GreenTechMedia

MARCH 10, 2021

” That’s how a range of clean energy advocates and demand response providers are describing the California Public Utilities Commission’s latest plan to prevent a repeat of the state’s August 2020 rolling blackouts this coming summer.

Demand 130

Demand Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 130

Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

Low demand for power sees carbon intensity on grid plummet to lowest ever level, National Grid ESO confirms. It's an exciting time, and the progress we're seeing with these records underlines the significant strides we're taking towards our ambition of being able to operate the system carbon free by 2025.".

Power grid 101

Power grid Fossil fuels Carbon Demand 101

Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Clean energy milestone signals renewable power sector is ready and able to keep up with growing electricity demand. Energy analysts are celebrating findings that show the renewable power sector has proved itself capable of expanding at a rate faster than increasing demand for electricity.

Demand 73

Demand Fossil fuels Electricity Hydropower 73

AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

How VPPs Reduce Both Costs and Emission in Meeting Peak Demands. New York and Texas Offer Opportunities to Replace Fossil Fuel Peaker Plants. The emergence of virtual power plants (VPPs) as bona fide replacements for fossil fuel peaker plants has been discussed conceptually, but is there data to support this opportunity?

Demand 94

Demand Fossil fuels Batteries Resilience 94

Charged

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Two Russian firms—software developer 4xxi and charger manufacturer L-Charge—are collaborating to create an off-grid EV charging network in London that’s scheduled to be launched this year. L-Charge’s “rapidly scalable off-grid ultra-fast chargers” use energy from locally-stored fossil fuels rather than the electrical grid.

Natural gas 124

Natural gas Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels Power grid 124

Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The latest update from Imperial College London for Drax Electric Insights also confirmed that clean, or low-carbon, power including biomass, hydro, wind, solar and nuclear provided a record 2.9GW of clean surplus power during December.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Power grid Carbon Demand 101

Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), RenewableUK and Solar Energy UK team up to demand clearer, ambitious clean energy goals. The UK recently set a new goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 78 per cent against 1990 levels by 2035, by which date the government has also said sales of all new cars fossil fuelled cars must end.

Demand 101

Demand Power grid Climate change Government 101

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Forced outages are a tool of last resort, employed in circumstances of incredible stress to the grid and done to protect against more widespread outages. Record heat for several days across parts of the state strained the power grid so much that it started rationing electricity, for the first time in almost 20 years.

Energy 513

Energy Energy Demand Climate change 513

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Hitachi Energy acquires eks Energy Tech major Hitachi Energy has announced a strategic acquisition of eks Energy, adding its advanced power electronics and energy management software capabilities to Hitachi’s growing portfolio. Skoon Energy Raises €5 million to expand software platform powering on-site customers and grid operators.

Energy Monitor 119

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy 119

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

ubitricity, a UK-based EV charge point operator with a network of more than 7,000 public charge points, is partnering with UK Power Networks (UKPN), the UK’s largest electricity distribution network, to shift charging demand away from periods of peak demand on the power grid.

Energy Monitor 59

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Demand 59

Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The UK's growing sources of wind, solar and hydro power served to significantly curb millions of households' reliance on expensive, carbon-intensive fossil fuels last month, further underscoring the benefits of expanding clean, renewable electricity sources to tackle the ongoing energy crisis.

Demand 40

Demand Fossil fuels Government Europe 40

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 11, 2023

eFORT project to enhance European grid resilience Now is the time to get serious about Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism The initiative involved collecting data from multiple sources, including solar panels, generators and energy storage systems, to calculate the rate of green energy production into the grid.

Energy Monitor 111

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 111

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

British energy developer Balance Power has secured planning approval for a 40MW battery storage project in Cheshire, which will export stored renewable power to the grid when demand is high. It’s crucial in diversifying the energy network and reducing the need for fossil fuel technologies.”

Batteries 59

Batteries Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels Power grid 59

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The company's software allows the campuses to operate as Controllable Load Resources to the electrical grid, replacing reliability products often provided by fossil fuel plants. The study found that adding data center load to the grid incentivizes additional deployment of wind and solar energy.

Fossil fuels 118

Fossil fuels Natural gas Power grid Resilience 118

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

While this may be temporary, it could well be permanent, and such uncertainty demands that, more than ever, business flexibility is a key determining factor to future success. The good news is that the technology is already available to respond to this need for flexibility and the changing demands of energy markets.

Business Energy Monitoring 111

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 111

Renewable Energy World

MAY 24, 2021

Green hydrogen is produced through electrolysis using decarbonized electricity and water, and it is set to be an important component of the transition to net-zero carbon economies, IHA said. Looking ahead hydropower could potentially supply at least 1,000 TWh of the additional electricity demand required in IRENA’s 2050 scenario.

Hydropower 112

Hydropower Hydrogen Demand Policy 112

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This latest briefing, “ Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, makes the case that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

Technology 189

Technology Energy Energy Lithium 189

The Verge: Energy

MARCH 6, 2024

Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images A new report warns that a boom in computer chip manufacturing in the US could fuel demand for dirty energy, despite companies’ environmental claims. Semiconductors happen to make up a big chunk of a device’s carbon footprint. gigawatts in new electricity demand.

Energy 99

Energy Energy Electricity Fossil fuels 99

AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

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. Its electricity demand reached an all-time demand peak of 223 gigawatts (GW) this past June, and projections indicate it could hit 340 GW by the decade’s end.

Solar Energy Monitor 80

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 80

Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. Combined with a push for decarbonization, these economics could drive demand, project energy experts.

Hydrogen 69

Hydrogen Demand Technology Energy 69

AutoGrid

JULY 24, 2023

Traditional solutions to short-term supply shortages – such as fossil fuel peaker plants – may meet the immediate need for capacity but also help accelerate climate change due to high emission rates. As market structures evolve to compensate prosumers for grid services, this limitation is fading.

Resilience 95

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 95

Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

It provides direct advice to governments and its annual World Energy Outlook reports, which offer projections for future energy sources and demand, have provided the bedrock for major energy investment and policy decisions that help shape the trajectory of the global market. The death knell is being sounded for fossil fuels.

Fossil fuels 90

Fossil fuels Natural gas Demand Government 90

Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

The federal government has released a new paper, Powering Canada Forward , which lays out the federal government’s vision for a 100% clean power grid by 2035. Canada’s grid is already 84% emissions free, but as the energy transition progresses, more homes, vehicles, and industries will be plugging into the grid.

Electricity 56

Electricity Fossil fuels Natural gas Power grid 56

GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

San Antonio municipal utility CPS Energy wants to replace aging fossil-fueled generation with more than a gigawatt of solar, energy storage and flexible capacity, and it’s asking for ideas on how to get there. “We are looking at this capacity.to They are among a growing number of U.S.

Natural gas 130

Natural gas Energy Energy Fossil fuels 130

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions.

Energy Monitor 130

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 130

Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Global renewable energy generation is expected to grow by seven per cent in 2020, further bolstering record shares of the power mix for clean power sources after plummeting electricity demand during the coronavirus crisis saw fossil fuel generation marginalised.

Fossil fuels 78

Fossil fuels Demand Energy Energy 78

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 26, 2021

Southeast Asia Clean Energy Facility (SEACEF) is a collaboration between leading international foundations, including Microsoft, who seek to accelerate the low carbon transition in Southeast Asia. The goal of SEACEF is to catalyze the move away from traditional fossil and thermal energy projects.

Investment 88

Investment Asia Fossil fuels Power grid 88

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Cheap finance and maturing technology mean solar will be cheaper than both new coal or gas power plants from now onward. Power grids remain the weak link. Still, it warns that the industry's growth could be undermined by grid investment, which it calls “the weak link” in the transformation of the power market.

Global warming 130

Global warming Hydropower Fossil fuels Investment 130

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Duke Energy’s options for reaching net-zero carbon by midcentury will look a lot different than those being pursued by utilities in the sun-soaked Western U.S., Duke's new IRP presents six very different pathways toward greening its energy mix over the next 15 years, all of them reaching at least 50 percent carbon reduction by 2030.

Solar Energy Monitor 130

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy 130

Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The proposed regulations would establish performance standards to reduce GHG emissions from fossil-fuel-generated electricity starting in 2035. Exaggerated claims about the costs and impacts of pursuing a clean power grid are largely dominating the discourse. This would undermine grid reliability.

Electricity 40

Electricity Natural gas Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels 40

Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Shell and BP are writing down assets while a raft of US fracking firms are entering bankruptcy protection – change is coming to the fossil fuel industry faster than anyone expected. The stranded asset hypothesis just got real. However, the contention that the new price projections are more realistic is contestable.

Building Energy Monitoring 84

Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 84

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

There is no doubt that greater access to rapid charge points is vital to get the EV revolution on the road, but more considerations must be made around low-carbon charging straight from the source. Renewables and clean energy has been notably absent from the discussion so far. This is a missed opportunity.

Carbon 36

Carbon Electricity Electric vehicle Fossil fuels 36

The Environmental Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

In total, the maritime industry’s carbon emissions only make up 3% of the total emissions worldwide. Aside from the maritime industry’s collective effort to reduce carbon emissions , the acceleration of the digital shift resulting from the pandemic has also propelled the use of automation technologies in the industry.

Sustainability 195

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 195

Smart Energy International

JULY 27, 2022

It also aims to encourage the use of interties from provinces and territories with an abundance of hydroelectric power; incentivise increased use of hydrogen, battery storage and carbon capture and storage; and help to set the stage for the increased use of demand-side management and distributed energy in Canada.

Natural gas 52

Natural gas Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Electricity 52

Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

To become energy secure and genuinely resilient from volatile fossil fuel prices, the UK must accelerate its transition to a zero-carbon energy system, writes Nick Molho, from the Aldersgate Group. Developing new sources of fossil fuel production: a tempting but inadequate answer to the crisis.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Resilience Investment Electric vehicle 36

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. Europe’s unpredictable energy climate.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Resilience Energy 52

Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Ofgem said its five-year plan, which covers the 2023-2028 period, would help support local energy grids' transition to a low carbon energy system, while also helping to make the network more reliable, cheaper to run, less reliant on fossil fuels, and more agile and innovative.

Investment 36

Investment Fossil fuels Power grid Resilience 36