GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

And in energy circles, one of the biggest buzzwords in recent years is the virtual power plant, or VPP. But VPPs have really taken off in the last 10 years, not just as a concept but as something that a growing number of energy companies are creating, using and commercializing. Another difference concerns markets and regulation.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Upgrading to the latest resource efficient appliances and equipment is a great way to green your home, lower utility bills and minimize your environmental impact. Below you will find several sustainable home products that can bring long-term cost savings and help preserve our resources and planet health. total energy consumption.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 23, 2020

market for distributed energy resources will look very different in five years than it does today. And electric vehicles will give utilities and regulators the opportunity to promote pricing regimes to encourage charging when electricity is abundant — or suffer potentially grid-destabilizing consequences.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Accelerating the build-out of clean energy will reduce costs and make the UK more secure, write Josh Freed and Isabelle Chan of US think tank Third Way, which released a new policy paper on the topic on 29 September. For example, the UK has the Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Department. Why industrial strategy?

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

This is because water quality is heavily affected by the state of the tide, which presents a significant monitoring challenge in the lower reaches of many rivers. With a tidal range of up to 7m, the River Thames presents a number of monitoring challenges.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

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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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Spain’s booming renewable energy market is attracting the attention of an unlikely retail segment: mobile phone companies. Phone firms including national leader Telefónica are jostling to offer clean energy alongside more traditional products such as broadband connections. A boom brought on by the end of the sun tax.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 10, 2020

In a victory for the energy storage industry, a federal appeals court has upheld Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 841 , clearing the way for transmission grid operators across the country to open their markets to energy storage, including aggregated batteries connected at the distribution grid or behind customers’ meters.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 25, 2023

Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS plc), an energy infrastructure company, has acquired the domestic services division of Manchester-based heat pump specialist Evergreen Energy, which imports and distributes European-made renewable energy products.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

A trial to test the concept of using a wind turbine to help smooth peaks and troughs in electricity supply and demand on the grid began earlier this month. megawatt turbine will generate enough electricity for around 1,500 homes each year. ’s clean energy transition: grid constraint. Ending curtailment.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

US utility Con Edison has awarded consulting firm ICF with a $30 million contract for the management and implementation of the energy firm’s residential consumer energy efficiency programme. ICF and Con Edison have partnered on energy efficiency projects implementation and optimisation over the past 15 years.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 15, 2021

Residential solar prices more than halved from 2007 to 2021, reaching $2.97 New financing options have flooded the market for home installations and large-scale projects, changing how projects are funded and expanding markets. electric grid. electric grid. Cumulative U.S. Meanwhile, U.S.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Photo courtesy of Heila Technologies. Our energy grid was built around centralization. But as renewable energy sources such as solar and wind gain traction, the grid needs to adapt to include an array of components. Microgrids are smaller networks that use local energy sources. That’s where microgrids come in.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Massive Transformation of Japanese Electricity Market Calls for Flexible Energy Management. Partnerships with local market players will bring AutoGrid Flex to regulated and deregulated electricity companies in Japan. Since 2016, the Japanese electricity market has undergone a massive transformation through deregulation.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 5, 2022

has announced using the 450MHz radio network to connect and control local grid stations and smart meters in homes when conventional communication systems are down. The Germany-based electric utility company is aiming to ensure that essential components of critical infrastructure remain connected, even during catastrophic events.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Massive Transformation of Japanese Electricity Market Calls for Flexible Energy Management. Partnerships with local market players will bring AutoGrid Flex to regulated and deregulated electricity companies in Japan. Since 2016, the Japanese electricity market has undergone a massive transformation through deregulation.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The trend for Silicon Valley startups applying advanced technologies to solve utility grid problems is clear — go big, or stay home. After a decade of eking out a niche in the world of advanced distribution grid power controls, Silicon Valley startup Varentec has sold its key assets for an undisclosed sum.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 10, 2020

For years, the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been working on technologies that could turn distributed energy resources (DERs) — specifically, smart solar inverters and batteries — into tools for keeping the grid stable. The Providence, R.I.-based

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Sunrun

APRIL 27, 2018

1 This includes us: residential homeowners. thirty percent of all new electric power came from solar last year.3 thirty percent of all new electric power came from solar last year.3 You can unlock your door when you’re not home. But don’t forget that connecting to the IoT requires energy.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. The extreme cold and record-setting electrical consumption has reignited local debates about whether heat pumps are a viable option in the province.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

The past decade has been a wild ride for America's massive electricity sector. utility can be said to be close to that vision — or not outside a few fortuitously supplied and forward-thinking outliers like Vermont’s Green Mountain Power. NextEra Energy: America's renewables behemoth. Today, no U.S.

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Charged

JANUARY 31, 2024

Furthermore, the company draws a distinction between a battery-buffered solution, which needs the grid to operate, and a battery-integrated solution, which can operate on its own, and can be made bidirectional to send energy back to the grid in times of need. A battery-buffered system is just taking energy from the grid.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 1, 2020

Whether booming off-grid power demand in emerging markets is met with grid extension or distributed renewables will be central to the growth story of the global clean-power sector. Wood Mackenzie's working definition of minigrids. Source: Wood Mackenzie. Minigrids the lowest-cost option for many.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

Wireless electric vehicle charging carries a whiff of the future, akin to flying cars. The company has designed a ground-mounted pad that beams electricity up to a car-mounted receiver to wirelessly charge it. The electric vehicle industry is scrambling to build out enough chargers to handle the expected wave of EV adoption.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Australian energy chiefs have welcomed the release today of two reports setting out options for the country’s future electricity market makeup. That's “a fantastic idea we can all get behind,” says Jill Cainey, general manager of networks at Energy Networks Australia. Centralized or decentralized control?

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Bidgely

JANUARY 8, 2021

As we enter 2021, we find ourselves in the middle of an energy transition that is transforming the way electricity is generated, stored and consumed, with power systems moving from fossil-fuel-based centralized single-flow electric grids to renewable bi-directional and decentralized energy networks.

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Bidgely

JANUARY 8, 2021

As we enter 2021, we find ourselves in the middle of an energy transition that is transforming the way electricity is generated, stored and consumed, with power systems moving from fossil-fuel-based centralized single-flow electric grids to renewable bi-directional and decentralized energy networks.

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GreenTech Gazette

MAY 1, 2024

Imagine a world where air conditioning runs smoother, lasts longer, and consumes less energy. This isn’t science fiction, but the reality for a company called Innovas Technologies, based in Coralville, Iowa. The Power of Innovation: Sponge Balls to the Rescue The Helios System is a game-changer in air conditioning maintenance.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 13, 2021

Last year the number of residential battery systems installed in Australia increased by 20%. The rate solar system owners can earn for selling energy back to the grid (Feed in tariff) has fallen significantly in the last 2-3 years in line with decreasing wholesales prices. The Emergence of Virtual Power Plants.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

While Nitrogen Dioxide is primarily produced by cars(EPA USA, 2016), other pollutants like Carbon Dioxide were on the fall too, with reduced global air travel reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions in the US by 17% ( Zogopoulos , 2021). A Closer Look: Work from Home. Work-from-home Emissions. EPA USA, 2016. Source:Rume, T.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Distributed energy resources (DERs) is an expansive term, including everything from backup generators to microgrids. In some states with 100 percent clean energy mandates, like California and Hawaii, the focus is on solar — lots and lots of it — and the tools needed to integrate this massive new grid edge resource.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, wound to a close last week in Las Vegas after trialling a hybrid format for the first time. On offer were a raft of clean tech innovations, from the latest smart home gizmos through to the world's most powerful e-bikes and e-scooters.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

venture capital firms were on the lookout for cleantech targets, drawn, not least, by the reassurance of a Department of Energy loan program that was busy dispersing $15 billion in loan guarantees. They include the solar hopeful Nanosolar , which like Solyndra was betting on thin-film PV—a technology that barely gets a mention nowadays.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 19, 2021

Local community solar projects enhanced by one-stop shop digital systems are set to play a crucial role in the global energy transition. The History of Civilization is in many ways the History of Energy. The control of energy has been a key – some say the key – factor in geopolitics and capitalism.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

One of the nation’s largest coal plants permanently powered down this week after the owners determined it would be uneconomical to continue operating the facility as natural gas and renewable energy prices continue to drop. Other partial owners include Arizona Public Service, NV Energy and Tucson Electric Power.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 28, 2020

From the new quarterly update , which covers everything from microgrids to home energy management to EV charging, Wood Mackenzie selected three key highlights to share with Greentech Media. climate-change-related energy deficits. 1) SPACs are on the rise in cleantech. EV companies are embracing a new way to raise capital.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.

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