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    Meeting UK Public Charge Point Regulations: Transparent, Reliable, and Ready with OCEAN CPMS

    To attract EV drivers and keep them happy, every CPO strives for the best charging station uptime. To ensure public charging stations' reliability, the UK government brought in some regulation changes to the EV charging landscape.

    The UK Public Charge Point Regulations, aimed at defining the future of public EV charging, came into effect on November 24 last year. However, certain requirements provided operators with a one-year window to comply. Failure to meet these requirements could result in significant penalties. A year has passed, and we're here to help ensure you're fully prepared for these changes.  

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    From Edge to Enterprise: How Head-End Systems Future-Proof Grid Operations

    Is your grid ready to handle the unpredictable demands of tomorrow? As the energy landscape shifts, the integration of renewable sources like wind and solar is no longer a choice but a necessity. Yet, these sources bring variability, requiring a grid that can adapt in real-time. This is where Head-End Systems (HES) step in, acting as the backbone that supports not only today's grid operations but also the future needs of an increasingly complex energy infrastructure.  

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    Strengthen Your Cybersecurity: End-to-End Protection with Landis+Gyr Security Solutions

    The power grid is becoming increasingly complex due to the integration of municipal utilities, renewable energy resources, new substations and millions of smart grid edges like smart meters and EV-charging stations. The majority of this electric infrastructure is located far away from the central control room. Therefore, control is increasingly carried out digitally via remote access. To secure these peripheral systems, distribution and transmission system operators often rely exclusively on firewalls. These might reliably detect known malware. However, with several hundred of thousands of new malware variants each day, cybersecurity limited to identifying known signatures becomes highly unreliable. 

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    Integrating Flexibility From the Ground Up

    How much of this US$3.1 trillion is yours?  

    The whopping figure covers energy companies’ investments in grid expansions between now and 2030. Part of the costs will likely fall to energy companies and their customers.  

    Flexibility is key to lowering that number – and your contribution toward it. 

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    Enhance Your Charging Station Network: Attract More EV Drivers with EasyPark Integration

    The ultimate wish of every Charge Point Operator (CPO) is to maximize the utilization of their charging stations. Simply put, the goal is to have more people using your charging stations.  

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    Three steps for electric utilities to get ahead of NIS2 in 60 days

    Hands down, by now there are probably a trillion articles offering advice on how to “get ready for NIS2” (just do a search in your search engine of choice). Some contain sensible tips, most simply re-list the requirements of the updated Network and Information Security directive and leave the reader in limbo. 

    Still, even just 1.5 months away from the EU's NIS2 directive turning into national law, many customers in the electrical sector we speak to have difficulties getting their heads around the full impact of NIS2. In particular, the extension of thorough cybersecurity to the OT networks of their grid infrastructure causes headaches. For many electric and multi-utilities this is still new territory with many blind spots and unknown challenges.

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