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US power grid added battery equivalent of 20 nuclear reactors in past four years

The Guardian: Energy

From barely anything just a few years ago, the US is now adding utility-scale batteries at a dizzying pace, having installed more than 20 gigawatts of battery capacity to the electric grid, with 5GW of this occurring just in the first seven months of this year, according to the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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The power grid is hard to understand. This startup is trying to help.

Canary Media

When Max Kanter bought an electric vehicle back in 2022, he didn’t expect it to be so hard to find accurate data on the cost and carbon-intensity of the electricity surging through the power grid. As not only a new EV owner but also a data whiz, he sought out the information because he “wanted to build a machine…

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New modeling techniques deliver county-level charging data to inform future power system upgrades

TechXplore

However, the plan for supporting infrastructure—where, when, and how to deploy EV chargers and upgrade the power grid—is a complex and moving target. Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is moving forward at a rapid rate.

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Leveraging quantum computing to tackle power grid challenges

Smart Energy International

The US Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is collaborating with quantum computing company IonQ to help solve power grid challenges and drive infrastructure improvements. In the US Department of Energy-funded project, the two organisations intend to explore how quantum computing technology can be used to modernise the power grid.

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Tetra Tech awarded $85m to support the Moldova power grid

Smart Energy International

Tetra Tech, a provider of consulting and engineering services in water, environment and sustainable infrastructure, has been awarded $85 million to integrate a BESS in Moldova to strengthen the country’s power grid infrastructure.

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ChatGrid to assist power grid operators with generative AI grid visualisation

Smart Energy International

ChatGrid has been developed as a generative AI solution to simplify and speed up decision making for power grid operators in the US. With this, the user can then ask a question such as: “What is the generation capacity of the top five wind power generators in the Western Interconnection?” Have you read?

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For a clean, resilient grid, look to EV infrastructure

GreenBiz

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. That's where EVs can discharge electricity back onto the power grid in an exchange with utilities. Katie Fehrenbacher.