Jonathan Spencer Jones

Buenos Aires

Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance

Specialist Writer at Smart Energy International

Writer and Analyst at Smart Energy Industy Insights

Editor, writer and researcher -- new clean energy technologies, history of astronomy, British and Caribbean family histories, opera.

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EU’s climate chief calls for ‘Marshall plan’ for Europe’s energy

2 weeks ago | enlit.world | Jonathan Spencer Jones

Projects Zone Climate Decarbonisation Energy Storage Europe & UK Finance & Investment Grid Infrastructure Policy & Regulation Renewable Energy Solar Energy Transmission & Distribution A Marshall plan for Europe’s energy – or a ‘true energy union’ – to deliver the ‘Clean industrial deal’ is advocated by Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth.
Europe Energy Briefs: Europe’s utilities supply chains

3 weeks ago | enlit.world | Jonathan Spencer Jones

Grid Infrastructure Distribution Europe & UK Policy & Regulation Projects Zone Smart Metering Transmission Transmission & Distribution System operators in Europe, like their counterparts elsewhere, have been encountering growing supply chain challenges in sourcing essential equipment and key components in recent years.
E.ON partners on local power generation solutions for data centres

3 weeks ago | powerengineeringint.com | Jonathan Jones |Jonathan Spencer Jones

E.ON has entered into a ‘preferred partnership’ with Texas-based CyrusOne to develop solutions to overcome data centres grid capacity constraints in Europe. The focus of the partnership is on unlocking future energy projects in Frankfurt – Europe’s largest data centre hub, which is currently constrained by limited grid capacity and connection delays – and more widely across the continent.
Access to power biggest challenge for Europe’s data centres

3 weeks ago | smart-energy.com | Jonathan Spencer Jones

Access to power is considered the biggest challenge for data centre operators over the next three years, the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) has found.
E.ON partners on local power generation solutions for data centres

3 weeks ago | smart-energy.com | Jonathan Spencer Jones

E.ON has entered into a ‘preferred partnership’ with Texas-based CyrusOne to develop solutions to overcome data centres grid capacity constraints in Europe. The focus of the partnership is on unlocking future energy projects in Frankfurt – Europe’s largest data centre hub, which is currently constrained by limited grid capacity and connection delays – and more widely across the continent.
First Mercury ‘Bluetooth for low carbon tech’ specifications released

3 weeks ago | smart-energy.com | Jonathan Spencer Jones

The Mercury Consortium has released its first set of specifications for electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). The aim of the specification is to ensure that EV chargers can respond to grid signals to deliver flexibility services while also providing consumers with control and choice. The release of the preliminary version is to collect broader stakeholder input before finalising the requirements and an associated test specification later in the summer.
Thales eyes nuclear fusion with GenF

4 weeks ago | powerengineeringint.com | Jonathan Spencer Jones

Thales has inaugurated the new spinoff company, GenF, to develop inertial confinement nuclear fusion in France. The launch of GenF follows the selection of Thales’ TARANIS project to demonstrate the feasibility of designing a first inertial confinement nuclear fusion reactor in February 2024, as part of a call from the French government for innovative nuclear reactor projects in its France 2030 initiative.
Five flexibility pilots get go ahead in Spain

1 month ago | smart-energy.com | Jonathan Spencer Jones

Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has approved five pilots to accelerate flexibility innovation for the country’s electricity system. The projects are implemented under a first-of-its-kind regulatory sandbox in Spain, which is enabling certain exemptions from sectoral regulations and contributing to regulatory innovation.
New project spotlight: SAFErGrid and GridForLoads to advance new grid solutions

1 month ago | enlit.world | Jonathan Spencer Jones

Grid Management & Monitoring Decentralised Energy Demand Response Digitalisation Distributed Generation Energy Storage Europe & UK Grid Infrastructure Projects Zone Renewable Energy Two new projects, SAFErGrid and GridForLoads, have been launched to develop solutions for the evolving grids with increasing penetration of renewable energies. The transition to renewable energies in the grid is bringing new challenges for operators in managing their grids.
Plenitude to launch Kraken in Iberia

1 month ago | smart-energy.com | Jonathan Spencer Jones

Plenitude, Italian energy company Eni’s technology innovation subsidiary, is to launch Kraken’s customer platform in its Spanish and Portuguese business. The move follows Plenitude’s implementation of Kraken in its French retail business, and will enable the use of the platform to serve customers in Spain and Portugal to deliver a top customer experience while optimising its operational costs.