Smart Energy International

MAY 7, 2024

Power grids in many cities are being pushed to the edge of their operating limits with increased cooling demand and other climate change impacts, the IEA has reported. In China alone, in 2023 a 70% year-on-year increase in air conditioner sales was recorded. Have you read?

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved plans to add around 25,500 MW of renewable energy resources and 15,000 MW of energy storage and demand response resources by 2032. Those resources would connect to the state’s electric power grid at interconnection points in Humboldt County and at Central Coast locations.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ireland-headquartered battery storage technology company ADS-TEC Energy has received more than 100 million euros in new orders, from both existing and new customers, for delivery of its fast-charging systems in 2023 and 2024. New customers include Dutch charging point operator PowerGo, which has ordered 20 ChargeBox systems.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

Britain's energy regulator consults on plans aimed at preparing power grid for achieving net zero emissions by 2035 Ofgem has set out proposals to establishing a "more decentralised, decarbonised, and dynamic energy system" in Britain, in a bid to prepare for the transformative changes required to build a net zero emission electricity grid by 2035.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 24, 2024

Picture date: Tuesday June 13, 2023. The world will need a lot more renewable energy to clean up pollution from power grids and satiate skyrocketing electricity demand from data centers at the same time. By 2026, all those data centers could be responsible for nearly a third of the country’s annual electricity demand.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 8, 2024

Despite record investments into power grid expansion to accommodate demand, grid operators Alliander, Enexis and Stedin have reported inefficient capacity to prevent increasing network congestion. According to Alliander, traffic jams will recur on the Dutch electricity network for at least another 10 years. billion ($1.6

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 20, 2024

Reusing the server heat is one way to mitigate the effects that AI has on the power grid and environment. Training and running AI requires new and more powerful data centers, which risks stressing out power grids with soaring electricity demand.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 27, 2024

Batteries in ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) played an essential part in keeping the lights on during extreme 2023 summer heat, freeing up more than 3GW of natural gas power plants during critical hours, finds research from Aurora Energy.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

The IEA’s Electricity 2024 report records electricity demand growth easing in 2023 but is projected to accelerate over the next three years through 2026. The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% in 2023, less than the 2.4% The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2%

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Smart Energy International

MAY 28, 2024

billion in infrastructure projects across New York City and Westchester County to keep power grid service reliable. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Con Edison forecasts that the demand for power will peak at 12,800MW this summer. Last year’s peak was 11,565MW, which occurred on July 27, 2023.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With 2023 coming to a close, the impact of climate change and rapidly increasing electricity demand have illustrated the crucial importance of grid investment to ensure the grid is fit for purpose. What we need to work on is (grid) investments.” With plans to spend €35.8

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 7, 2020

California’s two days of rolling blackouts in August were the result of disconnects between its existing grid reliability constructs and the needs of an increasingly solar-powered grid, and its failure to prepare for a Western U.S.-wide wide heatwave that undermined its reliance on out-of-state resources.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Institute of Technology (SIT) in Singapore are funding a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project, the largest in the country, to help ease congestion on the power grid. Starting November 2023, Strides will begin the pilot project in the Punggol region. from 2023 to 2028, states the SIT.

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The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 21, 2024

Climate change supercharges disasters like storms and wildfires that often cut off power. Soaring demand for air conditioning also stresses out the grid. Image: Climate Central Climate Central collected data from the Department of Energy on outages that took place between 2000 and 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

After a massive heat wave in California that led grid operator CAISO to order its first rolling blackouts since the 2001 energy crisis on Friday and Saturday, the state has thus far managed to avoid further forced outages. Several out-of-state power grids also reported emergency conditions on Monday and Tuesday.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 21, 2021

The portfolio comprises 24 projects in the development stage, will be located in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Western United States and are planned for commercial operation beginning in 2023.

North America 109

North America Power grid Resilience Hydrogen 109

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved plans to add around 25,500 MW of renewable energy resources and 15,000 MW of energy storage and demand response resources by 2032. . Those resources would connect to the state’s electric power grid at interconnection points in Humboldt County and at Central Coast locations.

Power grid 67

Power grid Policy Batteries Demand 67

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2024

The hard truth is that the majority of electric grids were not originally designed to accommodate DERs, writes Dominique Verhulst, head of the Energy Segment at Nokia’s Network Infrastructure Group. All this ratchets up the importance of transforming the power grid into a dynamic entity that can sense, think, and act.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 31, 2023

As extreme heat records fall across the West of the US and strain the power grid, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is testing new approaches to demand response through a new virtual power plant. The pilot first came online December 2022 and will run through December 2023.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Short- and Long-Duration Storage: The field results from 2022-2023 and extensive data analysis performed in 2023 confirmed Sage can provide 18 hours or more of storage capacity to effectively generate baseload energy 24/7 when paired with solar or wind generation.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 6, 2022

The US Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) said in a summer readiness workshop that it will likely need to import more non-firm energy and/or need additional energy resources to meet the 2022 summer peak demand. powers innovation district with green energy.

Energy Monitor 52

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2024

In today’s distributed energy system, managing power grid complexity is challenging. But grid operators are often handling these changes with an ageing infrastructure that wasn’t built with a distributed energy system in mind. This puts enormous pressure on power generation,transmission and the distribution network.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This final 2023 edition of Smart Energy Finances Weekly looks into key deals from the last year and different trends to keep your eye on as we transition into 2024. Think AI-boosted investment platforms, moves to ease up grid connection queues and top tech players to watch.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2019

But 2020 is unique in the demands developers are lumping on the supply chain, particularly the construction and logistics companies being called upon to build so much capacity in a single year, Shreve said. power grid to achieve high levels of decarbonization.". Something that can really help the U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2020

Plans to enable the UK to share renewable energy with countries across northern Europe took a major step forward today, as construction began on an electricity interconnector linking the country's power grid with its Denmark's national network.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The year 2023 has reaffirmed the position of electric and gas utilities as the epicentre of the energy transition. But realising this potential, states West Monroe, hinges on enhanced coordination to ensure a seamless and demand-responsive energy ecosystem.

Resilience 105

Resilience Power grid Demand Energy 105

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Californian utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has unveiled four new microgrids with advanced remote operation capabilities and safety technologies to help enhance grid reliability.

Energy Monitor 69

Energy Monitor Resilience Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 69

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But solar will set a succession of annual deployment records from 2023. Cheap finance and maturing technology mean solar will be cheaper than both new coal or gas power plants from now onward. Power grids remain the weak link. Total global primary energy demand has fallen by 5 percent in 2020 due to the pandemic.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 10, 2024

We are excited about this both because it’s very high growth, in demand, but also because it [comes from] companies that generally are very committed to the transformation of their [carbon] footprint.” By 2026, AI could gobble up 10 times as much electricity as it did in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 13, 2024

Later this year, Sage will launch the EarthStore facility, the world’s first project to utilize the earth’s natural capacity for energy storage to produce clean, sustainable, and dispatchable electricity on demand.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 7, 2024

In this week’s edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief reports on an investment update from the International Energy Agency (IEA) which has found that of the total $3 trillion expected to be invested in energy, the lion’s share will go into renewables and the power grid, surpassing fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The projects will deliver a combined 200 megawatt-hours of dispatchable energy capacity spread across about 14,000 solar-storage systems, to be completed by 2023. Multiple companies are bundling solar-battery systems to earn revenues from their flexibility as wholesale energy market capacity or utility grid services. GW today to 13.5

Home Energy Monitoring 130

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

State regulators have proposed a major set of responses to what could be a looming grid reliability shortfall in Sothern California, including a 2.5-gigawatt gigawatt reliability resources procurement between 2021 and 2023. gigawatts by 2023. These providers will be responsible for 355 megawatts of procurement by 2023.

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 24, 2024

Climate change poses new risks to the power grid, and Costa Rica has a lot of work left to do to get more solar and wind farms online. What effects did El Niño and drought have in 2023? The other effect is a significant reduction in hydropower not only in Arenal but also in other power plants across the country.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 7, 2024

Integrating EV charging into the power system remains a key barrier in the face of the e-mobility ecosystem, states the latest e-mobility report from Eurelectric and EY. Sales grew by 25% in 2023, with EVs accounting for more than one in five new cars sold. According to Eurelectric, EVs are booming in Europe.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A new partnership in the US combines a demand response programme with smart air conditioners, enabling a gamified reward system to incentivise consumers to lower consumption at times of peak demand on the power grid. ” LG and OhmConnect have plans to expand and enhance the service later in 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Snam, which runs the Italian gas grid and is active in France, Greece and the U.K., has pledged to direct 20 percent of its annual investments into sustainable projects by 2023 via its SnamTec arm. Alverà told analysts the company will undergo major electrification so that it can use excess power in the grid to create hydrogen.

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