Science Daily: Renewable Energy

AUGUST 27, 2024

Fluctuations in solar radiation are a problem for solar power plants as they cause problems in the power grid and other reliability issues. In a recent study, scientists aimed to deepen our understanding of variations in solar irradiance in time and space over the Asia Pacific region by analyzing satellite data.

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Canary Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

New York City utility Con Edison will need to be able to charge about 10,000 electric school buses on its constrained power grid within the next 10 years or so. A $9 million pilot project in Brooklyn could help it figure out how to do that. The project is starting small. Four battery-electric school buses are onsite…

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Canary Media

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Texas power grid has broken new records throughout this summer — for how much electricity it has had to deliver as residents cranked up their air conditioners and for how much it has used solar power and batteries to keep grid emergencies at bay.

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Solar Power World

AUGUST 20, 2024

The American power grid is electrifying through renewable energy proliferation, and homeowners are following suit by replacing gas powered vehicles and appliances with electric-powered options.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 8, 2024

For every 1 spent on renewable energy projects, only 25p was invested in connecting them to grid, report finds The UK is lagging behind in the race to rewire the worlds power grids by investing four times more on renewable energy projects than on the electricity cables needed to connect them to the grid and consumers, according to a new report.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Key highlights include: Advanced Hydrogen Power Generation The facility uses 21 units of 5 kW pure hydrogen fuel cell generators, delivering stable energy supply while balancing operating hours to ensure smooth maintenance. The hydrogen used is locally sourced green hydrogen, further reducing the system’s carbon footprint.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

Low demand for power sees carbon intensity on grid plummet to lowest ever level, National Grid ESO confirms. Meanwhile, 13 February 2021 saw the highest ever level of wind generation recorded in Britain at 17.5GW, with solar power delivering its highest level of 9.7GW in May last year. Coal generated just 1.6

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 25, 2021

Most people know solar power benefits the people who use it because it reduces their utility costs. In fact, some solar-powered homeowners don’t pay anything for electricity. Net metering’s billing mechanism then credits solar energy system owners for the electricity they add to the grid.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

However, into the future, we can store increasing amounts of wind and solar power in energy storage projects and use it to support the system instead of relying on dirty and expensive coal or gas.” “No electricity system can operate without a backup. In Ireland this has traditionally been provided by fossil fuel generation.

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Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By Gian Schelling, renewables business development manager, Hitachi ABB Power Grids Developers across the country are building large-scale solar projects at an incredible pace, helping the industry do its part to move the world toward a more sustainable future.

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Solar Power World

APRIL 12, 2021

power grid experiences more catastrophic blackouts due to fires, ice, snow or other natural disasters, more Americans may be considering the merits of disconnecting from it all and living fully off-grid. As the aging U.S.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Forced outages are a tool of last resort, employed in circumstances of incredible stress to the grid and done to protect against more widespread outages. Record heat for several days across parts of the state strained the power grid so much that it started rationing electricity, for the first time in almost 20 years.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

"The next steps we must take towards a net zero power system will be more challenging - driving out the last sources of fossil carbon will require us to go beyond just having more wind and solar power," Staffell warned.

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 8, 2024

More than 31 million people — nearly 10 percent of the population in the US — live in an area that will experience the total solar eclipse today. Millions more live near dirty power plants that could be tapped to make up for a loss of solar power. While solar generation falls, electricity demand is expected to rise.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Global supply chain pressures led to a year-over-year decline in new solar power capacity additions in the second quarter of 2021 in the U.S., added 1,968 MW of utility-scale solar power capacity in the second quarter of 2021, 31% less than the amount installed in the first quarter. now has 53.8 In April, the U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

In addition, National Grid's analysis, which is updated each year with several potential scenarios for how the UK could feasibly decarbonise its energy system, estimates that roughly 3GW of wind and 1.4GW of solar power would also need to be installed annually until mid-century to keep up with power demand.

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Charged

JULY 9, 2024

The battery packs are replenished with self-generated solar power. Galliker has integrated the SBC into its local microgrid, which is part of a coop that combines the solar production of several properties (known in Switzerland as a ZEV). Galliker’s solution contains four battery packs with a total capacity of 1,000 kWh.

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Charged

MARCH 30, 2021

Jeep 4xe charging stations will be either directly connected to the power grid or use solar power to generate electricity. Each station will deliver Level 2 charging, which can charge the Jeep Wrangler 4xe’s 17 kWh battery pack in about two hours, delivering up to 21 miles of electric range.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

But a global shortage of components and skills means efforts to meet climate targets will go down to the wire From next year, engineers will need to roll out more than 100km (62 miles) of electric cabling every day until 2040 if the government hopes to power the UK towards its climate goals, according to new data.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 7, 2020

California’s two days of rolling blackouts in August were the result of disconnects between its existing grid reliability constructs and the needs of an increasingly solar-powered grid, and its failure to prepare for a Western U.S.-wide wide heatwave that undermined its reliance on out-of-state resources.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 30, 2020

Among its most recent high-profile announcements was the purchase of the landmark Eland Solar Project , which will sell storage-backed solar power to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power at record-low prices. “Not so long ago, solar power purchase agreements were pricing pretty high," Allehaut told GTM.

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Energy Refuge

APRIL 7, 2020

Solar street lights are used for illuminating: Highways Bridges Municipalities Roads Construction sites Car parks Development projects. They are also useful in rural areas as they are independent of the power grid. They do need wiring nor need to be connected to any power source.

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Global Renewable News

MARCH 5, 2024

For decades, demand on the regional power grid has been consistently lowest overnight. But that's changing as the growth of solar power in New England drives down demand for grid electricity dur.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 13, 2024

“Once operational, our EarthStore facility in Christine will be the first geothermal energy storage system to store potential energy deep in the earth and supply electrons to a power grid,” said Cindy Taff, CEO of Sage Geosystems. In addition, water losses are targeted to be less than 2 percent.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2021

Most people today know home solar can help you save on energy costs while reducing your carbon footprint. Plus, when you combine solar panels with a battery you don’t have to suffer through a power outage whether it’s caused by a storm, overwhelmed power grid or cyberattack. Three Things Uglier Than Solar Panels.

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The Guardian: Energy

JUNE 5, 2024

Low-carbon electricity investment driven by solar projects but oil and gas spending still too high to meet climate goals Global investment in low-carbon electricity will rise to 10 times as much as fossil fuel power this year due to an increase in spending on solar projects, according to the International Energy Agency.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

At least $14 trillion needs to be invested in the grid worldwide by 2050 to support an evolved power system, according to BloombergNEF’s new Power Grid Long-Term Outlook 2021 published this week.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

Renewable energy projects coupled with energy storage will “change the game” for India’s power grid, Raju said, by eliminating arguments that coal and gas are needed to provide baseload power. And yet, hundreds of millions of people in India still don’t have access to affordable and reliable power.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 23, 2022

Nexamp and Borrego have activated two solar-plus-storage energy projects within ISO New England Territory, namely the Nexamp community solar farms in Massachusetts, USA. They aim to build momentum for a cleaner and more resilient regional power grid. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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POWER Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Growth in the solar power sector is being driven not only by ever-larger utility-scale farms, but also by growth in distributed generation. This smaller-scale use of solar energy is being […] The post The POWER Interview: Innovation, Data-Driven Solar Solutions Key to Grid Stability appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

The UK's leading nuclear, wind, and solar industry trade bodies have joined together to urge the government to set ambitious clean energy deployment goals for the end of the decade, backed by a binding 2035 target for the delivery of a net zero emissions power grid.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Ampt , a DC optimizer company focusing on large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems, has released its i50 String Optimizer – the next generation of its power management solution. Ampt String Optimizers are DC/DC converters that deliver full available power from the PV array at a high and fixed voltage.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

Green hydrogen is both an untested and a potentially vital way for renewable-energy-powered grids to store their intermittent power for later use, not just for hours at a time, but for days, weeks or even seasons ahead. The challenges for green hydrogen as a power grid resource.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

Several out-of-state power grids also reported emergency conditions on Monday and Tuesday. California's increasing share of solar power pushes this net peak out about two hours later than the overall “gross peak” in demand, as this chart of CAISO demand-supply data from Wood Mackenzie shows.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Estimates of costs to build small modular nuclear reactors – a technology supported by the Coalition but not expected to be commercially available until at least 2030 – have risen dramatically and would provide the most expensive power, according to the draft GenCost report.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Texas facility will optimize this system, matching its operations with the availability of renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. This not only reduces carbon emissions but also contributes to strengthening the local power grid by aligning energy usage with renewable generation peaks.

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Energy Central

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Solar energy is a fantastic choice for both residential and commercial applications. However, problems arise with this energy source when the power grid fails. Fortunately, there are solutions that make using solar power possible, even during outages or when the sun isn’t shining. The Growth of.

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