion investment gap for TSOs in Europe. Might it be time to think outside the box about energy financial flows?| Smart Energy International
DTEK has reached a loan agreement with a consortium of Ukrainian banks for five energy storage installations, totalling 180MW.| Smart Energy International
Data centres and power consumption can be viewed as the ‘problem child’ of the energy transition; for investors, its a reason to spend money.| Smart Energy International
The World Bank has approved a $146 million grant to the Syria Electricity Emergency Project (SEEP), a transmission grid recovery project.| Smart Energy International
The UK’s Industrial Strategy promises catalytic investment and building up investment certainty in clean energy sector; but can it do so?| Smart Energy International
Octopus Energy’s first African energy fund will mobilise $250 million African clean energy, e-mobility, battery storage and grid upgrades.| Smart Energy International
Which is better for financing grid expansion: overhead buildout, or alternative transmission technologies? Let's look to the UK.| Smart Energy International
AI-powered wildfire detection startup Pano AI has closed a $44 million Series B funding round, bringing its total raised to $89 million.| Smart Energy International
The EIB has pledged €1.6 billion to finance the construction of the Bay of Biscay electricity interconnection between Spain and France.| Smart Energy International
Generating investment signals for heavy industry decarbonisation is no small matter. Renewables and the power sector may show us way forward.| Smart Energy International
Von der Leyen and Biden met Friday in agreement of a critical mineral strategy to ensure coordinated clean tech investments.| Smart Energy International
Despite uncertainty from Trump's economic strategy, global energy investment has been found soaring by the IEA and KPMG.| Smart Energy International
In this week’s Power Playbook: The smart energy market is surging and two European startups have been spotted staking a claim.| Smart Energy International
Trump's trade strategy: Continued tariff impacts, a bill to gut the IRA and how its full repeal may open doors for new competition.| Smart Energy International
Reskilling and upskilling the energy sector's workforce poses a critical challenge: how will this be funded and who do we look to, to do so?| Smart Energy International
Germany's special fund: An historic package signalling a drastically new legislative period. Is it enough for the country's energy ambitions.| Smart Energy International
The energy innovation landscape is at a pivotal moment amid signs of slowing momentum in financing and shifting priorities, says the IEA.| Smart Energy International
European network investment needs take the stage this week. In the UK and EU significant growth is expected. So, how do we secure the cash?| Smart Energy International
Dutch grid operator Stedin has signed a €500 million loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for security of supply.| Smart Energy International
The EIB is investing nearly half a billion euros in water modernisation, including its digitalisation, in Madrid.| Smart Energy International
With GB electricity demand set to double by 2050, the current pace of additional investment in the distribution networks must also double.| Smart Energy International
In the Power Playbook: US sees a slow down in corporate financing for energy as Europe expects record investments from utilities in 2025.| Smart Energy International
Siemens … Electricite de France … Iberdrola – leaders in their respective energy categories for expenditure on R&D and innovation in Europe.| Smart Energy International
Yusuf Latief discusses how an allocation ‘bumfuzzle’ from legislative uncertainties in Europe has been holding capital back from net zero.| Smart Energy International
The Power Playbook looks back to Enlit Europe for grid financing insights as Dan Jørgensen becomes the commissioner for energy and housing.| Smart Energy International
ABB has completed a second strategic investment in US-based technology company Pratexo, an edge-to-cloud software solution provider.| Smart Energy International
Although COP29 had potential, more seems needed to connect the energy transition goals with the energy financing to meet them.| Smart Energy International
The EIB has signed a €500 million loan with Iberdrola for the development and expansion of smart electricity networks in Spain.| Smart Energy International
Endesa plans to increase investments on grids to €4 billion ($4.2 billion) between 2025 to 2027, a 45% increase compared to their prior plan.| Smart Energy International
Enel Group has announced its 2025 to 2027 strategy, planning to spend €26 billion into the company’s grids segment.| Smart Energy International
Donlad Trump is taking US office: What has been and what will be his affect on global clean energy financing?| Smart Energy International
The EIB and ORLEN Group have signed a €206.9 million loan agreement to bolster the Polish power grid and bring more renewables online.| Smart Energy International
This week’s Power Playbook looks at negative pricing as a new challenge for Europe’s energy markets and the opportunity it presents for battery investments.| Smart Energy International
Five actions are proposed to strengthen the business and economic case for grid development in Europe in a new WEF briefing paper.| Smart Energy International
There is a hefty price tag for expanding the power grid, but it's important to know how to prioritise spend, stated panellists during Enlit Europe.| Smart Energy International
Maintaining European competitiveness amid the energy transition was a hot talking point at Enlit Europe’s opening keynote.| Smart Energy International
This week’s Power Playbook looks into new data and an IEA report showing record-breaking EV sales in China and its global market impact.| Smart Energy International
Iberdrola has announced plans to more than double its investment plan in the UK to approximately £24 billion between 2024 to 2028.| Smart Energy International
Yusuf Latief looks into recent reports of record VC funnelled into batteries, at the same time as Northvolt's troubling news.| Smart Energy International
The EIB has provided Enel Colombia with a loan of $300 million to develop the country’s power grids and renewable energy generation.| Smart Energy International
With the launch of NESO and closure of the National Gas sale, Yusuf Latief discusses how National Grid is seeing a huge pivot in its strategy.| Smart Energy International
With NYC Climate Week coming to a close, Yusuf Latief reflects in this Power Playbook on how the Big Apple is setting the stage for COP29.| Smart Energy International
The Power Playbook looks into Mario Draghi's competitiveness report and what it may entail for financing in the cleantech sector.| Smart Energy International
The EIB is lending Slovenian electricity company Elektro Ljubljana €50 million to expand and upgrade the power distribution network.| Smart Energy International
The Power Playbook discusses a sales lag and the 'reality gap' for decarbonisation projects, as outlined by McKinsey & company.| Smart Energy International
In 2022, US President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act. In this Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief discusses its success.| Smart Energy International
As TenneT investigates a state sale of German operations, its annual investments are expected to grow to at least €10 billion.| Smart Energy International
Iberdrola is investing €290 million (US$312 million) to boost digitalisation, chairman Ignacio Galán has announced.| Smart Energy International
This week's Smart Energy Finances looks at a series of announcements indicating the grid as a major driver of company and utility investment.| Smart Energy International
In the realm of energy, some big YoY profits have been touted by power system operators, particularly in the Netherlands and Italy.| Smart Energy International
Enea Operator has developed an algorithm drawing on smart meters and other data to support the network investment planning.| Smart Energy International
Romania's Rețele Electrice DSO companies and Romania’s Ministry of Energy have signed electricity modernisation financing of €38.4 million.| Smart Energy International
Yusuf Latief looks into Q1 financing results within the smart grid sector, highlighting the top five deals, all of which are EV charging companies.| Smart Energy International
Adani Energy Solutions Limited has reported 47% YoY increases in revenue, citing transmission and smart metering as simultaneous successes.| Smart Energy International
In this week’s Power Playbook, Tesla’s Q2 earnings take centre stage, falling despite the e-mobility leader’s storage successes.| Smart Energy International
Hitachi Energy has revealed investments of over $1.5 billion to ramp up its global transformer manufacturing capacity.| Smart Energy International
This week’s edition of Power Playbook looks at new data on venture capital financing in Europe, finding energy sector taking the lions share.| Smart Energy International
Australia’s CEFC has made an Au$50 million (US$34 million) loan commitment to Intellihub for smart meters and smart behind the meter devices.| Smart Energy International
Yusuf Latief discusses with Azad Camyab of Pearlstone Energy how aggregators function as the Ubers of flexible energy asset monetisation.| Smart Energy International
According to KfW, additional investments of €300 billion is needed for Germany's network infrastructure alone by the middle of the century.| Smart Energy International
Portugal’s Eneida, which develops low voltage analytics, has completed a €10.5 million in financing to develop its tech for grid operators.| Smart Energy International
Demand response tech developer Voltalis closed €215 million in loans to finance its infrastructure project of 1.4GWp demand response capacity.| Smart Energy International
Enel Group has announced a new investment strategy, doubling down on grid investments and being more selective in renewables.| Smart Energy International
EUREC has called for an expansion of EIB guarantees for cleantech. What does this mean and how can it help European competitiveness?| Smart Energy International
The European Union has disbursed €2.967 billion via the Modernisation Fund to support 39 energy projects in 10 EU Member States.| Smart Energy International
Yusuf Latief looks at a real estate case study demonstrating how EU regulation can guide private sector investments in the energy transition.| Smart Energy International
What are the biggest market trends in the energy sector? Yusuf Latief asked energy experts at Distributech International.| Smart Energy International
The EIB and the Iren Group have signed a €200 million financing agreement to support the modernisation of electricity infrastructure.| Smart Energy International
EBRD is providing a €45 million financing package to Tunisia’s electricity operator STEG for their interconnection project with Italy.| Smart Energy International
Yusuf Latief explores three dimensions for EU to finance its energy transition: public vs private, granular regulation and taxation.| Smart Energy International
The Kingdom of Bahrain and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development have signed a loan agreement for a transmission networks project.| Smart Energy International
Hitachi Energy has announced an additional $4.5 billion to 2027, with a focus on transformers, HVDC and high-voltage product lines.| Smart Energy International
An investment update from the IEA finds the majority of energy funds going into renewables and the grid, surpassing that of fossil fuels.| Smart Energy International
The IEA reports grids investment is expected to reach $400 billion in 2024, with Europe, US, China, parts of Latin America leading the way.| Smart Energy International
The World Bank had approved $40 million for the Republic of Armenia to rehabilitate transmission substations and adopt financing reforms.| Smart Energy International
National Grid's £7 billion fully underwritten rights issue tanked their shares. Is this a warning or a watershed for energy sector financing?| Smart Energy International
Duke Energy, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nucor have signed MoUs to develop Accelerating Clean Energy (ACE) tariffs for emerging tech.| Smart Energy International
National Grid is planning £66bn over 5 years into its power networks, guaranteeing the plan with £7bn in fully underwritten rights issues.| Smart Energy International
Kristian Ruby of Eurelectric, and Serge Colle of EY discussed the critical need to invest in future-proofing our grids to ensure they don't become a stumbling block in meeting our future decarbonisation targets.| Smart Energy International
Yusuf Latief looks into analysis on financial impacts of a delayed energy transition and how much money is needed across segments for net zero| Smart Energy International
EnBW plans to invest approximately €40 billion in the energy transition by 2030, focusing on grid expansion and renewable energies.| Smart Energy International
GE Vernova has invested $10.2 million in the Xlinks Morocco – UK Power Project project, thereby becoming a minority stakeholder.| Smart Energy International
Although the battery energy market is growing at a very welcome rate, battery project risks and insurer considerations need to be top of mind| Smart Energy International
