Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Have you read: bp to deploy AI for battery to grid flexibility IEA net zero update reiterates need for rapid grid expansion The System of Enablement will also enable insights into how existing electricity network infrastructure can be optimised to remove renewable integration constraints associated with network availability and accessibility.

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AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

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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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

With a focus on sustainability and grid resilience, energy storage systems are unlocking a new era of flexibility, efficiency, and reliability. The integration of renewable energy sources into the power grid presents unique challenges, such as intermittent generation and grid stability.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

billion ($38.96) by 2026, more than half of this being funnelled into power grid investments, the Group said more focus will be placed on profitability, flexibility and resiliency through selective capital allocation to maximize its risk/return profile. Beyond the power grid , approximately €12.1

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As part of the Baltic power grid synchronisation project, the compensators will also be installed in Lithuania and Estonia – three in each country. kls signed a contract with the general partnership EM&SE Syncons for the supply and installation of the compensators, with a total cost of €114 million ($112.5

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Oregon-based energy storage firm ESS Tech has been commissioned to deliver 17 of its long-duration Warehouse iron flow battery systems for a hybrid project in Spain. The order with Enel Green Power Espana contracts ESS to supply the energy storage complement to support a solar farm in Spain.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Swell Energy has lined up $450 million in financing to give homeowners and business owners batteries and solar systems at no upfront cost, and earn the money back by turning them into virtual power plants serving utilities’ grid needs. Swell’s behind-the-meter battery-based VPP proposition.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Instead, the greatest expansion in energy storage over the last decade has been in batteries. There has also been growth in the number of energy storage projects outside of lithium-ion batteries, such as compressed air energy storage and flywheel storage. Gretchen Whitmer and the MPSC of the MI Power Grid initiative.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Summerland is one of five municipalities in the province to own its electrical utility, allowing the community to keep money in the local economy and increase the resiliency of the power grid, says Wildstone. Battery components came from EVLO Energy Storage, a subsidiary of Hydro Quebec.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2023

Form Energy is partnering up with a US utility Xcel Energy for commercial deployment of its iron-air battery storage system. The 1GWh multi-day storage system will be used to integrate renewables and maintain grid reliability as retiring coal plants in two US states are shut down. Learn more at: [link].

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

What we need to work on is (grid) investments.” People want this ability – more connections from batteries to be the most independent in their consumption.” However, added Armani, “what is not happening is (making) grids available and able to manage all of this energy production. With plans to spend €35.8

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 31, 2022

US utility San Diego & Gas Electric (SDG&E), in partnership with Sumitomo Electric, has announced the success of a pilot which included the use of a vanadium redox flow battery in creating a zero-emissions microgrid. The energy storage system powered 66 residential and commercial customers for close to five hours.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Rapidly scaling sustainable, diversified, and resilient clean energy supply chains is key to achieving net-zero targets on-time and at as low a cost as possible, according to the ETC. Geographic concentration of clean energy supply chains , especially in China for solar photovoltaics (PV) and EV battery manufacturing.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2024

As well as generation, these solutions need to effectively distribute that clean power, with minimal losses, where it needs to be used, when consumers need it. To ensure this, grid resilience is important, making it vital to invest in updating ageing grid infrastructure and replacing antiquated medium voltage (MV) switchgear.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 23, 2022

They aim to build momentum for a cleaner and more resilient regional power grid. Brockelman Road is a solar+plus+storage project capable of generating 1.7MW of solar energy alongside 1MW/2MWh of battery storage. EnergyStorage is a key part of making our grid cleaner and more resilient.

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CleanTech San Diego

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Cleantech San Diego member Baker Electric Home Energy, a leading solar, battery, and home energy solution provider, has announced the launch of its ChargeOn Battery Rewards Program in partnership with sonnen, a global market leader in smart energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) technology. Photo courtesy of sonnen.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Also on the radar are the closing of Gridmatics’ storage fund, Siemens’ financial safety net and the sale of a 410MW battery storage pipeline. The fund is earmarked to oversee the management of up to 500MW of battery capacity in the ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) and CAISO (California Independent System Operator) markets.

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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

An energy storage project in Southern California will provide resource adequacy (RA) and ancillary services to the state’s power grid, adding more reliability and resiliency for electricity in the California […] The post Energy Storage Project Announced to Serve California Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Have you read: Argonne National Lab assesses climate change impacts on New York grid US DOE seeks info on how to expedite transmission buildout One of the many challenges identified by the paper is that models do not adequately consider state of charge—the amount of energy stored in a battery at a given time.

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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.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 19, 2021

This event nearly devastated the state’s power grid due to a frequency drop that put Texas four minutes and 37 seconds away from a months-long blackout. As a pioneering climatetech community, Greentown Labs is issuing this open letter to highlight our solutions for improving American energy resilience and sustainability.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Sunrun has been selected to build Puerto Rico’s first Virtual Power Plant (VPP) by the island’s electric utility provider. Sunrun said it will aggregate the solar and battery storage systems of more than 7,000 customers to form the 17MW VPP. The company is aiming to dispatch the VPP in 2024. Systems provided a combined 3.4

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

. £119,000 for Lightricity Ltd (Based in Oxford and partnered with Bradford Swissport Limited): Using a unique, patented technology that harnesses the energy from indoor and low-level lightsources to power battery-free tracking devices.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The research led by NTU’s Energy Research Institute is investigating how different renewable sources can be integrated with energy storage systems including batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. Future-proofing Singapore’s grid Microgrids market worth $206bn by 2031 – report. Have you read?

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The University of Queensland is conducting the first-ever global study of how electric vehicles can support the uptake of renewable energy and improve the resiliency of power grids. The vehicle-to-grid study has recruited Tesla owners from around the world through the analytics platform Teslascope. “We

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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. for grid resiliency Rhizome, a climate resilience planning platform for the power grid, announced its official launch, initial institutional capital raise of $2.5

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

Fortunately, an economy powered by renewable energy is potentially much more secure and resilient than one reliant upon fossil fuels. Today, energy storage = lithium-ion and the supply chain for lithium-ion batteries runs through a small number of countries, creating supply chain risks.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

It also gives us clearer insight to the power grid and how it is operating, ultimately creating a smarter energy future for our customers and communities.”. For example, solar panels combined with battery storage can play a key role in grid resiliency and flexibility in the near future. “For

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Government and grid operators in the Netherlands are taking new, urgent measures to ensure sufficient space on the Dutch power grid as demand continues to surge in the compact country. That is good news, but it also puts enormous pressure on our power grid.

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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.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2021

Energy giant eyes increasing role for battery storage and flexible energy assets in its portfolio in the coming years. SSE has announced its first foray into the burgeoning battery storage market, yesterday unveiling plans to develop a 50MW facility in Salisbury, Wiltshire, over the next 18 months.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Centrality of the grid Whether it is the spiralling demand for more electricity or the universal initiative to shift to renewable energy, a crucial element in this complex matrix is the power grid. Since a microgrid can operate during outages, it reinforces grid resilience and help mitigate disturbances.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Engineering consulting firm Burns & McDonnell completed construction of three 10 MW/20 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage systems in West Texas. Kansas City-based Burns & McDonnell tapped its direct-hire subsidiary Ref-Chem to complete construction and installation of the batteries.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 22, 2024

These additions bring with them critical benefits to our power grid. Energy storage has unique capabilities to address grid resilience, with the ability to serve as generation, load, and transmission. Developers plan to expand US battery capacity to more than 30GW by the end of 2024. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 22, 2024

These additions bring with them critical benefits to our power grid. Energy storage has unique capabilities to address grid resilience, with the ability to serve as generation, load, and transmission. Developers plan to expand US battery capacity to more than 30GW by the end of 2024. Have you read?

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 15, 2021

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. A bill approved by Oregon lawmakers in June mandates nearly all carbon emissions be eliminated from the power grid by 2040.

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