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

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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. Most of that will come from front-of-the-meter battery systems. The big five European markets — Germany, U.K.,

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Will future fuel shortages and cyberattacks leave homeowners powerless?

Renewable Energy World

But what if an attack like this happens again and it affects our power grid? Peak Energy Usage. Whether you use gas or another source of electricity to power your home, you are probably aware that your consumption (and your energy bills) has two seasonal peaks. Will your home end up powerless?

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Analytics platform to involve UK energy stakeholders in grid resilience efforts

Smart Energy International

Grid technology company Reactive Technologies has launched Tradenergy, a software tool and analytics platform with the aim of providing short-term energy traders real-time insights into grid events such as generation or interconnector trips. Have you read: European merit order energy trading: Obsolete?

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Looming Grid Shortfall Prompts 2.5GW California Procurement Proposal

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Although the proposed ‘all-source’ procurement would allow existing natural gas-fired peaker plants to compete, it could also open a massive new market for renewable energy, energy storage, demand response and other preferred alternatives to fossil fuels. Fitch wrote in Thursday’s proposed decision. gigawatts by 2023.

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The 4 Things PG&E Must Do to Survive and Thrive Post-Bankruptcy

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Pacific Gas & Electric is on the verge of escaping from its 18-month bankruptcy , only to begin a years-long effort to prevent a repeat of the disasters that pushed it into insolvency in the first place. PG&E must keep up with the state’s ambitious clean energy, environmental and electrification goals. Of that, about $7.8

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. The Biden administration’s goal is to have a carbon emissions-free grid by 2035. The foundation of this transition is a dramatic change in the electric grid itself.

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An Inside Look at a Groundbreaking Solar-Storage Procurement in California

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Early this month, three community-choice aggregators and one municipal utility serving much of California’s San Francisco Bay Area launched a 30-megawatt distributed energy storage-plus-solar solicitation. Ross, East Bay Community Energy’s senior director of local development, electrification and innovation.