DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

“We’ve had 15 near failures of our power grid in the last 18 months,” Smith said, “and I can’t operate in the world of fantasy. While extreme cold temperatures strained Alberta’s power grid during the winter of 2023 and 2024, this does not appear to have been caused by an over-reliance on renewable energy.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Instead, they offered apologies, explanations, and promises to prevent future breakdowns like the multiple website crashes and overwhelmed conference call systems that left customers and key government partners alike in the dark during the first days of the event. “And they are currently sources of failure for PG&E.”

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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. The findings showed that recovering power within 13 hours can reduce up to 52% of the power loss stemming from cascading events.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Instead, “it’s all of us” in Texas “not pushing our regulators and politicians” to take steps to protect the grid and natural-gas network from temperature drops that, while rare in the past, may be far more prevalent in a future of climate-change-driven weather extremes. “Time and time again, the No.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

. “We know our customers depend on us to make the investments in our state’s power grid needed to deliver reliable energy to their homes and businesses around the clock,” says Kim Greene, chairman, president and CEO of Georgia Power.

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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. So how can we minimise this risk?

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altenergymag

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Join Solarplaza Summit Energy Storage The Netherlands on 16 February in Amsterdam, the leading storage event in the Netherlands. This event will empower you to take charge of and integrate your ambitions in the Dutch market.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Policy observers blamed the power system failure on the legislators and state agencies who they say did not properly heed the warnings of previous storms or account for more extreme weather events warned of by climate scientists. Instead, Texas prioritized the free market. Hayhoe said. Other Texas officials looked beyond ERCOT.

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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.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 2, 2024

Filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the investments included in phase one are expected to decrease future storm restoration costs by approximately $129 million and reduce the duration of power outages following significant weather events by 4.5 billion minutes over the next fifty years.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

It is no secret that the power plant grid in New York has been under tremendous stress in recent years due to a variety of causes, including extreme weather events and population growth.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 17, 2022

Itron has announced the second iteration of their annual customer event, Itron Inspire EMEA , from April 5-6, 2022. The event aims to gather industry experts, colleagues and thought leaders from Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 8, 2023

We are thrilled to announce that STSA will be participating at the Enlit Asia 2023, the premier regional event that unites the entire power and energy value chain on a single platform. This year, Enlit Asia 2023 is set to be even more exceptional as it is held in partnership with the 78th Indonesia National Electricity Day (INED).

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Smart Energy International

MAY 31, 2024

Canadian smart home tech developer ecobee has announced the launch of an updated grid resiliency programme to help prevent power outages caused by extreme weather, sustained high heat, and natural disasters. The solution is designed to help increase grid stability in the face of increasing weather-related threats.

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Charged

AUGUST 6, 2024

The new automated demand-to-grid response function in Ford Pro’s Charging Software reacts to grid events in California such as high local demand by automatically pausing charging, alerting the customer, and resuming charging when the event is over.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 22, 2022

DEWA nanosatellite improves management of power and water networks Extreme weather pushes power grids to the brink – is AI the answer? In the past, values of higher than 7V/km have been detected along railways in Sweden, while estimates of extreme solar storms have predicted events with strengths of up to 20V/km.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 20, 2024

Reusing the server heat is one way to mitigate the effects that AI has on the power grid and environment. The announced expansion of its Finland data center comes on the heels of the Google I/O event last week that showcased Google’s search engine revamped with generative AI and a faster version of its Gemini model.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A number of oil and gas firms have been announced as the hosts of stands and events at this year’s Conservative Party conference. Events hosted by the companies will cover a range of energy and climate issues, and will feature senior Conservative MPs and ministers. featuring Conservative MPs Gareth Davies and John Penrose.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 4, 2024

Based on a model of the Texas power system, scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK have developed a new method to identify and harden critical lines against tropical cyclones and increase power system resilience. Their approach allowed them to reproduce observed supply failures.

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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. But in recent years the world has faced an endless catalog of severe weather events.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 6, 2024

The Business Demand Response programme, which aims to ensure grid stability and reliability, will see eligible PSE business electric customers earn payments for making targeted energy reductions during periods of peak demand or grid emergencies. million electric customers in 10 counties, namely in Western Washington. ”

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POWER Magazine

MARCH 13, 2024

Scientists who maintain the world’s temperature records, which date back to 1880, calculate a global temperature anomaly each year to determine how much temperatures have changed compared to temperatures from […] The post How Utilities Are Planning for Extreme Weather Events and Mitigating Risks appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Headlining the event with one of the welcome addresses was the Chairman & Senator for SETA. Also, opening the event was Richard Ireland, the CEO for Clarion Events Asia, who could barely contain his enthusiasm to being back in Bangkok for this long-anticipated Enlit event.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 25, 2021

The extra electricity that is generated from their solar panels is fed back to the power grid which reduces the need for utility companies to spend extra funds on infrastructure updates. It also helps reduce transmission-line congestion that can cause rolling blackouts and other inconvenient power outages for repairs and upgrades.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 18, 2020

Swedish battery maker Northvolt and state-owned utility Vattenfall launched a new modular and fully mobile energy storage system on Friday, one they say will be able to patch up stressed grids during a period of rapid electrification. The biggest obstacle for those targets is the country’s power grid.

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The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 21, 2024

That includes all kinds of power disruptions throughout the year. But the culprit behind longer outages is “major events,” including weather disasters. Without those big events, the length of outages would have mostly flatlined over the past decade. But the Texas power grid has also been hit hard by extreme weather.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Phil Beecher, President and CEO of the Wi-SUN Alliance, comments that extreme weather events are fast evolving from a rare occurrence to something that should be built into the risk profile of any utility company. Have you read?

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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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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

MARCH 27, 2024

Conditions that usually accompany the kind of intense hot and cold weather that strains power grids may also provide greater opportunities to capture solar and wind energy. The research, which looked at extensive heat and cold waves across the six interconnected energy grid regions of the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 26, 2024

Re-energising the Transition draws on the results of a survey among energy professionals collected in the second half of 2023, in-depth expert interviews conducted at the Enlit Europe live event as well as insights and recommendations of the Enlit Europe Think Tank – a half-day workshop that took place in Paris at Enlit Europe 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

National Grid’s Distributed ReStart project should prove that assets such as wind, solar and battery plants can work alongside synchronous generators to restore power following a countrywide blackout. “Past and current approaches rely on large power stations, but as the U.K.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Not investing in the grid is like accumulating cholesterol – you find out you are in bad shape.” The Enel boss stressed that without appropriate investments into keeping the grid in good shape, extreme weather events could render it vulnerable to damage and power outages. What we need to work on is (grid) investments.”

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 2, 2024

Satya Nadella, the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation speaks during the “Microsoft Build: AI Day” event. Power grids need all the added capacity they can get since new AI data centers are expected to put more pressure on them.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a release, California’s biggest utility, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), said they had already restored power to approximately 1 million customers since Monday, February 5, although they expect to restore most accessible outages by end-of-day Thursday.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 10, 2024

They’re worried about coronal mass ejections (CMEs), explosions of plasma and magnetized particles coming from the Sun, that could potentially impact critical infrastructure, including the power grid, internet cables, and satellites. The watch means that conditions for a severe event are likely possible.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

. £145,000 for Otaski Energy Solutions Ltd and Syselek Ltd (Based in Gateshead and partnered with Costain): Trialling their cost and energy-efficient smart charge and bi-directional converter, which allows EVs to charge from any power grid source and discharge energy back to the grid or storage.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 30, 2024

It’s available to communities recovering from a major event that the president has declared an emergency or disaster. Solar panels can form microgrids — islands of locally generated power — that residents might be able to rely on even if there’s a blackout on the broader power grid.

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