The Verge: Energy

MAY 20, 2024

Reusing the server heat is one way to mitigate the effects that AI has on the power grid and environment. Training and running AI requires new and more powerful data centers, which risks stressing out power grids with soaring electricity demand.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Under the program, which is expected to launch in 2023, customers who lease an eligible EV, including the Ford F-150 Lightning , will get reduced lease payments in exchange for allowing their EVs to feed energy back to the grid. Duke Energy is planning a new demand response pilot in the Duke Energy Carolinas service area.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2024

With this year’s Earth Day seeing a continued climb in carbon emissions, what will our climate be like on Earth Day 2050? And what’s needed to deliver on tough targets for reduced carbon emissions and greater use of renewables over the next quarter century? C above pre-industrial levels before the middle of this century?

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

Acknowledging that the world at the end of 2023 is an increasingly challenging one, Eric Dresselhuys of ESS Inc. The year 2023 was a record-setting year for investment and growth in clean energy, with the International Energy Agency projecting over 500GW of new renewable capacity to come online by year-end globally.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 24, 2024

Picture date: Tuesday June 13, 2023. The world will need a lot more renewable energy to clean up pollution from power grids and satiate skyrocketing electricity demand from data centers at the same time. A view of Meta’s data center in Clonee Co Meath, Ireland.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Infravision, a company focused on power grid modernisation with drone-enabled power line upgrades, announced it has raised $23 million in Series A financing. “We’re confident Infravision’s proven technology is the solution for today and for the future of power line construction automation and grid efficiency.”

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

The global stocktake at COP28 in December 2023 also confirmed that no major country was on track to meet the Paris-aligned commitments and that strong policy action and capital investment were necessary to accelerate the transition. For carbon removals, $130 billion to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 10, 2024

“We are excited about this both because it’s very high growth, in demand, but also because it [comes from] companies that generally are very committed to the transformation of their [carbon] footprint.” By 2026, AI could gobble up 10 times as much electricity as it did in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A new partnership in the US combines a demand response programme with smart air conditioners, enabling a gamified reward system to incentivise consumers to lower consumption at times of peak demand on the power grid. ” LG and OhmConnect have plans to expand and enhance the service later in 2023. .

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

VICTORIA—Evan Pivnick, clean energy program manager at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s new vision paper, Powering Canada Forward : “Clean power will be the backbone of the 21st century economy.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2020

Plans to enable the UK to share renewable energy with countries across northern Europe took a major step forward today, as construction began on an electricity interconnector linking the country's power grid with its Denmark's national network.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

Green hydrogen is both an untested and a potentially vital way for renewable-energy-powered grids to store their intermittent power for later use, not just for hours at a time, but for days, weeks or even seasons ahead. gigawatt Okeechobee power plant, and it could be online by 2023.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

The federal government has released a new paper, Powering Canada Forward , which lays out the federal government’s vision for a 100% clean power grid by 2035. Canada’s grid is already 84% emissions free, but as the energy transition progresses, more homes, vehicles, and industries will be plugging into the grid.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The 1,000MW IFA2 interconnector, a joint project between National Grid and France's electricity transmission network RTE, has been completed both on time and on budget, and is now set to enter testing phase before it goes fully live, the firms said. The high voltage direct current cable is expected to help meet 1.2

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

ubitricity, a UK-based EV charge point operator with a network of more than 7,000 public charge points, is partnering with UK Power Networks (UKPN), the UK’s largest electricity distribution network, to shift charging demand away from periods of peak demand on the power grid.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

That mechanism is part of the Clean Energy Jobs Act , a bill that combines a mandate for 100 percent renewables by 2050 with other policies pertaining to carbon reduction, electric transportation and job creation. Formula rate extension and Chicago grid takeover both remain uncertain. But the utility’s $9.53

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Smart Energy International

MAY 2, 2024

However, it is crucial that new AI use cases do not introduce new risks to the grid, the report states. Thus AI models for grid applications should be rigorously validated as well as scalable in performance and adherent to power grid governance standards. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But solar will set a succession of annual deployment records from 2023. Cheap finance and maturing technology mean solar will be cheaper than both new coal or gas power plants from now onward. Power grids remain the weak link. The IEA stressed the importance of a two-pronged approach to power infrastructure.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As the world transitions to more renewable energy sources, the global demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS) continues to surge and is expected to grow more than 20% per year through 2030, states Hitachi Energy, citing Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF’s) 2023 Energy Storage Outlook.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Midwestern utility Alliant Energy plans to build up to 1 gigawatt of solar in its Wisconsin service territory by 2023, according to a plan it released last week. Xcel Energy, which serves Minnesota in addition to several other Midwestern and Western states, in December said it would achieve 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 6, 2022

These challenges are driven by such factors as utility and state policies to reduce carbon emissions. This article was originally published on Power Grid International. MISO said the summer peak load forecast is 124GW but the region has only about 119GW of projected regularly available generation.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2021

will lay the foundations for a flexibility platform encompassing centralized and decentralized assets — the latest step in the country's push to enlist distributed energy resources (DERs) at grand scale to balance an increasingly renewable-powered grid. A new active network management project in the U.K.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In 2023, some things are impossible to ignore. Then there’s energy: whether it’s $2 gas or higher home heating bills , powering our lives has gotten pricier. Even without carbon pricing, wind power is set to be 40 per cent cheaper than gas-fired power in Alberta and Ontario by 2030.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2021

National Grid confirms its second electricity link to France is now operating at full capacity providing a further boost to decarbonisation efforts. With a capacity of 1,000MW, the new high voltage direct current (HVDC) power cable can provide enough energy to power 1 million British homes and is expected to meet 1.2

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

In this challenging context, ambitious policy commitments and public funding to support the roll-out of new low carbon technologies may not, at first glance, look particularly attractive to some parts of government. Low carbon investment also has the potential to create jobs in multiple locations across the country.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Canada’s transition to clean electricity is under intense scrutiny, and the centrepiece of the debate is the federal government’s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations published in August 2023. Exaggerated claims about the costs and impacts of pursuing a clean power grid are largely dominating the discourse.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The largest natural gas infrastructure firm in Europe has launched a new hydrogen business and increased its financing for low carbon projects. Snam, which runs the Italian gas grid and is active in France, Greece and the U.K., Snam is working with Italy’s power grid Terna on this possibility. Missing link.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

local energy market (LEM) trial - the largest of its kind in the UK - saw 310MWh of power successfully traded between homes and businesses in the county over three years, delivering major savings in terms of energy bills and CO2 emissions, while providing flexibility to help balance the power grid, Centrica said. The £16.7m

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

While all companies around the world commit to reducing carbon in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, electric utilities are one of three key sectors to watch. This was originally published on Power-Grid. In addition to the obvious investments such as putting $7.5 Streetlights and Microgrids.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

It said reforms were also needed to create incentives for energy suppliers to pursue digitisation and grid flexibility technologies, which many experts view as critical for building net zero power grids that are reliant on large amounts of intermittent renewable energy capacity. billion tonnes of CO2 this year to 7.6

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In addition, with multi-market optimisation, national grids are able to sustain a steady electricity frequency,” Taskinen added. “This means less of a need for reserve power plants that mostly use fossil fuels to produce electricity, which then leads to less carbon dioxide emissions.” A subsidiary of E.ON Essent has 2.3

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

With a power grid that has been notoriously unreliable in the past, India’s goal to transform formerly passive consumers into prosumers would seem an uphill battle. Launched earlier this year, this program aims to enroll 55,000 residential and 6,000 commercial and industrial (C&I) customers to reduce peak demand by 75 MW in 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 7, 2020

Great River Energy, the second-largest power supplier in Minnesota, announced plans Thursday to phase out coal power, add 1,100 megawatts of new wind capacity and expand market purchases, resulting in a cheaper electricity mix that is 95 percent carbon-free. It is due online in late 2023. Making the deal.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

Hunterston B nuclear power station in Ayrshire is to shut down for good today, after almost half a century of generating low carbon electricity on Scotland's west coast, operator EDF Energy has announced. Station director Paul Forrest said the contribution of Hunterston B to the UK "cannot be underestimated". "As

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

The UK's energy regulator has unveiled plans to invest £20.9bn in upgrading Britain's regional electricity networks over the next five years, in a bid to boost grid capacity, improve resilience, and prepare the grid for a growing influx of green energy over the coming decade and beyond.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

Several out-of-state power grids also reported emergency conditions on Monday and Tuesday. He labeled as inadequate CPUC’s order last year for 3,300 megawatts of capacity by 2023 under its Resource Adequacy program , half of it to be available by mid-2021. Meanwhile, heat waves have continued across the Western U.S.,

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Dominion’s new IRP is driven by Virginia's Clean Economy Act passed earlier this year, which calls for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045 and sets targets for energy efficiency, energy storage, and in-state solar and wind power. Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co.

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