Latest news on smart charging and the grid
Here you can read the latest news on MET3R and our analysis on cutting-edge smart charging and smart grid solutions.
MET3R Smart Charging App released to iOS and Android
25/03/2021
Our white label smart charging application for home and business use is available in the AppStore and Google Play.
Jedlik died 125 years ago
13/12/2020
Ányos (Anian) Jedlik, the Benedictine priest, physicist, linguist, inventor and rector of the Budapest Universtiy of Science died on this day 125 years ago.
ZenCharge joins the Urban Mobility Accelerator Batch in 2021
10/12/2020
Last Friday we participated at the Urban Mobility Accelerator's regional contest and pitched ZenCharge, our e-mobility focused demand response service that supports fleet operators and grid managers in managing distributed EV charging and associated problems.
ZenCharge won Urban Mobility KIC Prize
03/12/2020
MET3R ZenCharge won third prize at the Urban Mobility KIC competition in Budapest. We competed against a regional cohort of nine other startups, offering amazingly innovative solutions to problems arising in 21st century cities.
Unofficial Web Summit Best Startup Competition
02/12/2020
MET3R is exhibiting online at WebSummit 2020. Ping us in the app, drop us a line and vote for us in pynk's unofficial startup competition!
Best Perk at WebSummit
01/12/2020
Digital Ocean has a generous startup offering called Hatch. WebSummit alphas get enrolled automatically but any startup may apply. It comes complete with mentoring, webminars, a Slack community and this playlist.
Livable Future
21/10/2020
MET3R to deploy a protoype unit in the Livable Future Park, ELMU (Innogy) renewable energy and smart grid 'sandbox'.
Startup programs
23/09/2020
Got word via startus that OTP has a startup program. Interestingly, it seems to be targeted at Austrian startups. Not for us, really Also passed on Alchemist and Startup Autobahn.
MET3R joins forces with two universities to research frequency response with EVs
13/09/2020
We started working with the Obuda University (Budapest, Hungary) and TUKE (Kosice, Slovakia) to explore the potential of using EV batteries for frequency containment and restoration on two national markets, Hungary and Slovakia.
Rockstart Energy Selection Days
10/09/2020
Proud to make it to the last round of Rockstart, the Selection Days. Out of the 24 startups 10 will be selected. Every startup of the last cohort secured an investment round. Every. Single. One. Looking at houseboats to rent in Amsterdam... :D
Seed Round Investment
01/09/2020
HiVentures Venture Capital Fund invested another $100k at a valuation of 675k as per their standard seed round. The funds are to be spent on the ChargeHUB prototype which is being evaluated by a distribution system operator.
MET3R moves UP
28/08/2020
Met3r is moving home office to UP co–working. Great location, excellent conference & meeting rooms and best coffee in town!
MET3R Solar Carport in Budapest
31/07/2020
We are joining forces with the Budapest City Council to support the Hungarian capital's efforts in cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector.
MVM Pilot
12/05/2020
The boardmeeting of MVM, one of the largest energy groups of Central and Eastern Europe greenlighted our pilot in co-operation with NKM-AH, the DSO, and Smart Future Lab, the external innovation arms of MVM group.
The Energy Starter
13/02/2020
Our application to Free Electrons this year was rejected but no hard feelings... Our friends at i-beta referred us automatically to Energy Starter!
Applied to Engie Reaktor 3
09/01/2020
Applicaiton sent to the Engie sponsored Reaktor 3. The Reaktor Program is an equity free acceleration program. Check it out.
Networked cars with High Mobility
12/12/2019
We are super excited to start developing the first domestic EV charging use case on high-mobility connected car platform. Their integrated API simplifies connection to BMWs, Mercedeses, Fords, Minis and another major manufacturer which I may not disclose at this point... ;-)
Grid friendly flexibility in the low voltage networks
04/12/2019
Engerati webinar on Grid friendly flexibility in the low voltage networks – learnings from the project leafs , broadcasting live on 04 Dec 2019 at 2:00 pm GMT.
MET3R becomes OCA member
02/12/2019
It is time for MET3R to become an Open Charge Alliance participant, so we can partake in the decision making process behind the OCPP and OSCP protocols.
MET3R at European Utility Week, Paris
11/11/2019
We are promoting ZenCharge our award-winning smart charging solution for utilities and grid operators at the Paris Utility Week.
Climate-KIC grant advances ZenCharge development
14/10/2019
MET3R ZenCharge, our turn-key demand response solution, has just won another 10.000 euro grant from the EU’s Climate-KIC accelerator program.
Victory at Climate-KIC demo day!
14/10/2019
Excellent news from the indefatigable Cintia Sipos of PANNON Pro Innovations: Our presenatation on the Climate-KIC demo day was received favorably and MET3R receives a 10k EUR grant for further development!
Smart Charging with focus on low-voltage networks
09/06/2019
In June we’ve started collaborating with NKM AH, the DSO-arm of MVM Group, Central Europe’s leading integrated energy company.
Pwnage at MVM Edison 2019
30/05/2019
MET3R ZenCharge won first prize at the Edison Light Up! startup competition, organized by MVM Group, one of the largest integrated energy groups in the CEE region, with an EBITDA figure reaching EUR 650 million.
MET3R ZenCharge press roundup
22/04/2019
We have had a couple of particularly intensive months behind us lately. Winning the Edison Innovation contest run by Hungary’s largest energy company, MVM Group, gave us a unique opportunity to showcase our solution to the wider public. As we flesh out the details of the pilot demonstration of ZenCharge with MVM behind the scenes, we also gave a series of interviews to various media outlets. This English article briefly summarizes our main messages (all other sources referred below are in Hungarian language).
ZenCharge at European Utility Week 2018
25/11/2018
Check out the ZenCharge product explainer animation here.
Exhibiting at the European Utility Week
06/11/2018
We are exhibiting at the EUW2018, together with the most promising startups in the energy and utility field and pitched our solutions at the Initiate! Startup stage to a crowd of investors, industry experts and potential commercial partners and clients.
Watts out there?
02/04/2018
Before we signed up to create MET3R we looked for an off the shelf solution. We researched the problem and as you probably guessed, we didn’t find what we wanted. Hence the birth of MET3R.
An average home wastes half of its electricity
02/04/2018
Safe, healthy and fulfilling life entirely depends upon electricity. And we consume a lot of it. In the EU, households are responsible for about the quarter of all energy consumption and a third of that comes from electricity. Residential electricity use went up by a fifth in the last 15 years and with the spread of electric cars, home automation gadgets, electric space and water heating and A/C and the myriad of devices we use, this trend is likely to accelerate in the future.
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