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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Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

As countries the world over pursue net-zero goals, the power grids are at the centre of a transformation that will ultimately lead to economy-wide decarbonisation impacting almost every aspect of life, from the way we power and run our homes to how we travel and the products we purchase. Grid resilience and reliability.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

So far, PG&E’s efforts on this front have been limited to a handful of ‘resilience zone’ projects using backup generators to provide power to key city and community services. “This is where there is the potential to institute a microgrid solution,” he said. Gavin Newsom and the CPUC last week.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

With the worst of winter weather arguably still ahead of us, John Humble of grid voltage experts Fundamentals explores how intelligent risk management, targeted maintenance and better communication across our networks are critical for preparing our power grids to keep the lights on.

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AutoGrid

JULY 24, 2023

Transmission upgrades are vital to help build the net zero carbon grid of the future by integrating large-scale solar and wind farms into the nation’s power grids. Surgically Target Relief to Defined Local Load Pockets Small-scale disaggregated deployments of DR resources may provide limited relief to the grid.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Series B for AI-powered grid analytics Amperon Holdings has secured $20 million in Series B funding led by Energize Capital, to unlock more value from grid data and advance electricity forecasting. With the Series B, the company hopes to thus fine tune their predictive models and identify emerging patterns for customers.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Impact of AI Data Centers on Power Quality and Household Efficiency Broken Down Here: AI data centers significantly amplify harmonic distortion in nearby power grids due to their high and non-linear energy consumption. Their energy use often causes severe harmonic distortion in nearby power grids.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The DER company has acquired Centrica’s demand response division, bolstering their DER capacity from 5.6GW to 6.3GW. CPower closes Centrica demand response acquisition. Their services aim to help customers earn revenue for participating in demand response solutions that bolster the grid. GW of #DER capacity!

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

” Rapid growth in India’s renewable energy sector is driving demand for new technologies to modernize the country’s power sector. Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity. But that’s changing. That's attracting more entrepreneurs and investors to India’s cleantech sector.

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AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

How VPPs Reduce Both Costs and Emission in Meeting Peak Demands. The emergence of virtual power plants (VPPs) as bona fide replacements for fossil fuel peaker plants has been discussed conceptually, but is there data to support this opportunity? combustion turbines burning natural gas or oil meet most of the peak power demands.

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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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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

At more than double the price of similarly sized home battery offerings, the ecoLinx promised a 15 year warranty and the ability to control smart home devices, allowing it to manage both demand and supply of energy. customers eager to keep the lights on when the power grid fails. residential storage market is bigger than ever.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Rapidly scaling sustainable, diversified, and resilient clean energy supply chains is key to achieving net-zero targets on-time and at as low a cost as possible, according to the ETC. Clean energy supply chain challenges The global transition to net-zero demands a massive increase in clean energy technology.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

This is especially important as more and more enterprises are engaging with digitised information to transform their business operations, leading to continued exponential growth in computing demand. The report also provides an overview of how data centres can play a role in helping integrate renewables into European electricity grids.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This is unfortunate, because, as revealed by the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) recent State Energy Assessment , Michigan's energy system is not as resilient as it could be. By shifting electric demand to off-peak times and keeping the grid stable, storage can serve as an alternative to old ways of upgrading the grid.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since 2018, hundreds of thousands of Pacific Gas & Electric customers and tens of thousands of Southern California residents have experienced blackouts as utilities de-energize power grids to prevent them from sparking wildfires. California Sen.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 7, 2022

UK needs additional £14bn in annual renewables investment to meet 2050 goal Australia’s small scale RECs scheme sees record installations in 2020 Grid Resilience with Enedis, an interview with COO Antoine Jourdain. We then used a dynamical model to assess how these changes impact the resilience of power grids to catastrophic failures.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 22, 2025

By unlocking scalable geothermal heating and cooling as a resilient, always-on category of distributed clean energy, Bedrock aims to save billions of dollars for both property owners and utilities alike. Geothermal energy has incredible promise as an always-on, 24/7 carbon-free source of power and heating and cooling.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has cautioned against the impacts of electric vehicle (EV) charging on bulk power system reliability, calling for cross-sector coordination to bolster and ensure the reliability of the power grid.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million for 15 projects across 11 states meant to improve the reliability, resiliency, and flexibility of the domestic power grid through the research and development of next-generation semiconductor technologies.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Jeff Perry, executive vice president of Asset Management for Agilitas Energy, writes on how energy storage technology can improve grid and renewables reliability, taking pressure off grid operators at peak demand periods. Instead, it emphasises the importance of increasing energy storage to stabilize the energy system.

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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. Build a resilient grid. Software underpinned with a strong data foundation is key.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 23, 2022

They aim to build momentum for a cleaner and more resilient regional power grid. Have you read: Construction starts on 230MW solar plant in Azerbaijan Alibaba logistics arm generates solar power from warehouse rooftops Rooftop solar PV could reduce grid resilience, study finds.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

And as the world moves away from carbon and towards electrification, the demand for components like switchgear is expected to grow, potentially doubling of the banked volume of SF6 by 2030 if executed with traditional technology.

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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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AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Future of Energy and Grid Resiliency is Distributed By Giovanni Herazo, Vice President, Smart Grid Solutions As one of FPL’s smart grid & innovation leaders, I saw firsthand how our grid was consistently put to the test by unexpected outages, power quality issues, adverse weather conditions, and rising load demand.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In its biggest investment in the nation’s grid, the White House announced a $3.46 billion investment for 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability, invest in microgrids and enable more renewable energy generation across America.

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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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Renewable Energy World

JULY 21, 2021

“These projects will play a key role in our efforts to help states reach their clean energy targets, spur job creation and meet rising corporate demand for renewables.”.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A recent study conducted by energy research firm IdeaSmiths, sponsored by Lancium, analyzed the impact of large, flexible data center operations on the Texas power grid. The study found that adding data center load to the grid incentivizes additional deployment of wind and solar 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% The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% in 2023, less than the 2.4% Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MAY 9, 2024

V2G tech company Nuvve and battery specialist Guangzhou Great Power Energy and Technology Corporation have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of stationary storage batteries and their integration with the power grid. V2G technology and grid services like demand response increase those savings.”

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 27, 2023

According to West Monroe, in the US specifically, there are five priorities for utilities in 2024: decarbonisation and integrated electrification and gas planning; decentralised and virtual power supplies; transmission infrastructure needs; resiliency and security objectives; system operations digitisation.

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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. By leveraging V2G technology, EVs could potentially be tapped on to manage the increased peak electricity demand.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Summerland is one of five municipalities in the province to own its electrical utility, allowing the community to keep money in the local economy and increase the resiliency of the power grid, says Wildstone. This is meant to eliminate short-term demand spikes and lower peak loads, reducing overall demand costs.

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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. The Lone Star State is in a unique position because most of the state doesn’t connect to larger power grids that span across eastern and western states.

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