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Eaton’s Charging Network Manager makes it easier to add EV charging using existing electrical service

Charged

Adding EV charging stations often requires complex and expensive upgrades to existing electrical infrastructure. Intelligent power management company Eaton aims to meet this challenge with a new solution that safely maximizes the charging capabilities of existing electrical systems.

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TenneT awards contract for BorWin6 HVDC connector in the North Sea

Smart Energy International

McDermott International said it has been awarded its largest-ever renewable energy contract from German transmission grid operator TenneT for BorWin6, an innovative 980-MW High-Voltage, Direct Current (HVDC) project. Additional project partners include Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute and C-EPRI Electric Power Engineering Co.

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Build Back Better: Top green consultancies beef up post-coronavirus services

Business Green

The firm also published research showing that while 56 per cent of businesses increased their focus on cutting carbon emissions in 2019, a third said cost is still more important than carbon when it comes to energy purchasing decisions.

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Angeles Link – a proposed hydrogen hub for California’s LA Basin

Smart Energy International

The initiative, the largest to date in the US, is envisaged as delivering more renewable energies into the region and supporting decarbonisation of the power sector, industry, heavy-duty transport and other hard to electrify sectors of the local economy, a statement reads. Have you read?

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Delivering a net zero-ready grid

Smart Energy International

New demands on the network from the cars we drive, to the way we heat/cool, or power our homes will change the traditional power flows and role of the electricity network. Society can move faster than power networks. Experiential data shows that one EV takes about the same amount of power as one house in a year.

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Ofgem supports National Grid with ÂŁ1.5m for energy network innovation

Smart Energy International

National Grid Electricity Transmission has been awarded £400k ($532k) for three projects that will help develop a net zero electricity network – including replacing greenhouse gas SF6 with a low carbon alternative as well as utilising satellite data analytics to future proof against the impacts of climate change. Have you read?

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Utility-scale solar PV pushes into higher AC voltages

Renewable Energy World

With output voltages now as high as 1000VAC, the same amperages will yield higher output power levels. This was limited to traditional AC voltages of 120VAC single phase and 480VAC three phase. By contrast, string inverters can be transported to site using standard utility trucks.