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Dublin battery system to support the Irish power grid

Smart Energy International

In a bid to support Irish grid stability, Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has opened a major battery plant at its Poolbeg site in Dublin, which will add 75MW/150MWh of fast-acting energy storage. No electricity system can operate without a backup. In Ireland this has traditionally been provided by fossil fuel generation.

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WoodMac: Wind, Solar and Storage to Dominate Europe’s Power Grid by 2030

GreenTechMedia

Europe's power system will look very different in 2030, with energy storage supporting the “dominance” of wind and solar generation, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. By 2040, Europe is expected to add another 169 gigawatts of wind and 172 gigawatts of solar.

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Smart grids vital to green energy drive

Smart Energy International

The global energy landscape is on the cusp of transformational changes as the migration to clean power gathers pace. With world leaders about to gather in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the COP 28 climate summit, the transition to green energy will be one of the key topics on the agenda.

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Data centre virtualisation and cloud computing can play a pivotal role in power sector emissions reductions, says report

Envirotec Magazine

A new report from power market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research suggests that increased deployment of (and continued improvements in) virtualisation technology could reduce potential future European computing emissions 55% by 2040.

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Five predictions for energy transition trends in 2022

Smart Energy International

David Hall of Schneider Electric highlights five trends to watch for power and utility firms this year. The global shift towards more climate-conscious energy efficiency has accelerated the need for sustainable technology to deliver a cleaner, greener, and fairer energy system. Microgrids fit for the future.

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Empowering India’s Energy Revolution with AI and Prosumers

AutoGrid

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. The stakes are particularly high because India is the world’s third largest energy consumer.

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'Fundamental change': How write downs and bankruptcies are fuelling stranded asset fears

Business Green

As Ernest Hemmingway famously observed in his 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises bankruptcies happen two ways: "Gradually, then suddenly". Price and demand projections have been trimmed and there is a real sense that the clean energy transition that much of the industry has tip-toed around for the past decade could be about to accelerate.