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#IWD2019: Emily Wheeler, Executive VP of Operations
Blog posts • Mar 08, 2019 11:02 GMT
To mark International Women’s Day 2019, we caught up with Emily Wheeler, our US-based Executive VP of Operations to find out more about her journey into energy.
Utilities must invest in technology now to cope with growth of renewables and electric vehicles
Press Releases • Feb 06, 2019 13:31 GMT
Distribution utilities need to adopt new technologies and new ways of thinking to slash the cost of integrating renewable energy generators, electric vehicles and other distributed energy resources (DER) into their grids, according to the latest white paper from Smarter Grid Solutions.
Smarter Grid Solutions software delivers demand side response with European commercial and industrial customers.
Press Releases • Nov 29, 2018 17:01 GMT
Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) has successfully completed its European Commission Horizon 2020 ‘OPTIMISED’ project deploying its Distributed Energy Resources Management System (DERMS) in two factories to deliver Commercial & Industrial Demand Side Response (DSR).
Nexant and Smarter Grid Solutions Collaborate on Platform to Manage DERs in Distribution and Transmission Networks
Press Releases • Nov 15, 2018 18:30 GMT
Smarter Grid Solutions and Nexant are pleased to announce the next step in our collaboration on a comprehensive Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) to manage, coordinate, and optimize the growing complexity within distribution and transmission networks.
Smarter Grid Solutions Expert Panel: The Development and Future of Decentralised Electricity
Blog posts • Nov 15, 2018 09:30 GMT
Smarter Grid Solutions marked its 10th year of operations at the start of November. Smarter Grid Solutions Co-Founder and Executive Director, Graham Ault, writes about what the panel spoke about during the celebrations.
Smarter Grid Solutions opens two global R&D labs to accelerate product development
Press Releases • Nov 08, 2018 09:42 GMT
Smarter Grid Solutions, a leading provider of distributed energy resource management software, is today announcing the official opening of two research and development laboratories in its Glasgow and New York offices.
Smarter Grid Solutions Celebrates 10 Years of Success
Press Releases • Nov 06, 2018 09:35 GMT
Smarter Grid Solutions, a leading provider of distributed energy resource management software, is celebrating ten years in business. Over the past decade the Glasgow-based firm has successfully collaborated with over 30 customers to bring new leading solutions to market that enable efficient and reliable energy transition.
Shetland’s energy system undergoes major upgrade at the end of five year trial
Press Releases • Oct 19, 2018 09:20 BST
Smarter Grid Solutions has successfully completed an upgrade to Shetland’s Active Network Management system after the completion of a 5-year project with the island’s electricity network operator.
Smarter Grid Solutions completes comprehensive study to help Minnesota reach its 2030 renewable energy goal
Press Releases • Oct 09, 2018 14:41 BST
Smarter Grid Solutions completes a comprehensive study on advanced technology solutions to help increase PV penetration, contributing to Minnesota’s goal of producing 10% of electricity from solar by 2030.
Smarter Grid Solutions agrees new enterprise licence with UK utility giant Western Power Distribution
Press Releases • Sep 14, 2018 15:12 BST
marter Grid Solutions (SGS) announced today that it has agreed a new enterprise licence deal with Western Power Distribution (WPD), the UK’s largest electricity distribution utility company by area.
Smarter Grid Solutions welcomes Derek Mackay to Head Office in Glasgow
Press Releases • Sep 06, 2018 10:01 BST
Smarter Grid Solutions welcomed Derek Mackay, the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy & Fair Work, to its head office in Glasgow City Centre on the 5th September coinciding with the start of its 10th year of trading.
Optimising the value of energy storage, flexibility and response
Blog posts • Aug 14, 2018 11:28 BST
Senior Consultants, Dr. Laura Kane and Dr. Rachael Taljaard, team up in this blog post where they examine the value of energy storage, the triads for 2017/18, and how using a behind-the-meter solution like ANM Element can realise the value of developments for asset owners without having to wait on utilities.
The evolution of consultancy, planning & analysis, and the modern grid
Blog posts • Aug 09, 2018 14:44 BST
The way we manage, produce and consume electricity is changing and software to manage and control the network is on the tip of everyone's tongue. But consultancy around this change is seldom spoken about. Here our Head of Planning and Analysis talks about how grid consultancy is evolving hand-in-hand with the grid, and how that's changed our methods and outlook.
O&R, Smarter Grid Solutions Seek Ways to Get More Clean Energy to the Grid
Press Releases • Aug 07, 2018 20:59 BST
O&R announced today that it is partnering with Smarter Grid Solutions, Inc. (SGS), one of the leading providers of distributed energy resource management software, on a demonstration project designed to help developers more affordably interconnect solar energy projects to the power grid and drive greater export of renewable energy on O&R’s system.
Dumping energy, curtailment, & batteries in the power grid
Blog posts • Jul 10, 2018 11:30 BST
Dr. Chad Abbey, Head of Consultancy for Smarter Grid Solutions, releases his first blog post ahead of his talk at the EUCI "Dumping Energy" event. In this post, Chad highlights the importance of battery storage in the changing energy system, but also its cost-effectiveness against curtailing energy.
Subsidy Free: The Next Step Up For Renewables
Blog posts • Jun 26, 2018 12:24 BST
Subsidies are typically introduced to encourage and support the development of new technologies and are used to support most generation technologies in the UK. There is a justification in reducing and eventually removing subsidies.
Northern Powergrid developing innovative solutions to improve reliability of supply in isolated areas
Press Releases • May 11, 2018 09:54 BST
Northern Powergrid, the electricity distributor, has teamed up with Turbo Power Systems and Smarter Grid Solutions to look at new and innovative solutions to increase the resilience of the region's power network.
Energy storage – making the most of the opportunity.
Blog posts • May 09, 2018 14:19 BST
The move from centralised generation to distributed generation led to saturation in parts of the network, which in turn led to innovation in the way networks are planned and operated. Energy storage is just the next step in this evolutionary process.
Bob Currie Selected as Judge for the IET Innovation Awards
Press Releases • Apr 25, 2018 17:00 BST
Do you have a brainwave the world won't forget? Our CTO, Bob Currie, will be part of an expert panel of judges at this years IET Awards. Bob will be part of the judging panel looking at the Power & Energy Innovations.
Four Smarter Grid Solutions Employees Shortlisted for Energy Awards
Press Releases • Apr 13, 2018 09:44 BST
Smarter Grid Solutions is proud to have four of its employees shortlisted for the Scottish Renewables Young Professionals in Green Energy Awards (YPGEA), which take place in Glasgow on the 24th May.