Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Californian utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has unveiled four new microgrids with advanced remote operation capabilities and safety technologies to help enhance grid reliability.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 4, 2022

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 was a record-breaking year for investment in the energy transition and the deployment of renewable power, battery storage, and sustainable transportation, according to the 2022 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook published by BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE).

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In the first two quarters of 2021, climate tech companies raised $16B from VCs. The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice. It's never been a better time to be a climate tech entrepreneur.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The milestone recorded on December 31, 2021 marks completion of the initial phase of the company’s grid modernisation initiative, which was launched in January 2019. These new technologies bring real benefits to our customers, like putting more control in their hands to better manage their energy usage.

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Charged

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A new report from the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) provides an overview of major developments in the managed charging field, and offers recommendations for designing utility managed charging programs, based on interviews with utility execs and case studies. “ As of 2021, SEPA identified 71 active utility managed charging programs.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 15, 2024

Reflecting on a week of record finance results from German and Dutch utilities, Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column sees Yusuf Latief discuss grid investment plans and whether they are indicative of grid planning finally going right. billion, highlighting the role of the grid in minimising economic loss. billion ($22.6

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 6, 2023

Nostromo Energy, a US-based tech company, is developing an ice-based energy storage system that can operate as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) to provide demand flexibility to the local power grid when needed. According to Nostromo, buildings, overall, account for 74% of all electricity consumption.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Tom Christensen is Global Technology Advisor and Executive Analyst at Hitachi Vantara. How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? million in funding to UK projects to support the development of new energy storage technologies. Tom Christensen writes. How to stabilise energy delivery.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

According to Bloomberg, January 2021 saw the latest in a series of near misses for the European power grid, a sudden drop in frequency and narrowly avoided widespread power failure. The alternative would see operators hit with additional costs, paying for expensive reinforcements or even building new power lines.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 25, 2020

The West Coast market will open gradually, since commercialization of floating technology will be instrumental in expanding offshore wind’s regional reach to key 100 percent RPS markets such as California and Hawaii. There are concerns that price declines, driven by technology and economies of scale, may not be sustainable.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 7, 2024

In this week’s edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief reports on an investment update from the International Energy Agency (IEA) which has found that of the total $3 trillion expected to be invested in energy, the lion’s share will go into renewables and the power grid, surpassing fossil fuels.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 6, 2024

The challenge is to achieve this ambition while maintaining stable and reliable power networks. We are delighted to start working with Red Eléctrica on this project that will demonstrate how our technology can address the inertia challenge, as it has in other island settings.”

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2), and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. locations in 2021.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 31, 2020

The all-cash transaction is expected to close in early 2021 and will create a “complete electric utility solution from generation to metering,” according to Emerson’s press release. More than a dozen U.S. Several DERMS providers have already been brought under the wing of global energy companies.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

As these bold commitments trickle down to the state and local level, specific policies and roadmaps will emerge to accelerate the deployment of wind, solar and energy storage technology. Security of technology supply: Chokepoints in the global clean energy supply chain are beginning to emerge.

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AutoGrid

DECEMBER 4, 2023

PSE and AutoGrid began working together on a VPP program in 2021 to provide a centralized application for enrolling, dispatching, and assessing the performance of individual and combined DR programs across PSE’s portfolio. Today’s DR technologies empower and reward energy consumers for helping to stabilize the grid.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Kai Grigutsch, head of wind certification for UL, said: “Confirming that new turbine technologies can support the power grid while optimizing energy production is crucial to accelerating the development of wind farms and Europe’s green energy transition.”. The certification will also allow Siemens Gamesa to launch its new 5.X

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The non-profit Solar Foundation will soon become part of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, merging two groups with a common vision for an increasingly clean-powered grid. ’s electricity, rather than pursuing that work from different technological focuses. technology agnosticism. We really felt that trend.".

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 8, 2024

“One of the trends we’ve noticed professionals talking about is how to blend all these technologies into utility practices in a way that’s approachable for professionals.” Rather than just pushing the button and trusting the output will match, it means keeping close supervision on the technology. “AI

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

By visualising the processes of the distribution grid at all times, our customers are able to control a wide range of grid assets and take action to prevent critical situations before they happen.”. The development of the power grid needs to keep pace with the installation of new power generation assets.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 7, 2024

The integration of microgrid and battery elements has also been proposed for the Morenci mine, adding reliability to the electrical distribution system and potentially the regional grid, and providing battery storage for backup during power outages. The money is part of the bipartisan infrastructure law that passed in 2021.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2023

The smart meter and smart grid programme was launched in 2021, following a 5,000 smart meter pilot introduced in 2018 in the southern state municipality of Ipiranga. Daniel Pimentel Slaviero, President of Copel, says the goal is to apply the technology to improve the efficiency of service to customers.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Entergy New Orleans announced the launch of “Operation Gridiron,” a $1 billion power infrastructure programme designed to make the city’s grid stronger and to better prepare for more frequent, stronger storms. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published by Sean Wolfe on Power Grid.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 26, 2021

Through the introduction of energy storage, the project allows the country’s dominant power utility EVN to accommodate increased renewable energy capacity while also reducing stress on its power grid system.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 25, 2022

Have you read: Trina Storage launches grid-scale BESS Consumers Energy invests $100m into Michigan power grid reliability Why a diversity of storage solutions will achieve renewable energy security. Project construction began in June 2021 and was finished in less than a year. Aerial – battery containers.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

Responses will help inform options to meet its FlexPower Bundle plan, which envisions adding about 900 megawatts of solar, 50 megawatts of energy storage and 500 megawatts of “new technology solutions” to replace the need for buying natural-gas-fired power from outside power plants.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Electricity transmission key for reliability in extreme weathers – report Extreme weather pushes power grids to the brink – Is AI the answer? Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Charged

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A consortium of companies led by the BMW Group has launched the Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) research project to develop backfeeding power technology, which will allow vehicles to transfer energy back into the power grid or customers’ homes when plugged into a compatible charging station or wallbox.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Also on the radar is the launch of AI software company Rhizome, a climate resilience planning platform for the power grid. The company, known for its energy market simulation software, is calling the acquisition a move to scale up and improve its platform in support of grid reliability and the energy transition.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 28, 2022

Matevosyan said the extreme weather event that hit Texas during February 2021 could not have been predicted and planned for. Fifty percent of the generating capacity tripped offline during that storm, which resulted in rolling power outages that lasted for days on end and ultimately lead to the deaths of more than 200 people.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 4, 2022

The Oregon-based Bootleg fire from July 2021 brought the most populous and affluent US state to the brink of a blackout. and has previously held senior management positions at multinational corporations such as APX, ABB and VECTRA Technologies. Julie Gaudin is an investor at the corporate VC fund of global power utility EDF.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

To make things worse, these figures are similar to 2022 and 2021, with over 160,000 cybersecurity job postings in the last year. Whilst still limited in its impact in Ukraine, cyber skills have developed into weaponry for war, and power grid operators are already being caught in the crossfire. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In this debut of the Power Playbook, our spotlight on the finance and investment side of the energy transition, Yusuf Latief investigates how Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech is becoming a burgeoning market space ripe with investment opportunities. billion by 2026 , growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.28% from 2021 to 2026.

Energy Monitor 98

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Charged

AUGUST 6, 2023

If a hacker were to switch thousands, or millions, of chargers on or off simultaneously, it could destabilize an entire electrical grid. We’ve inadvertently created a weapon that nation-states can use against our power grid,” says Munro. Munro’s top recommendation: don’t connect your home charger to the internet.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 30, 2020

The initial projects will be sited on Chevron-owned land, with construction to begin in 2021. The renewables projects will be jointly co-developed and owned by Chevron and Algonquin, with Chevron buying the electricity through power purchase agreements. “Renewables are a natural fit in West Texas with plenty of sun and wind.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This fall in emissions (see Figure 1) is the most significant on record and puts the United States on track to meet its 2025 Paris Agreement commitment, though energy demand and emissions are expected to rebound with widespread vaccinations in 2021. GW of wind and solar capacity was added to the grid this year. power in 2020.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles. Later this year, the developer intends to build a plant in California to make hydrogen from waste for transportation fuel or for the power grid; it is negotiating with a healthcare provider to supply the trash.

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