Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

As hurricanes threaten, Puerto Rico utilities are shoring up their defences using a PNNL-devised planning tool called the Electrical Grid Resilience and Assessment System (EGRASS), writes Nick Hennen from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Maria left many residents without power for nearly a year. million customers.

Power grid 98

Power grid Resilience Electricity Energy 98

POWER Magazine

JUNE 26, 2024

An array of technologies, both thermal and renewable, are being used in the design of microgrids, supporting distributed power generation across several sectors. The use of microgrids to provide reliable […] The post Microgrids Take Major Role for Reliability, Resiliency appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Resilience 119

Resilience Technology Power grid Batteries 119

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. Clean energy supply chain challenges The global transition to net-zero demands a massive increase in clean energy technology.

Technology 189

Technology Energy Energy Lithium 189

ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 22, 2025

In a release by the company, it says that the funding will support continued advancement of Bedrocks technologies, as well as expanded deployment in Colorado, Utah, and neighboring states. Geothermal energy has incredible promise as an always-on, 24/7 carbon-free source of power and heating and cooling.

Real Estate 98

Real Estate Cooling HVAC Energy 98

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. The Digital Twin Consortium Technology Showcase is now open!

Power grid 103

Power grid Technology Resilience Energy 103

Smart Energy International

MAY 28, 2024

billion in infrastructure projects across New York City and Westchester County to keep power grid service reliable. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Con Edison forecasts that the demand for power will peak at 12,800MW this summer.

Resilience 120

Resilience Investment Demand Fossil fuels 120

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.

Power grid 64

Power grid Batteries Resilience Energy 64

POWER Magazine

JUNE 26, 2024

The U.S. (..)

Power grid 105

Power grid Government Electricity Demand 105

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.

Resilience 96

Resilience Power grid Global warming Electricity 96

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 8, 2024

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $70 million in funding to support research into resilience technologies to reduce risks to energy infrastructure from a variety of hazards, including cyber and physical threats, natural disasters and climate-change fueled extreme weather events.

Resilience 105

Resilience Energy Energy Innovation 105

Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

As countries the world over pursue net-zero goals, the power grids are at the centre of a transformation that will ultimately lead to economy-wide decarbonisation impacting almost every aspect of life, from the way we power and run our homes to how we travel and the products we purchase. Grid resilience and reliability.

Energy Monitor 97

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Resilience Home Energy Monitoring 97

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Still, it’s going to take years to trim trees, harden poles, shield power lines, underground select circuits, and otherwise limit its fire risk profile to reach that goal. But PG&E did report a handful of successes from its ongoing investments into technologies to limit the scope and duration of fire-prevention outages.

Power grid 144

Power grid Investment Plastics Electricity 144

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Institute of Technology (SIT) in Singapore are funding a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project, the largest in the country, to help ease congestion on the power grid. By leveraging V2G technology, EVs could potentially be tapped on to manage the increased peak electricity demand.

Technology 111

Technology Demand Electricity Innovation 111

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

Resilience 69

Resilience Power grid Climate change Investment 69

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 2, 2025

Green Technology – AI Unlocking Faster Breakthroughs in Renewable Energy AI is increasingly recognized as a critical tool for accelerating progress in renewable energy sectors. A prominent example is its role in advancing green hydrogen technologies. AI is transforming this process. Can AI Solve Its Own Sustainability Problem?

Building Energy Monitoring 103

Building Energy Monitoring Hydrogen Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 103

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

LITE-ON is teaming with NTU Singapore to develop more power-efficient smart grid and smart home technologies. The focus of the partnership includes a new smart power router, a smart home energy management platform and a big data aggregation platform. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed. “The

Technology 98

Technology Carbon-neutral Power grid Electric vehicle 98

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. Xia from Great Power and Jamie Daggett from Ariel Green meet at RE+ in Las Vegas to finalise the partnership.

Energy Monitor 105

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Power grid 105

AutoGrid

JULY 24, 2023

Transmission upgrades are vital to help build the net zero carbon grid of the future by integrating large-scale solar and wind farms into the nation’s power grids. As market structures evolve to compensate prosumers for grid services, this limitation is fading. What can we do right now?

Resilience 95

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 95

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

EDF leads a proof-of-concept on automating renewable energy transactions and Eurelectric’s study on the benefits of matching energy consumption with clean energy on a (near) real-time basis are on the week’s technology radar. Have you read?

Energy Monitor 111

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 111

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

The winning projects are led by small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs ) who have designed innovative technology and who are partnered up with existing industry companies to explore the viability of these solutions in real-world conditions.

Government 243

Government Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 243

POWER Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2025

The use of distributed energy resources (DERs) will continue to grow as utilities, businesses, and residential neighborhoods look for ways to balance the power grid and support more reliable and resilient The post Central Theme for Energy’s Future: Decentralizing Power Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Power grid 116

Power grid Resilience Energy Energy 116

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Californian utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has unveiled four new microgrids with advanced remote operation capabilities and safety technologies to help enhance grid reliability.

Energy Monitor 69

Energy Monitor Resilience Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 69

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.

Resilience 111

Resilience IoT Power grid Technology 111

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.

Power grid 110

Power grid Resilience Technology Electricity 110

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Bloom Energys Role in Transforming Energy for AI Data Centers and Beyond Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE:BE) is steadily making strides in the energy sector, pushing boundaries with its innovative fuel cell technology. Fuel Cells Meet Exploding AI Demand AI technology has become one of the most energy-hungry sectors today.

Sustainability 80

Sustainability Energy Energy Carbon 80

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

It’s easy to see what’s motivating India’s emerging ecosystem of sustainable technology startups with a glance out the window from the office of Sangam Ventures in Gurugram, just outside of Delhi. The rise of renewables is forcing utilities and other energy stakeholders to make the grid smarter, more resilient and efficient.

Startups 246

Startups Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 246

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.

Resilience 115

Resilience Power grid Europe Innovation 115

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. Technology is always changing the threat landscape. Have you read? million (US$1.1

Power grid 59

Power grid Technology Startups Packaging 59

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.

Resilience 72

Resilience Power grid Batteries Energy 72

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

Energy policy around the world has recently had to adapt to a massive geopolitical shift, with many countries taking steps to shore up their energy security and ensure their infrastructure and systems are built for resiliency. And, it looks likely that things will remain uncertain, with no real end in sight. or simply just do not want to?

Business Energy Monitoring 111

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 111

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. What’s on the technology radar for Europe’s DSOs? Much of the joint research between EPB and ORNL has focused on quantum cybersecurity technology.

Resilience 59

Resilience Energy Energy Power grid 59

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.

Power grid 115

Power grid Resilience Technology Innovation 115

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.

Solar Energy Monitor 52

Solar Energy Monitor Resilience Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 52

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?

Power grid 98

Power grid Electric vehicle Batteries Resilience 98

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Tom Christensen is Global Technology Advisor and Executive Analyst at Hitachi Vantara. How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? million in funding to UK projects to support the development of new energy storage technologies. Tom Christensen writes. How to stabilise energy delivery.

Energy Monitor 147

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 147

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.

Power grid 52

Power grid Investment Energy Energy 52

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2019

But despite the value of pumped storage in the state’s energy mix, Michigan has been slow to adopt these booming new energy storage technologies relative to the growth on the coasts. 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.

Resilience 100

Resilience Energy Energy Batteries 100