What COVID-19 teaches us about resilience
GreenBiz
MARCH 20, 2020
The unprecedented response to coronavirus, however, may provide the best argument for local grid resilience we’ve ever had.
For a clean, resilient grid, look to EV infrastructure
GreenBiz
MARCH 24, 2021
For a clean, resilient grid, look to EV infrastructure. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure could provide a major benefit — boosting both clean energy and resiliency — for the power grid. They need clean energy projections, but also predictions about user behavior, dynamic electricity rates, weather prediction data, etc.
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A 'local electricity market': Rooftop panels, EV chargers, and smart thermostats could boost power grid resilience
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
There's a lot of untapped potential in our homes and vehicles that could be harnessed to reinforce local power grids and make them more resilient to unforeseen outages, a new study shows.
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Orlando's journey to accelerate sustainability and resilience
GreenBiz
MARCH 11, 2021
Orlando's journey to accelerate sustainability and resilience. I'm also a social entrepreneur, community organizer and now director of sustainability and resilience for the city of Orlando. Chris Castro. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 01:00. I’m a second-generation Cuban-American from Miami.
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A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid
GreenBiz
JUNE 1, 2021
A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid. How will the electrical grid handle so many vehicles charging at once? But on the other side of this equation is an opportunity: A world in which electric vehicles actually help make the grid more resilient, and render electricity cheaper for everyone.
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Renewable and Resilient Energy in Commercial Buildings
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Commercial buildings account for 33 percent of electricity usage in the U.S. But to be truly sustainable, energy solutions must be not only clean, but also resilient and affordable. today, representing a major opportunity for decarbonization.
How Stockton and California are building resilience from the ground up
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
How Stockton and California are building resilience from the ground up. So, how is California building resilience in both its rural and urban communities? We've had this shock to our system from the pandemic that has exposed these fault lines and the basic lack of resilience in our system in our economy. Deonna Anderson.
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Heathrow Airport Transformer Fire Prompts Urgent Inquiry, Exposes Cracks in Grid Resilience
POWER Magazine
MARCH 27, 2025
One week after a catastrophic fire at the North Hyde electrical substation plunged the UKs flagship Heathrow Airport into chaos, questions are mounting about what went wrongand what the incident […] The post Heathrow Airport Transformer Fire Prompts Urgent Inquiry, Exposes Cracks in Grid Resilience appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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Episode 239: Wildfires and resilience, California's car ban
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Episode 239: Wildfires and resilience, California's car ban. GreenBiz analyst Sarah Golden speaks with state senator Jeff Golden (her father) about the climate change influence and what's next for improving resilience. . Electric Vehicles. Resilience. Heather Clancy. Fri, 10/02/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Contributors.
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New sparks for the electric vehicle industry
GreenBiz
AUGUST 25, 2020
New sparks for the electric vehicle industry. The move to electric vehicles (EVs) was intensifying. . With a growing unease in taking public transportation, the demand for electric bikes and cars is also skyrocketing. . In June, Lyft announced that every vehicle on its platform will be electric by 2030. Zoé Bezpalko.
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The time for electric trucks and buses is now
GreenBiz
JUNE 10, 2020
The time for electric trucks and buses is now. Despite the pandemic, sales of electric trucks and buses are expected to surge in the United States and Canada over the next couple of years. Here are just a few from the past couple of weeks: General Motors is making an electric van to rival Tesla. Electric Vehicles.
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Revolutionizing the Supply Chain: Resiliency and Microgrids
GreenBiz
JUNE 1, 2022
Microgrids combine distributed generation — solar, energy storage, fuel cells, and generators — with controls, equipment and O&M services that help organizations operate and island from the electric grid. They’re an intersection of environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals and resiliency.
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Europe’s largest battery powers up in Blackhillock, in Moray
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 15, 2025
Wrtsil is supplying its Quantum energy storage system technology and GEMS Digital Energy Platform with SMA grid forming inverters enabling a resilient power system with high power quality. EDF Wholesale Market Services will be the Route to Market provider for the site, through its market leading trading platform, Powershift.
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This is what energy resilience could look like
GreenBiz
JANUARY 10, 2020
A microgrid pilot program run by Colorado cooperative Holy Cross Energy includes four all-electric homes in an affordable housing community.
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UK’s first ‘smart’ electricity substation installed in Maidstone
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 22, 2025
What’s described as the UKs first smart electricity substation has been installed in Kent ready to talk to other sites and share power to where its most needed at peak times. UK Power Networks team at Allington Energy-from-Waste in Kent.
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Simulations provide models for a resilient and sustainable electric grid
TechXplore
JULY 3, 2024
In a significant step towards resilient, sustainable energy, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) are undertaking an initiative to enhance the performance and longevity of grid transformers, a critical component of the electric grid.
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An Innovative Approach to Resilience in Public Facilities
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 6, 2021
In a partnership with Schneider Electric™ and Duke Energy Renewables, Montgomery County received a comprehensive solution, including microgrids, upgraded electrical systems, generators, and renewable energy power — for zero upfront costs. Download the story to learn how they did it
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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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Tata Steel UK and JCB sign MOU for supply of low-emissions ‘green’ steel
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The project includes building a new 3-million-tonne per year state-of-the-art electric arc furnace (EAF)one of the largest in the worldoffering a lower-CO2 alternative to the traditional blast furnace method. This is the first supply agreement Tata Steel UK has made since announcing the 1.25
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California utility SDG&E brings online 180MWh of community-resiliency microgrids
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of California’s main investor-owned utilities (IOUs), has brought online a portfolio of four ‘advanced’ microgrids equipped with 180MWh of battery storage.
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GM, PepsiCo, Lenovo demonstrate resilience of green bond market
GreenBiz
AUGUST 8, 2022
billion in notes to fund electric vehicle transition, Lenovo makes its first offering and food and beverage company PepsiCo raises another $1.25 Automaker GM sells $2.25
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Amazon, Google and Harvard demonstrate the value created by regenerative buildings
GreenBiz
JUNE 20, 2024
Featuring all-electric systems, water reuse and innovative solar power, these buildings improve “the health and resilience of economies, cultures, and people.”
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Training solar panels to dance with the wind: AI-driven solution enhances resilience
TechXplore
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Solar photovoltaic power plants convert sunlight into electricity and their vast potential for producing clean, renewable energy make solar power a cornerstone of the NetZero Emissions by 2050 initiative, which seeks to cut carbon dioxide emissions to zero by the year 2050.
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How JFK’s New Microgrid Will Reduce Emissions and Boost Resilience
GreenBiz
MARCH 1, 2023
Date/Time: March 30, 2023 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) Schneider Electric and its joint venture AlphaStruxure are illuminating a new pathway to decarbonizing air transportation at the New Terminal One (NTO) at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan
GreenBiz
JUNE 23, 2020
These events, made visible by the COVID-19 virus, have shown us the fragility of systems pushed to their breaking point by design constraints to maximize return on investment in the absence of resiliency. . We already have demonstrated the efficacy of investments directed to electrical distribution, water, transportation and renewable energy.
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Novel framework improves resilience to extreme weather
TechXplore
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Electricity production and distribution in the U.S. currently depends on more than 10,000 power plants, 642,000 miles of high voltage lines, 56,000 substations and 6.3 million miles of local distribution lines. Much of that infrastructure is over 30 years old.
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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 MW of fuel cells and 1.5
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Biogas would provide a £400 annual saving for households on the road to net zero, says analysis
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Like the official forecasts, the study foresees that the economy is likely to be far more electric than today, but it finds cheaper ways of maintaining resilient power with green gas back-up. It can also be converted into hydrogen cheaply with low conversion losses, unlike the process of making hydrogen from electricity.
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Exploring the resilience of the Texas power grid against extreme weather conditions
TechXplore
APRIL 4, 2024
The Gulf Coast of the United States is often hit by tropical cyclones (TCs), hurricanes and other extreme weather phenomena, which can cause widespread electricity outages. Climate change and global warming are expected to increase the risk of these events occurring, which could significantly disrupt activities in the area.
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California investor-owned utility PG&E picks community microgrids for US$43 million funding
Energy Storage News
MARCH 28, 2025
Utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has announced intent to award up to US$43 million in grant funding for nine new community-driven microgrids in California, US. The funding comes through the Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP). MIP was created through 2018s Senate Bill 1339 (SB 1339).
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USDA awards US$2.3 billion for rural energy resiliency via T&D, renewables and storage
Energy Storage News
MARCH 7, 2024
billion into projects increasing energy resiliency in rural communities, with two energy storage projects already shortlisted for awards in Arizona and Nebraska. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is putting US$2.3
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Trial demonstrates restarting electricity network entirely from renewables
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 27, 2022
Tongland Power Station on the River Dee, Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme. Energy network provider SP Energy Networks says it has led a successful trial to re-energise its electricity network via renewable energy from wind turbines and hydro generation.
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Why Major Players Like NASA and Shell Partner with Bloom Energy
Hydrogen Fuel News
DECEMBER 21, 2024
Transforming Energy Generation with Resilient Microgrid Tech Bloom Energy has emerged as a leader in clean energy solutions, offering technologies designed to meet the rising global demand for reliable and sustainable power. A Look Behind Their Bloom Energys Energy Server stands apart due to the science behind its solid oxide fuel cells.
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Aviation watchdog to look at ‘resilience’ rules after Heathrow closure
The Guardian: Energy
MARCH 27, 2025
CAA says it will consider whether to take further steps under Heathrows licence as part of review Britains aviation watchdog will review the rules on resilience after Heathrow was closed because of a fire at an electricity substation.
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Schneider Electric Leads the Charge on the Democratization of Energy
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 27, 2022
This report from Verdantix provides insights around the increasing grid interactivity of facilities as a key enabler for decarbonization as more renewables are onboarded, and electric vehicles (EVs) becomes more widespread.
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Solar Spotlight: Enough backup energy to power any load in the home
Solar Power World
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The value of energy resiliency is increasing in the face of stronger weather events and natural disasters, and the electrical grid isn’t always prepared to withstand these adverse environmental pressures.
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20,000 Opportunities for Change: Toyota’s Plan to Replace Diesel Trucks with Hydrogen-Powered Giants
Hydrogen Fuel News
MARCH 14, 2025
Multi-Pathway Strategy Driving Decarbonization Efforts Toyotas hydrogen strategy is rooted in its multi-pathway approach, which integrates hydrogen fuel cell systems alongside hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric vehicles. At the seminar, Jay Sackett, Toyotas Chief Engineer of Advanced Mobility, highlighted the companys vision.
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Entergy Texas files for first phase of its grid resilience plan
Smart Energy International
JULY 2, 2024
Entergy Texas, which provides electricity to approximately 512,000 customers in 27 counties, has filed for approval of phase one of its Texas Future Ready Resilience Plan to ‘harden’ the grid. Our comprehensive Resiliency Plan creates stronger communities while managing customer bill impacts.”
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US Army Deploys First Hydrogen-Powered Nanogrid at White Sands Missile Range
Hydrogen Fuel News
JANUARY 9, 2025
This process eliminates dependence on fossil fuels while improving resilience in the face of outages or limited grid access. This system will feature expanded capabilities, including an electric vehicle charging station, further demonstrating the adaptability of nanogrid technology in diverse contexts. Leonard Wood.
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Urging clean energy and justice for tribal nations
GreenBiz
APRIL 1, 2021
During the 20th century, coal was a cheap and reliable source of electricity. Nearly all the electricity produced at the NGS was exported off the Navajo Nation to Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Many families on the Navajo Nation still have limited access to electricity and water. Roger Sorkin.
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Microgrids Take Major Role for Reliability, Resiliency
POWER Magazine
JUNE 26, 2024
The use of microgrids to provide reliable […] The post Microgrids Take Major Role for Reliability, Resiliency appeared first on POWER Magazine. An array of technologies, both thermal and renewable, are being used in the design of microgrids, supporting distributed power generation across several sectors.
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NONA Technologies Electrifies Water Desalination, with Industrial and Resiliency Applications
Greentown Labs
MARCH 19, 2025
Instead of using heat or a filter, we use an electrical field to pull impurities out of the water. When we were choosing a space, wed ask about, How do you manage disposing of this fluid, this type of electrical connection? We have an electro-membrane approach, explains Bruce Crawford , the startups CEO and co-founder.
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A Business-Like Approach to Power Generation
POWER Magazine
MARCH 3, 2025
The decentralization of electricity production and delivery is evident in the commercial and industrial (C&I) sector, as businesses move to produce their own power to ensure a reliable and resilient supply The post A Business-Like Approach to Power Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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National Geothermal Month attempts to clear the fog surrounding “a vital component of the clean energy transition”
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 3, 2025
By uniting the industry around a shared narrative, Geothermal Rising and its partners reinforce geothermals role in driving economic growth, environmental sustainability, and community resilience. of global electricity generation, according to various sources. of renewables-based installed capacity for electricity generation globally.
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