The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

But a global shortage of components and skills means efforts to meet climate targets will go down to the wire From next year, engineers will need to roll out more than 100km (62 miles) of electric cabling every day until 2040 if the government hopes to power the UK towards its climate goals, according to new data. Continue reading.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

The technologies, which can be integrated into existing wind turbine control systems, are aimed to address the two major issues identified with the rapid growth of wind farms globally – namely power system frequency control and forced oscillations, which can cause widespread disruption over entire power grids.

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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. These concerns make it difficult for the grid to fully rely on renewables.

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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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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The European Union wants to build 40 gigawatts of green hydrogen electrolyzers by 2030, and estimates that 80 to 120 gigawatts of solar and wind will be needed to power them. That’s a fresh headache for Europe’s grid operators. Industry will be a big source of demand for hydrogen, even more so in the early days.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Since the start of October renewable power has already effectively displaced the equivalent of three per cent of the UK's annual gas demand, and six per cent of net gas imports, which amounts to around eight per cent of what the country imports via pipelines or 30 LNG shipments, ECIU said. per cent of annual UK gas demand.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 15, 2024

Reflecting on a week of record finance results from German and Dutch utilities, Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column sees Yusuf Latief discuss grid investment plans and whether they are indicative of grid planning finally going right. billion, highlighting the role of the grid in minimising economic loss.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

According to Bloomberg, January 2021 saw the latest in a series of near misses for the European power grid, a sudden drop in frequency and narrowly avoided widespread power failure. The alternative would see operators hit with additional costs, paying for expensive reinforcements or even building new power lines.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Duke Energy will build new smart grid software and services on AWS and expand its Intelligent Grid Services – a suite of custom-built applications that help the utility anticipate future energy demand and identify where and how to update the power grid. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

At least $14 trillion needs to be invested in the grid worldwide by 2050 to support an evolved power system, according to BloombergNEF’s new Power Grid Long-Term Outlook 2021 published this week. Without adequate investment, the grid could become a bottleneck, slowing progress, said BNEF.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The milestone comes at a time when concerns about UK energy security have been making headlines due to soaring global gas prices and a brief period of lower than usual wind power generation.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

utilities have to plan for an electricity peak driven by summer air conditioning and cooling demand, Duke and other Southeastern utilities face an equally daunting winter peak driven by a reliance on electric heating and unpredictable cold snaps, as this U.S. While most U.S. Energy Information Administration data illustrates.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 16, 2024

million) to municipal energy supplier Thüringer Energie AG (TEAG) to upgrade and digitise the electricity grid in Thuringia, Germany. The project will upgrade and expand the grid in rural areas to meet the needs of the energy transition.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Using advanced AI , the Capalo platform attempts to optimise the use of flexible energy assets, such as energy storage systems and EV charging stations, allowing the commissioning of weather-dependent renewable energy sources to grow by coordinating with the flexibility of the energy grid to adjust to production and demand fluctuations.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

CPS now gets about 22 percent of its electricity from about 1,000 megawatts of wind power and about 500 megawatts of solar , with natural gas making up 46 percent of its remaining portfolio and coal-fired power another 18 percent.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The feed-in into the power grid for power supply consists of conventional energy sources, such as nuclear-, coal- and gas power, as well as renewable energy sources. This means the remaining demand for electricity that cannot be covered by wind and solar power. Electricity demand is never steady.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The feed-in into the power grid for power supply consists of conventional energy sources, such as nuclear-, coal- and gas power, as well as renewable energy sources. This means the remaining demand for electricity that cannot be covered by wind and solar power. Electricity demand is never steady.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Over the past decade, a new class of digital power electronics has emerged that can shape, shift and control the flow of electricity on the power grid in ways never before seen. Perhaps the UK, which has set far more ambitious green goals for its island grid, may be a better fit?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions.

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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

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Here’s how: Firstly, having more renewable energy sources can increase the demand for green energy. As more wind turbines, solar arrays, and other renewable energy installations are built, they generate a larger proportion of energy on the grid. As noted, the utilities industry is shifting to more sustainable practices.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Unlike traditional power sources, renewable sources such as solar and wind power are intermittent, which means that they do not produce a consistently reliable output. Another tool that comes in handy when dealing with intermittent energy sources is called Demand Response (DR). Another solution is the use of net metering.

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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. That’s when we have low wind, but we have more hydropower. Today, it consistently gets around 99 percent of its electricity from renewables. Even so, it’s not a perfect system.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 16, 2024

In the German North Sea alone, 70GW of offshore wind energy are planned, which must not only be brought ashore efficiently, but also distributed throughout the country in the most area- and cost-efficient way possible. “At

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% This fall in emissions (see Figure 1) is the most significant on record and puts the United States on track to meet its 2025 Paris Agreement commitment, though energy demand and emissions are expected to rebound with widespread vaccinations in 2021. power in 2020.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Smart grids are a new generation of electric power grids that use digital technology to improve the reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of the grid. Smart grids can help to reduce outages, improve power quality, and enable new services such as demand-side management and renewable energy integration.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 13, 2020

“Now we’re looking to scale up to meet global demand.” Smart Wires is one of a handful of companies developing digital power flow control systems that could revolutionize how power grids function, compared to the mostly electromechanical system in place today.

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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. The commission said that three load serving entities already have included around 300 MW of offshore wind in their integrated resource plans.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

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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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2021

With a capacity of 1,000MW, the new high voltage direct current (HVDC) power cable can provide enough energy to power 1 million British homes and is expected to meet 1.2 per cent of Britain's electricity demand. National Grid said that importing lower carbon electricity from France should allow the project to prevent 1.2

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Regional power grids are like highway systems, moving power to where it’s needed and keeping electrons flowing to homes and businesses around the clock,” said ACORE President and CEO Gregory Wetstone. She likened them to the cost of adding a driveway to a road. The costs would be around $10-50 per kW.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 25, 2021

The batteries will also provide support services for the Texas power grid to respond to fluctuations in supply and demand. These batteries are allowing us to benefit from peak energy generation to account for the dips that come with energy shortages.”.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Forced outages are a tool of last resort, employed in circumstances of incredible stress to the grid and done to protect against more widespread outages. Record heat for several days across parts of the state strained the power grid so much that it started rationing electricity, for the first time in almost 20 years.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 19, 2020

PG&E picked the winning projects from 23 unique offers from 12 different parties, including demand response and existing natural gas-fired power plants. gigawatt total online by August 2021. The state’s 2013 mandate to bring 1.35

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

All of the scenarios are less reliant on wind power, which plays little role in the Southeastern U.S. energy mix today, although Duke's most aggressive case sees up to 2,650 megawatts of offshore wind by 2035. Iberdrola's Avangrid holds the rights to a large offshore wind development zone off the coast of North Carolina.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

State mandates and consumer choice have sparked a demand for clean and green energy. Wind power turbines and home battery systems might have a little more industry wiggle room. However, it’s Tesla’s power wall battery storage for homes that may have the most profound market impacts for consumers. Sustainable Agriculture.

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Canary Media

APRIL 17, 2024

plug more solar and wind power into the grid and meet fast-growing electricity demand when it doesn’t have enough power lines to handle all those tasks? A good start would be to adopt technologies that help get more mileage out of existing power grids, according to a new report from the Department…

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