Jonathan Spencer Jones

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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.

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

1 week 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.