CEO of US-based power technology company provides assessment on emerging trends and blueprint for grid evolution
June 8, 2022 Peter Wells, Chief Executive Officer of global power technology company, Smart Wires, provided an international perspective on the future of energy during a live panel discussion with other industry experts on “game-changing technologies” at the Australian Energy Week Conference yesterday. Throughout the lively and candid discussion, panel members debated the emerging technologies […]
Smart Wires Receives Order for a Second Largescale Project with ISA Transelca
May 26, 2022 Smart Wires announced it has received a purchase order from ISA Transelca for a grid expansion project in the Atlantico region in Colombia. The project will enable an additional 300 MW of renewables to reliably connect to the grid by June 2024. This project will consist of Smart Wires’ technology — SmartValveTM — […]
Smart Wires CEO Leads Discussion with Energy Leaders about GETs and Policy Shaping the Industry
May 25, 2022 Conversation with FERC Commissioner Allison Clements kicks off day of discussions about grid enhancing technologies, the policy surrounding their integration and their role in the energy transition. Smart Wires leaders led a day of discussions about grid enhancing technology (GET) and policies shaping the energy industry. Smart Wires CEO Peter Wells interviewed […]
US Federal Government gives Smart Wires technology a boost
April 22, 2022 U.S. leaders recognize how advanced power flow control technologies, like those implemented by Smart Wires’, can save consumers money and promote clean energy. This week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took actions to support the widescale roll-out of grid enhancing technologies (GETs), and Smart […]
Smart Wires appoints energy industry leader Hêdd Roberts as General Manager, Europe
April 22, 2022 Smart Wires today announced it has appointed Hêdd Roberts as General Manager for the European region, effective 19 April 2022. Hêdd joins from the global utility National Grid, where he was on the electricity transmission executive team in the UK and most recently Director of Regulation. “Europe is at the forefront of […]
Power flow control featured in Senator Markey’s newly introduced comprehensive grid legislation
March 18, 2022 The CHARGE Act supports the efficient delivery of electric infrastructure to accelerate the energy transition, lower costs for consumers and improve grid reliability and resilience across the U.S. Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced the Connecting Hard-to-reach Areas with Renewably Generated Energy (CHARGE) Act yesterday. This bill seeks to accelerate a clean energy […]
Grupo Energia Bogota Improves Supply of Electricity In Caribbean Region And Unlocks 252 Mw Capacity Using Transformational Technology
March 10, 2022 Español Disponible Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) is improving the supply of reliable, affordable electricity to Colombian consumers by using SmartValve™ technology in the Caribbean region of their network. This marks the second installation of SmartValve in Colombia, with more projects to be delivered in 2022 to further strengthen the national transmission network. […]
‘Working Smart to Get to Net Zero’ Project Announced as C21 2021 Energy & Environment Winner
February 11, 2022 National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), Smart Wires and Omexom have been jointly awarded the Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) 2021 Energy & Environment award by The Engineer for the ‘Working smarter to get to net zero’ projects. The award recognizes the collaboration between National Grid and global power technology company Smart Wires on […]