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Targeting grid resilience with digitalisation

Smart Energy International

As countries the world over pursue net-zero goals, the power grids are at the centre of a transformation that will ultimately lead to economy-wide decarbonisation impacting almost every aspect of life, from the way we power and run our homes to how we travel and the products we purchase. Grid resilience and reliability.

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The Future of Energy and Grid Resiliency is Distributed

AutoGrid

The Future of Energy and Grid Resiliency is Distributed By Giovanni Herazo, Vice President, Smart Grid Solutions As one of FPL’s smart grid & innovation leaders, I saw firsthand how our grid was consistently put to the test by unexpected outages, power quality issues, adverse weather conditions, and rising load demand.

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ENTSO-E releases draft RDI roadmap to 2034

Smart Energy International

As such, and based on and a continuation of the RDI Roadmap 2020-2030, it focuses on topics related to TSO business processes, such as coordinated security of operation, maximising capacity in a secure way, balancing between generation and demand, dynamic stability or coordinated network planning.

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Clean energy is growing, but so is planet-heating pollution

The Verge: Energy

To fulfill the most ambitious goals in the agreement, countries are supposed to slash global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, reaching net zero by the middle of the century. Power grids usually tap fossil fuel power plants whenever hydropower runs low. It has demonstrated its resilience.”

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Portland utility targets distributed energy, smart grid in net-zero plan

Renewable Energy World

Portland General Electric has outlined a path to net-zero emissions that relies on tripling clean energy assets and utilizing customer-sited distributed energy resources for grid resiliency. The Oregon utility shared plans Friday to reduce emissions by at least 80% by 2030, 90% by 2035, and to reach zero emissions by 2040.

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The clean energy transition is just getting started with much more to come in 2024

Smart Energy International

Energy storage, a critical component of a fully renewable grid, also saw record growth in 2023 and Bloomberg New Energy Finance has forecast a 27% compound annual growth rate to 2030 to enable renewable growth. GW of storage online by 2030. This is not limited to the U.S.

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Why electrification is key to curbing future climate change

Smart Energy International

However, for this to happen, and to achieve net zero by 2050, the IEA asserted that we need to treble renewable energy capacity and double our current rate of progress in improving energy efficiency by 2030. It’s estimated that data centers will consume 4% of all energy consumed by 2030. What’s the roadmap to 2050?