The battery technology has been first created by Alessandro Volta in 1800, which impacted the scientific community, as well as a whole market for electrical storage. Batteries have gained increased importance over the years and, more recently it has been expanding significantly, primarily due to the electric vehicle (EV) market boost, which has seen a […]
Energy communities are a key component of the energy transition, enabling local and decentralized renewable energy generation and fostering greater community involvement and benefit-sharing.” – European Commission (2019), Clean Energy for All Europeans package. Energy communities have emerged as crucial elements in the global energy transition, promoting decentralized and local renewable energy generation. In Europe, […]
With the opening of the market and the increase of energy supply companies in Portugal, we, the final consumers, have more choice in terms of service offerings. This scenario makes the new small marketers introduce marketing techniques in the hope of attracting new customers, who have been provided by the same energy companies all their […]
Energy efficiency is often deemed as a “resource” and a “first fuel” leading to large depletion of carbon emissions and displacing electricity from more energy-intensive supply-side resources. According to the International Energy Agency, energy efficiency is at least a $310 billion USD market and is continuously growing. Policies and investments since the 1970s helped saving 1332 million tons […]
Data analytics from smart metering data can offer valuable insight about consumers and their behaviours when it comes to their energy use. Using smart meter readings, analytics can interpret that data to learn about consumer’s preferences and interactions, and can use this information to develop customized messaging and communication with the consumer to provide greater […]
Beyond the most common known benefits from smart metering infrastructure like for instance the capability to eliminate estimated bills, improve outage detection, reduce costs of on-site metering, and improve the balance between energy demand and production, smart meters alone do not go far enough on providing the final energy consumer with the necessary information to become […]