Smart Energy International

JANUARY 27, 2023

The Digital Twin Consortium (DTC) – which aims to drive development of the digital tech – has announced a reference library of use cases and case studies, including use of digital twins as a tool to decentralise power grids. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed

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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. Regions or cities fail in one major cascade, rather than gradually.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The utility is now integrating the field data from this month’s outage, including the 100 or more instances of bare wires coming into contact with tree limbs or other potential faults, to inform its analysis of future outages. Real-world benefits from grid investments.

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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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Smart Energy International

JULY 8, 2024

Researchers from UAlbany and UConn in the Northeast US will work together to provide risk assessments and grid resilience investment guidance to several states in the region. The two Northeast grid resilience projects were awarded $2.63 In total, six projects investigating grid resilience received $4.6

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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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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Peaking at nearly 32MW from 8,500 solar-plus-storage residential systems, Sunrun and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customer batteries provided consistent clean energy to California’s power grid through the summer and fall of 2023. ”

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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. Supercharge was asked to design and develop the platform in close cooperation with BritNed’s experts.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The ability to remotely operate microgrids, says SDG&E in a release, offers real-time monitoring, faster response to grid events, more efficient energy storage management and enhanced grid resilience.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 8, 2024

According to research from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 5G features have the capability to support distributed controls and configurable security and resilience of power systems. Identical solar arrays, battery systems, vehicle chargers and protection equipment were modelled with interfaces via the 5G network.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

New research from the Wi-SUN Alliance finds that advanced weather prediction tops the list of initiatives that US utilities are undertaking to ensure better network resilience. Other top initiatives are renewable energy integration, grid modernisation and microgrids and disaster response and recovery plans.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 24, 2024

A $10 million Department of Energy (DOE) grant will help create a pilot regional cybersecurity research and operations centre meant to help protect the power grid against cyber attacks. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published by Sean Wolfe on Power Grid International.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

This is the reasoning behind a new project being led by researchers at the University of Toronto to explore quantum-based technology solutions to defend power utilities against such future cyberattacks. And quantum computing, which is becoming more feasible and practical, is a powerful tool that will make our classical defences obsolete.”

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Smart Energy International

MAY 1, 2024

The Dutch demonstrator of the eFORT project is developing a digital twin of the grid to increase its resilience to cyber attacks. In particular the focus of the demonstrator is on preventing cascading failures and power grid restoration following an outage. Other demonstrators are in Spain. Italy and Ukraine.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2024

Chattanooga headquartered power distribution company EPB and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have launched the Collaborative for Energy Resilience and Quantum Science. As a result of this work, the EPB Quantum Network powered by Qubiteckk was launched to accelerate the commercialisation of quantum technologies.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

billion ($38.96) by 2026, more than half of this being funnelled into power grid investments, the Group said more focus will be placed on profitability, flexibility and resiliency through selective capital allocation to maximize its risk/return profile. Beyond the power grid , approximately €12.1

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Rhizome, a climate resilience planning platform for the power grid, announced its official launch, initial institutional capital raise of $2.5 million, and partnership with Seattle City Light and Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO).

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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

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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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2022

The energy provider will make significant upgrades to its high voltage distribution (HVD) system in an effort to make the power grid more reliable for Consumers Energy’s electric customers in the state of Michigan, US. And as weather becomes more severe, Michigan needs a power grid that’s more reliable and resilient.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 18, 2024

DERConnect has been launched as a testbed for the power grid on the University of California San Diego campus. One room is dedicated to servers and computers capable of simulating power grids for entire cities and states. Have you read? The facility is set to be available for use by both on-site and remote researchers.

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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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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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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As part of Louisiana’s newly announced energy resilience initiative, Hubs for Resilient Energy Operations (HERO), The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will create Community Resilience Hubs and undertake a project meant to enhance electric grid resiliency. This award is the largest in University history.

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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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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

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 programme drove a 60% participation rate and equivalent kWh savings as a standard demand response event.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 13, 2024

As EVs continue to proliferate and strain the power grid, two critical challenges need to be overcome: safeguarding the functionality of battery arrays and their generated data, explains Hebberly Ahatlan of Intertrust.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

It also gives us clearer insight to the power grid and how it is operating, ultimately creating a smarter energy future for our customers and communities.”. For example, solar panels combined with battery storage can play a key role in grid resiliency and flexibility in the near future.

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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. Ensure a diversified, resilient, and secure supply of materials and components for the energy transition.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 2, 2023

With changing weather patterns and extreme weather events becoming more prevalent – among them in Michigan a doubling of average wind speeds over the past four years – grid reliability and resilience are coming under increasing utility scrutiny. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed “More reliable. More resilient.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The aim is to generate new knowledge that can help engineers design smarter and more resilient energy grids for urban populations of the future, with flexibility for deployment in islanded grids and off-grid communities. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 31, 2023

For Xcel Energy, the rollout marks the next step in the modernisation of its power grid, which so far has focussed primarily on boosting the capacity and reliability of the system through new and improved lines and substations. Currently, the majority of Xcel Energy’s old meters are AMR meters. Xcel Energy serves approximately 3.7

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Smart Energy International

MAY 11, 2022

According to Ericsson, the Centre contains a physical representation of a utility smart grid, enabling real-world demonstrations of end-to-end private network operations across the power grid from generation and transmission to distribution to end users. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 21, 2024

The findings fall in line with other surveys of power outages over time in the US. hours in 2013, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). That includes all kinds of power disruptions throughout the year. But the Texas power grid has also been hit hard by extreme weather.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

These models aim to help eliminate network monitoring blind spots in stress-testing grid resilience and improve severe weather response while reducing reliance on manual field surveys. Upon completion of the Series A, the post-investment valuation of Shanghai Electric Energy Storage is forecast to surpass RMB2.2 billion ($300.9

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