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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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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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Demand Response Rules Are Changing. MISO Shows How

GreenTechMedia

For independent system operators and regional transmission organizations (ISO/RTOs), the need to rely on distributed energy resources as a system resource is growing. Power systems governed by wholesale markets are evolving as traditional fuel-based generation retires. Resources Cleared for Delivery Year 2013/2014 to 2019/2020.

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

GreenTechMedia

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

GreenTechMedia

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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Sunrun to Turn Home Batteries Into Grid Resources for 2 Major Utilities

GreenTechMedia

rooftop solar installer, finalized two utility partnerships to turn home batteries into miniature power plants. Regulators approved that program as a demonstration project for New York's Reforming the Energy Vision grid modernization effort. That’s a central proposition of visions for a decentralized, digital electric grid.

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Sensing evolution

Envirotec Magazine

As global awareness of the impact of poor air quality grows, so too does the demand for monitoring. The increasing prevalence of air quality monitoring in legislation, as well as with respect to corporate/social responsibility is driving the transition of air quality monitoring from a “nice to have” to a firmer commercial proposition.