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This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview of the utilities industry in 3Q24, covering M&As, agreements, reorganizations, and major business developments; new financing deals; major renewables infrastructure projects; major green hydrogen projects; smart metering and smart grid initiatives; energy-efficiency initiatives; major flexibility, EV, and battery energy storage projects; IT ecosystem major acquisitions and agreements; major IT and OT contract wins; IT product announcements; utilities; and GenAI."Unpredictability has become the name of the game among utilities, and the events of the past two years have been game-changers. While more immediate matters such as supply security, demand efficiency, and tariff impacts on energy consumers are drawing attention from long-term initiatives, contingent factors such as extreme drought and catastrophic weather events are vivid reminders that climate is a non-linear process that must be addressed with extreme urgency. Utilities will continue to prioritize their net-zero journeys and sustainability efforts, with affordability being of paramount importance," said Gaia Gallotti, associate research director, IDC Energy Insights.
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- Listed Utilities Performance
- M&As, Agreements, Reorganizations, and Major Business Developments, 3Q24
- Iberdrola Acquires British Network Operator ENW
- GIP, Stonepeak bid for Singapore Power's 40% Stake in Jemena
- Centrica Acquires ENSEK and its Digital Platform, Ignition
- Grid Orchestration Alliance Launched in North America
- TSOs Build, Maintain, and Operate Extra HV Power Lines
- Scatec Secures PPA for Egypt's First Hybrid Solar, Battery Project
- EDF, Octopus Energy Launch Electrify Britain
- Octopus Energy to Deliver 100,000 "Zero Bills" Homes
- U.K.'s Last Coal Power Plant Shuts Down
- New Financing Deals, 3Q24
- California Receives Federal Funds to Improve Power Grid
- EIB Provides €450 Million to Prysmian
- EIB, EU Fund Cabo Verde Energy System Modernization
- Slovenia's Elektro Ljubljana Secures $55.3 Million for Distribution Grid Upgrades
- CEFC Makes Loan Commitment to Intellihub for Smart Meters
- SPEN Gets Funding for Three Critical Projects
- Major Renewables Infrastructure Projects, 3Q24
- EDF Renewables, Repsol Sign an Agreement for Offshore Wind in Spain and Portugal
- Orsted Launches Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone at Offshore Wind Farm
- China's CRRC Reveals First Order for Floating Wind Turbine
- Vestas Bags 134MW Turbine Order in Japan From Invenergy
- Voltalia Wins Contract for a Solar Power Plant in Ireland
- China Energy Engineering Signs Solar Deal With Saudi Partners
- Botswana Signs Contract for 100MW Solar Plant
- Hitachi Energy to Deliver Dead Tank Breaker to SGCC
- Major Green Hydrogen Projects, 3Q24
- U.K.'s Wales & West Leads Green Hydrogen Development
- BP Joins Consortium Developing Egypt Green Hydrogen Projects
- Boson Energy, Siemens Collaborate on Hydrogen for EV Charging
- Smart Meter and Smart Grid Initiatives, 3Q24
- Croatia's HEP to Install Smart Meters
- Indian Smart Metering Contract for Communication Modules Awarded
- Polish Enea to Install 273,000 Smart Meters in 2025
- 500,000 Smart Meters for Kuwait's Phase 2 Rollout
- Mitsubishi Electric Delivers Head-End System to Taipower
- AES Ohio Set for Second Phase of Smart Grid Deployment
- Siemens Signs Deal to Modernize Nigerian Power Infrastructure
- Yorkshire Water Awards 1.3 Million Smart-Meter Rollout
- Australia's South East Water Deploys Smart Water Meters
- Genus Ships Smart Ultrasonic Water Meters to Australia
- LoRaWAN for Water Submetering in 27,000 Swedish Apartments
- Trilliant, Sense Partner on Edge Intelligence for AMI
- Major Flexibility, EV, and Battery Energy Storage Projects, 3Q24
- ENGIE Starts Construction of Battery Parks in Belgium
- Harmony Energy to Build BESS in France
- Australian Datacenter Project Taps GE Vernova for BESS
- chargEV Unveils BESS for EV Charging Infrastructure
- Vattenfall InCharge Wins Tender in the Netherlands
- Siemens, E.ON Collaborate on Fast-Charging Systems
- EDF Trials Bidirectional Charging for Solar Panels in the U.K.
- Kaluza, Mitsubishi Corporation Launch JV in Japan
- Energy-Efficiency and Water Conservation Initiatives and Sustainability Projects (Including Smart Cities), 3Q24
- Residential PG&E Customers to Access Electricity Usage Data from Apple Home App
- Customers Reduce Energy Use During Heat Wave
- British Gas, Mixergy "Pay Homeowners to Switch on"
- TRENDE Launches Commercial P2P Energy Trading Service
- Schneider Electric Launches AI-Powered HEM Feature
- Major IT Ecosystem Acquisitions and Agreements, 3Q24
- Kraken Technologies Acquires Energetiq
- Kraken Technologies Opens Clean Tech Superhub
- Southern Company Services to Lead Digital Twin for Cyber-Resilience Project
- Accenture Acquires True North Solutions
- Accenture Acquires Boslan
- Cognizant Completes Acquisition of Belcan
- ENSEK Acquires Zoa to Expand Tech Offering to Utilities
- Siemens Xcelerator Partner Ecosystem Adds IFS
- Oracle, AWS Join for Strategic Partnership
- Beebop.ai Secures $5.5 Million for VPP Technology
- Geoelectric Map of U.S. to Protect Power Grid From Space Weather
- Banyan Software to Fund Solar Asset Mapper Project
- IT and OT Contract Wins, 3Q24
- Capgemini Signs With TenneT for its Cloud Transformation
- Kraken Signs Champion Energy as First U.S. Client for its Customer Solution
- EWE, powercloud Extend Cooperation by Five Years
- Solstice Energy Expands Partnership With Gentrack
- E.ON Next Partners With Amber to Revolutionize Energy Consumption
- Essent uses the Eliq Energy Insights Platform
- Water Authority of Fiji Deploys Gentrack on AWS to Drive Business Transformation
- Yu Energy Extends Partnership With Gentrack
- IT Product Announcement, 3Q24
- Emerson Updates Ovation Automation Platform
- Siemens' EnergyIP Renamed to Gridscale X Meter Data Management
- Utilities and GenAI, 3Q24
- DEWA Adopts Microsoft Copilot
- Deloitte, AWS Work on GenAI, Quantum Computing
- Accenture Launches Custom LLM Models on Nvidia AI Foundry
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