Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 23, 2021

Canada’s largest municipally-owned electric utility has launched a pilot program that allows customers with distributed energy resources (DERs) to participate in an energy marketplace using blockchain technology. Subscribe to Renewable Energy World’s free, weekly newsletter for more stories like this.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 30, 2024

Swiss tech major Hitachi Energy has announced an upgrade and modernisation of its power transformer factory in Varennes, and other facilities in Montreal, Canada, to address fast-growing customer demand for sustainable energy in North America. The additional 130,000 square foot (approx.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

The Itaipu dam, at the Brazil-Paraguay border, is the second largest hydroelectric power plant in the world, with an installed capacity of 14,000 MW. Hydropower is an extremely old source of energy, whose provenance extends back to the watermills that were relied upon by ancient civilisations. Photo credit: Jonas de Carvalho (Flickr).

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Concerned about grid inertia, Taiwan’s state-owned electric utility Taiwan Power Company (TPC) has partnered with UK tech company Reactive Technologies Limited (RTL) to use its grid stability measurement platform. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Today, global engineering and consultancy group DMT GROUP said it has been appointed to support two critical elements of the construction of SuedLink, the longest underground power cable in the world. The SuedLink transmission line is one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe helping with the energy transition in Germany.

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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% Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Engineering consulting firm Burns & McDonnell completed construction of three 10 MW/20 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage systems in West Texas. The storage projects are designed as stand-alone energy resources to help reduce rolling blackouts and support Texas’ power grid as supply and demand fluctuates.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2024

Hitachi Energy has been selected by Marinus Link Pty Ltd (MLPL) to supply a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) project in Australia, which will augment the connection between the mainland and Tasmania’s grid. Clean hydropower can then feed the mainland grid when it is needed most, acting as a large battery for the nation.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Around the world, governments, enterprises and utilities have set ambitious goals to reduce carbon emissions on their journey toward net zero in 2050. This will require greater intelligence and communication between nodes on the grid. IP/MPLS: Meeting the needs of the modern grid.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Happy Monday!    Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The picture was less rosy for new wind and heat pumps, both of which have suffered from high interest rates. .

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

  Earnings season is here, and we read through the energy majors’ earnings report calls from last week so you don’t have to — and learned about the progress, and direction, of the energy transition. All of the energy majors referenced large projects in LNG and strong demand for the fuel. Happy Monday! 

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

The clean energy analyst estimated $4.1tr would be required to sustain existing power systems worldwide, in addition to $17.3tr to expand grids for new electricity consumption and production, with significant policy intervention need to unlock the necessary level of investment. billion tonnes annually by 2050.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 7, 2022

The study from the University of Nottingham indicates that grid-tied small-scale renewables could cause power failures. Domestic renewable energy generation is growing rapidly in the UK, with just over one million small-scale solar PV systems installed. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2022

million smart meters were installed in Britain last year, as the rollout once again picked up pace following the slowdown experienced during the earlier stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest official data has confirmed. million meters. million meters. A total of 3.8

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking input on a $10.5 billion programme for smart grids and other upgrades to strengthen the country’s electricity grid. The funding, previously announced and now combined in the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership programme, is allocated in three parts – $2.5

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

In this edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column, Yusuf Latief explores the energy storage financing climate in Europe, looking into the different instruments and models that are available for investors attempting to move into the space. billion) through 2050. billion) and €300 billion ($324.5 But is it enough?

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Talking about his journey from planning a large-scale regional smart meter rollout in Spain, to leading a company that is fully dedicated to transforming power grids on a global scale. The Italian giant had in fact pioneered in Italy the first country-wide smart meter deployment in Europe and among the first globally. “I

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2020

Energy Networks Association and National Grid reveal plans to harness green and flexible energy technologies through latest innovation strategies. The coronavirus crisis reminds us of electricity's indispensable role in our lives," he wrote in a blogpost.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. Much of the media coverage about heat pumps features Mike Foster, a former Labour MP and the chief executive of the Energy and Utilities Association trade body.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

  The grid serves as the underlying infrastructure for the climate transition — tethering us all via overhead and underground wire and fiber. For a 2050 net-zero future, we’ll need an electricity grid large enough that its untangled cables would be long enough to stretch all the way to the sun.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2022

Investors eye major role for hydrogen in decarbonising UK's gas and energy system after deal valuing business at £9.6bn. National Grid's 7,660-kilometre transmission system plays a critical role in the UK energy landscape, transporting the gas needed to heat homes and power industry and electricity generation.

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2020

Researchers at the University's Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research analysed new CO2, ship age, and scrappage data covering the 11,000 vessels included in the EU's new emissions monitoring scheme for the study, which was published in the journal BMC Energy late last week.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 11, 2024

These new investments demonstrate the power of philanthropy to enable projects in rural towns, Tribal lands, urban areas, and wild ecosystems and unlock significant private investment. By pioneering the use of aluminum to split water, Found leverages a stable and abundant material that delivers double the energy density of diesel.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Price and demand projections have been trimmed and there is a real sense that the clean energy transition that much of the industry has tip-toed around for the past decade could be about to accelerate. Looney made clear the deal was of a piece with the company's clean energy transition strategy.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

utilities such as Duke Energy , Dominion Energy , Southern Company and Xcel Energy. Each still plans to build new natural gas power plants in the near term, despite the additional emissions they will cause. electric grid relies on fossil fuels for 63 percent of its generation, and according to the U.S.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

They’re supposed to save energy, cut down utility costs, reduce pollution, and give residents access to air conditioning that didn’t have it before. Back in 2019, New York state passed a law to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change by 85 percent by 2050. Don’t use a human being for experiments, tell them that.”

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AutoGrid

MAY 24, 2022

Why Australia is Truly the Virtual Power Plants Market Frontier? As one scans the world for opportunity during the current energy transition, one of the most vibrant regional markets is often forgotten due to its geography. This will require integration of behind-the-meter with front-of-the-meter assets to maintain grid reliability.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 17, 2025

Electrolytic hydrogen involves splitting hydrogen from water molecules using electricity. An electrolyzers relationship with the power grid whether it causes fossil fuel power plants to increase their output affects the carbon intensity of hydrogen production.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Both Hawaiʻi and Guam have committed to using 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. Some go even further.

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 5, 2021

February 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Climate Software Gold Rush | Lone Star State Struggles | Jobs and the Energy Transition Credit: Poole Group This month, we’re covering the rush of investing into startups that quantify, manage, and verify carbon emissions reductions, Texas’ grid troubles, new research on transitioning fossil fuel workers, and more!

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 11, 2024

In deals there’s $283m for electrolyzers across two deals, $16m for energy efficient processors, and $11m for DAC.  Early-Stage ⚡ Efficient Computer , a Pittsburgh, PA-based energy-efficient processor developer, raised $16m in Seed funding from Eclipse Ventures.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2020

By far the biggest grid edge story of 2020 was the continued commitment of U.S. Plenty of industry observers and critics have pointed out the gaps between utilities’ 2050 net-zero carbon goals and their short- and long-term resource plans, many of which call for continued buildout of natural gas-fired power plants.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 11, 2020

A massive energy bill that could direct billions of dollars to renewable energy, energy storage and smart grid R&D and deployments faces an unclear future in the U.S. The American Energy Innovation Act, introduced last month by Sens. The American Energy Innovation Act, introduced last month by Sens.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 2, 2020

Senate will consider a bipartisan energy package this week that could be this year’s best legislative hope to increase federal funding for a number of energy technologies, from solar, wind and batteries, to more efficient fossil fuel-fired power and carbon capture. trillion spending bill passed by Congress in December.

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