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What’s the Role for New Nuclear Power in the Fight Against Climate Change?

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Small modular reactors (SMRs) — nuclear reactors using novel technologies to fit into much smaller and mass-producible packages than the behemoth nuclear power plants of today — are presented as a way of rapidly decarbonizing the grid in the face of an ever more pressing need to meet climate targets.

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PG&E’s Latest Energy Storage Procurement Includes Fleet of Behind-the-Meter Batteries

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Pacific Gas & Electric is asking state regulators to approve another massive round of energy storage procurements, including its first large-scale contract for behind-the-meter batteries to serve grid needs. The 27 MW aggregation is the first large-scale behind-the-meter battery project for PG&E, but not for the state as a whole.

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Capacity market: Battery storage and DSR tapped for back-up grid power next winter

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Auction for 5GW of back-up power next winter sees record high prices with gas plants hoovering up contracts for lion’s share of capacity.

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Hitachi Completes Acquisition of ABB Power Grids to Tackle Renewable Energy’s Rise

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ABB’s Power Grids unit earned about $10 billion in annual revenues last year from its businesses ranging from high-voltage transmission systems and transformers to distribution grid controls and battery systems.

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Southern California Edison Inks Another Massive Round of Utility-Scale Battery Contracts

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Six months after inking California’s largest single energy storage procurement, utility Southern California Edison has added another three massive utility-scale battery projects to its portfolio—plus a behind-the-meter battery project with Sunrun. The four-hour duration 2.63 utility record books. The four-hour duration 2.63

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The key lesson from the Ukraine crisis? Shifting to net zero is more important than ever

Business Green

The good news is that the UK has already made some important progress in building a non-fossil-fuel based power system, with over 60 per cent of electricity demand met by renewables and nuclear power in February 2022 and renewables alone having provided around 40 per cent of the UK's electricity demand in the last two years.

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An Inside Look at a Groundbreaking Solar-Storage Procurement in California

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And the Demand Response Auction Mechanism pilot project has allowed multiple vendors to aggregate batteries, plug-in electric vehicles , and smart-thermostat-enabled homes and businesses in fulfillment of Resource Adequacy requirements. What are the models for how behind-the-meter solar-battery systems can serve grid needs?