Australian Energy Market Operator

• New Databricks offering provides pre-built accelerators, marketplace solutions, and an ecosystem of partner capabilities tailored to organizations across the energy industry
  SAN FRANCISCO, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks , the Data and AI company, today announced the Data Intelligence Platform for Energy, a unified platform bringing the power of AI to data and people across the energy sector.
• Built on an open lakehouse architecture, Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform for Energy enables enterprises to harness vast streams of energy data and develop generative AI applications without sacrificing data privacy or their confidential IP.
• Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform for Energy plays a key role in this, allowing us to process and analyze large data sets generated by smart meters," said David Sykes, Head of Data at Octopus Energy.
• For more information about the Data Intelligence Platform for Energy, read the Databricks blog or visit Databricks' Energy Industry homepage .

• The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) estimates up to 75GW of solar capacity by 2040.
• The company's presence at the tradeshow marked a significant milestone in its ongoing commitment to the Australian solar industry.
• Arctech's participation at All Energy Australia 2023 exemplifies its dedication to advancing sustainable energy solutions in Australia and fostering collaborations with key stakeholders in the region.
• The company's impressive track record, commitment to innovation, and unwavering support for the Australian solar sector continue to position Arctech as a leader in the global renewable energy industry.

• This new offering combines capabilities from Allocadia, BrandMaker, and Hive9 to create a unified marketing system of record for campaign planning, marketing financial management and work management.
• This helps ensure that the marketing plan supports our company objectives and delivers a return on marketing spend."
• Now more than ever, enterprise marketers need to clearly communicate their plans with stakeholders across the enterprise, measure their impact and pivot plans when necessary.
• A flexible planning hierarchy that reflects the complexities of enterprise marketing efforts across multiple buyers, geographies, products and currencies.

• But this isn’t what the warning is really about.
• It’s about transmission lines and our sluggish pace of change.
• Australia’s emissions are falling much more slowly than we’d like to think, if we omit the sometimes controversial land use sector.
• Building the transmission infrastructure needed to slash emissions by 2030 means acting much faster than government is used to.

The grid will withstand summer – but bigger threats lie ahead

• We also have the reserve system, whereby big energy users can be paid not to consume electricity during the hottest days.
• The real problem is we’re not moving fast enough to build the unsexy but vital infrastructure we need: new transmission lines.
• The old grid was built around big power stations, from hydro in the Snowy Mountains to coal plants near coal mines, with transmission lines connecting them to cities.
• After all, we were able to build transmission lines when the current grid was taking shape.


Most of these projects have had their own issues, ranging from lengthy approval processes, to heated community calls to put lines underground, to cost blowouts. One problem is the range of government agencies involved. There’s no single body responsible for making these nation-building projects happen as quickly and happily as possible.

How can we speed up these vital projects?

Here are a few ideas:
We’ve come a fair way down the road in our efforts to wean ourselves off coal, and, eventually, gas-fired electricity. But it could all be for nought if we don’t get transmission sorted as soon as possible.

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