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Residential Demand Response to Play Key Role Managing US Load This Summer

GreenTechMedia

Heading into summer 2020, looming uncertainty about electricity demand makes flexibility more vital than ever in the United States. In particular, residential demand response faces more pressure than usual as many people continue to work from home over the next few months. Time for residential demand response providers to shine.

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Duke Energy’s SC Net-Metering Replacement Won a Crucial Ally: Rooftop Solar Companies

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Few grid policy battles have been fought as bitterly as those surrounding replacements for net-metering, which determines how much rooftop solar customers get paid for power they export to the grid. Utility Duke Energy tossed out the conventional playbook when proposing a net-metering successor for its South Carolina territory.

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RTE chooses Nokia to build a new grid network for the digital era

Smart Energy International

Electrical transmission and distribution utilities are deploying digital technologies that promise to help them build smarter grids, support new business models and make a faster transition to sustainable energy. RTE controls and operates this system in real time, balancing supply and demand second by second.

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World’s Largest Customer-Sited Solar-Storage Plant Planned for Nevada Desert

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Data center operator Switch plans to buy power for its record-breaking Citadel facility from an adjacent project developed and owned by Capital Dynamics. A 60-megawatt/240-megawatt-hour Tesla Megapack installation will turn 127 megawatts of solar capacity into a nearly 24/7 power source. ” Distributed energy like never before.

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Funding the Next Generation of Efficient, Electric, Grid-Interactive Communities

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homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs.

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DEWA completes smart grid short-term goals

Smart Energy International

Smart meters and network automation were key components of the first phase of DEWA’s smart grid strategy. The strategy has seen DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) replace its over 2 million electricity and water metering base with smart meters between 2015 and 2020. Have you read? The AED 7 billion (US$1.9

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The Texas Polar Vortex Resurrects the Question of Fuel Diversity for the Decarbonized Grid

GreenTechMedia

However, these events can get us thinking about where the industry goes from here. natural gas supply network was stressed by record demand and prices. Energy Information Administration, for the 9-day stretch from February 9 through yesterday February 17, natural gas provided about 35 percent of the U.S. First, the U.S.