New AI model could make power grids more reliable amid rising renewable energy use
TechXplore
OCTOBER 25, 2024
As renewable energy sources such as wind and solar become more widespread, managing the power grid has become increasingly complex.
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Orsted, SRP Celebrate Commencement of Solar + BESS on Power Grid
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 10, 2024
“Solar energy paired with battery energy storage will be critical to the reliable delivery of power as the demand for electricity grows,” says David Hardy, Group EVP and CEO Americas at Ørsted. It also has 1,300 MW of battery and pumped hydro storage supporting its grid.
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As surging threats teeter electrical power grids, scientists offer insights to make them more resilient
TechXplore
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Power grids—the web of electrical networks that sprawl across countries and continents—are under stress. Extreme weather events and volatile energy demands often push the system to the brink.
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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?
GreenBiz
JULY 15, 2020
Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Green hydrogen — made by splitting water’s hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources — is a small fish in the "energies pond." Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles. Arlene Karidis. Wed, 07/15/2020 - 01:00.
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Analysts warn of capacity concerns as EVs set to total 5% of UK power demand by 2030
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 27, 2025
The UKs ambitious target to increase electric vehicle (EV) sales to 80% of all new car purchases by 2030 could result in them accounting for up to 5% of total power demand, according to energy analysts at Montel, though there are concerns whether capacity buildout will be adequate. TWh to the grid, up from just 7.05
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Heat, Wildfires And Power Grid Challenges – Even The Pacific Northwest Begins To Worry
Jim Conca
JULY 7, 2021
Heat waves are stressing the electrical grid in the Pacific Northwest, making regional system operators prepare for rolling blackouts. Fortunately, we have tools to cope, including hydro and nuclear power, and demand response where you just ask big users to please not use any power for a while.
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Report shows that electric aircraft will need grid upgrades, on-site generation and storage
TechXplore
MARCH 8, 2024
Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft might quickly move passengers over mountains or float them across urbanscapes. But first, an important consideration for these flying batteries is where they will charge and whether the existing power grid infrastructure can accommodate this demand.
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How AI Data Centers Are Quietly Wreaking Havoc on Your Power Grid
Hydrogen Fuel News
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The Unseen Electrical Problem Affecting Household Appliances Imagine your refrigerator suddenly working harder than it should, using more electricity, and wearing out faster. Or envision your dishwasher struggling through its cycles due to subtle yet persistent electrical stress. This isnt science fiction.
Suddenly, US electricity demand is spiking. Can the grid keep up?
Canary Media
DECEMBER 20, 2023
For the past two decades, demand for electricity across the United States has hardly increased. electric utilities, regulators and power grid planners aren’t prepared to deal with this new paradigm of surging electricity demand. But those dynamics appear to have dramatically reversed — and U.S.
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Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
14 and 15, the California electric grid operator made the incredibly rare decision to proactively shut off parts of the electricity grid, resulting in limited rolling blackouts affecting businesses and homes throughout the state. 15, resulted in an electric grid unable to meet customer demand.
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Offshore wind farms connected by an underwater power grid for transmission could revolutionize East Coast energy
TechXplore
JULY 31, 2024
Strong offshore winds have the potential to supply coastlines with massive, consistent flows of clean electricity. One study estimates offshore wind farms could meet 11 times the projected global electricity demand in 2040.
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It’s Time to Think Differently About Energy Storage and California’s Power Grid
POWER Magazine
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
With nearly 60% of the states electricity generated from solar, wind, and geothermal energy, California is well past the halfway mark to its goal of 100% renewable power generation by […] The post Its Time to Think Differently About Energy Storage and Californias Power Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One
Charged
JANUARY 24, 2025
The New Terminal One will have what its creators have said is the largest solar array at any US airport, which will power a fleet of electric vehicles used at the terminal both landside and airside. MWh of battery energy storage to balance electrical demand and improve power quality. MW of fuel cells and 1.5
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Lots of demand, too little grid: The state of the US power sector
Canary Media
JANUARY 2, 2025
power sector can be summed up in just a few words: too much demand for electricity; too small of a power grid. In the past two years, electricity demand forecasts have risen dramatically, a sharp reversal after nearly two decades of little-to-no electricity growth. The current state of the U.S.
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Strengthening America’s Electric Power Grid: How the Government and Industry Are Improving T&D Systems
POWER Magazine
JUNE 26, 2024
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Planning for a Reliable and Resilient Electric Power Grid
POWER Magazine
JUNE 26, 2024
In other […] The post Planning for a Reliable and Resilient Electric Power Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine. In the U.S.,
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California’s EV Charging Crisis: Can the Golden State Keep Up with Electric Demand?
Hydrogen Fuel News
AUGUST 13, 2024
Challenges Facing California’s EV Charging Infrastructure California, a pioneer in the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), faces formidable challenges in expanding its EV charging infrastructure. The Scale of the Challenge To meet the projected demand, California needs a significant boost in its EV charging capabilities.
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Software, Hardware, Innovation All Needed to Upgrade the Power Grid
POWER Magazine
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Enhancing the transmission and distribution of electricity is a priority to ensure a reliable and resilient power supply, as demand increases and grid challenges mount. Providing more electricity to meet The post Software, Hardware, Innovation All Needed to Upgrade the Power Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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Monta and GridBeyond collaborate to help stabilize UK power grid
Charged
MARCH 12, 2025
The SFFR is a preventative service in the UK electricity grid by which a predetermined quantity of power is automatically injected into the system when the grid frequency reaches a specified trigger point.
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Data Centers Might Be Catalyst for Modernizing U.S. Power Grid
POWER Magazine
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
data center market is ushering in a new era of power demand and testing the ability of electric utilities to keep pace with this surging […] The post Data Centers Might Be Catalyst for Modernizing U.S. Power Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine. Rapid growth in the U.S.
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Extreme heat, hurricanes, wildfires: How summer's extremes disrupt the power grid
TechXplore
JULY 29, 2024
Every second of every day, utilities monitor the flow of power through the nation's electric grid, monitoring whether power generated matches power demanded by homes, businesses, vehicles and more.
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Texas Power Grid Grapples With Rising System Needs
BloombergNEF
JULY 15, 2024
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or Ercot, is facing two major upheavals in the coming years. And second, peak system demand could be as high as 152 gigawatts in 2030 by Ercot estimates. The post Texas Power Grid Grapples With Rising System Needs appeared first on BloombergNEF.
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APRI to augment Makban geothermal power plant with battery storage
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
(APRI) has signed an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Co. This project will provide battery storage for APRI’s Makban geothermal power plant, allowing it to support the power grid during periods of peak demand and power disruption.
Increasing Demands for Electric Vehicle Charging Station Industry
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
The demand for EVs is rising, the demand for charging stations and established power grids have also increased to ensure that the cars run smoothly. Furthermore, stringent government vehicle emission regulations have made consumers buy EVs.
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Iberdrola launches AI innovation project to optimise power grids
Smart Energy International
MAY 8, 2024
Iberdrola is leading the AI Innovation Data Space (i-DS) project to improve value extraction from data to optimise power grids. Specifically, the aim is to apply AI to speed up and enhance the extraction of value from the data to improve the service of distribution networks. Have you read? With funding of more than €12.5
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Enel to support Puget Sound Energy’s demand response programme
Smart Energy International
MARCH 6, 2024
In a partnership between Enel North America and the largest state utility in Washington, Puget Sound Energy (PSE), commercial, institutional and industrial organisations are offered incentive payments for participating in a demand response programme. million electric customers in 10 counties, namely in Western Washington.
Solar, Hydrogen and Batteries Join Forces at Panasonic’s UK Facility
Hydrogen Fuel News
DECEMBER 9, 2024
The EMS monitors fluctuations in electricity demand within the factory while accounting for changes in the UKs unpredictable weather conditions. Energy Management System (EMS) An EMS under development will monitor electricity demand and adapt to weather changes, ensuring optimal energy use.
The Current System of Electric Billing No Longer Makes Sense
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 14, 2020
Let’s stop pretending that we’re paying for “energy” via our home power bills and understand that we’re mainly paying for infrastructure. Here are those three parts: Energy use (per kWh) : This is the amount of electricity you use each month measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh). For most of the U.S.,
As surging threats teeter electrical power grids, scientists offer insights to make them more resilient
Science Daily: Renewable Energy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Power grids -- the web of electrical networks that sprawl across countries and continents -- are under stress. Extreme weather events and volatile energy demands often push the system to the brink.
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From Grid Strain to Sustainability – How Bloom Energy and Equinix Are Powering AI’s Future
Hydrogen Fuel News
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
By enabling cleaner and more reliable on-site power generation, the company is helping businesses meet rising energy demands in a sustainable manner. Fuel Cells Meet Exploding AI Demand AI technology has become one of the most energy-hungry sectors today. With the U.S.
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Our stressed-out power grids need help
Financial Times: Energy
MARCH 12, 2024
The climate crisis demands good data that measures the footprint of high electricity users
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Strengthening Puerto Rico’s power grid
Smart Energy International
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
As hurricanes threaten, Puerto Rico utilities are shoring up their defences using a PNNL-devised planning tool called the Electrical Grid Resilience and Assessment System (EGRASS), writes Nick Hennen from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. How EGRASS helps prepare for hurricanes.
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Demand Response Management, a critical component of the future smart grid
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 29, 2022
Demand Response Management (DRM), is a crucial component of actual/upcoming smart grids, playing an active role in reducing peak demand and power fluctuation. Demand Response: Upside for the end-customer. Historical power plant control console without demand management. Image Credit – Pexels.
Europe’s largest battery powers up in Blackhillock, in Moray
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 15, 2025
Deliberately located between Inverness and Aberdeen to address grid congestion from Viking (443 MW), Moray East (950 MW) and Beatrice (588 MW) offshore wind farms, the project is said to significantly reduce the amount of wasted clean energy and is an important milestone to achieving the UK governments mission to have a net zero power grid by 2030.
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California’s Latest Demand-Side Emergency Plan Takes Heat from Providers
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 10, 2021
” That’s how a range of clean energy advocates and demand response providers are describing the California Public Utilities Commission’s latest plan to prevent a repeat of the state’s August 2020 rolling blackouts this coming summer.
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Sunrun launches V2H pilot in Maryland using Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks
Charged
AUGUST 1, 2024
Sunrun, which offers a “clean energy as a subscription” service, is piloting a vehicle-to-home power plant using a small group of customer-owned bidirectional EVs, in partnership with Baltimore Gas and Electric.
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Demand Response Industry Asks Feds to Open States to Energy Market Competition
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Now FERC is being asked to put that authority to a new use: ending a decade-old provision allowing individual states to opt out of letting demand response companies enlist customers to turn down their energy use to support the power grid. ” Why demand-side resources are gaining grid power.
Peak Demand, Climate Extremes, and the Case for Hydrogen Backup Power
Hydrogen Fuel News
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Yet, as more Americans adopt electric vehicles and heating systems, energy demands are soaring, threatening to overwhelm the power grid, particularly during extreme weather conditions. Clean hydrogen emerges as a promising contender, offering potential solutions to support the grid when demand soars.
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The future of the US electricity system modelled
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 27, 2022
The modelling, which was focussed on the Texas power grid as representative of the US energy system, was aimed to understand a large scale transactive system with dynamic control by utilities of consumer loads such as heat pumps, water heaters and electric vehicle charging stations. Have you read?
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Solar State Spotlight: The Success of Texas
Mosaic
MARCH 13, 2025
Texas is also the fastest-growing market for grid storage, adding nearly 9,700 megawatts to the grid in 2024. Solar electricity generation and utility-scale batteries within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power grid set records this summer.
PG&E Outlines Path to Easing Future Power Grid Outages
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Pacific Gas & Electric's top executives and members of its post-bankruptcy board of directors faced a nearly five-hour grilling from the California Public Utilities Commission on Friday over the communications, planning and execution failures of its massive fire-prevention power outage earlier this month.
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Copper industry trade association pledges to reach net zero by 2050
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 9, 2023
These include further research and development into innovative technologies for emissions reduction, the decarbonization of local power grids and regulatory certainty, including fair and stable royalties and long-term mining licenses.
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Can Free Smart Thermostats Get Homeowners to Enroll in Summertime Demand Response?
GreenTechMedia
MAY 19, 2020
It’s not as much as the roughly 500 megawatts enrolled in Consumers’ current commercial and industrial demand response programs, or the roughly 30 megawatts available from its existing residential direct air conditioner load control program. And Consumers' 1.6 That’s where the free offering comes in.
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Smart Energy Finances: Series B funding for AI-powered grid analytics
Smart Energy International
OCTOBER 6, 2023
This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at a successful Series B financing round of $20 million for a US-based platform, Amperon, that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to unlock value from grid data and enhance electricity forecasting. This will play a key role as the platform expands.
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