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Preparing power grids for extreme weather this winter

Smart Energy International

With the worst of winter weather arguably still ahead of us, John Humble of grid voltage experts Fundamentals explores how intelligent risk management, targeted maintenance and better communication across our networks are critical for preparing our power grids to keep the lights on. That’s not necessarily so.

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SDG&E unveils innovative microgrids in grid resilience bid

Smart Energy International

Californian utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has unveiled four new microgrids with advanced remote operation capabilities and safety technologies to help enhance grid reliability.

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Targeting grid resilience with digitalisation

Smart Energy International

New solutions for a digital grid are being pioneered by Gridspertise building on Enel’s positioning over two decades at the forefront of advances. Smart metering varies markedly across the country and among customer classes and many sources record North American utilities to be lagging in their maturity in supply reliability.

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Managing power grid complexity: The 5 biggest priorities for utilities in 2024

Smart Energy International

In today’s distributed energy system, managing power grid complexity is challenging. But grid operators are often handling these changes with an ageing infrastructure that wasn’t built with a distributed energy system in mind. What is grid orchestration and why is it critical in 2024?

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Puerto Rico’s 1.5 million smart meter replacement get go ahead

Smart Energy International

Puerto Rico utility Luma’s smart meters will replace the almost 1.5 million meters that were damaged by Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Other benefits anticipated include faster service response and restoration times, support for new energy savings and efficiency programmes and more accurate invoicing and billing control.

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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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3 Ways to Boost Grid Resilience During Heat Waves

AutoGrid

Transmission upgrades are vital to help build the net zero carbon grid of the future by integrating large-scale solar and wind farms into the nation’s power grids. But building transmission lines is contentious and time-consuming. These dispatches delivered a large amount of capacity to energy markets worldwide.