The Verge: Energy

MAY 20, 2024

Reusing the server heat is one way to mitigate the effects that AI has on the power grid and environment. After all, if Google isn’t careful, its scramble to inject AI into Search and other products could derail the company’s climate goals and place added pressure on energy systems where it operates.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 7, 2024

Use of this technology will enable Stagecoach to participate in the capacity market, allowing the company to support the grid when there is a high risk that a system stress event could occur. Additionally, the total cost of ownership from its fleet transition to EV will be reduced through revenues earned by participation.

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Demand Power grid Climate change Energy 103

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With 2023 coming to a close, the impact of climate change and rapidly increasing electricity demand have illustrated the crucial importance of grid investment to ensure the grid is fit for purpose. Not investing in the grid is like accumulating cholesterol – you find out you are in bad shape.” Register now

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Rhizome, a climate resilience planning platform for the power grid, announced its official launch, initial institutional capital raise of $2.5 million, and partnership with Seattle City Light and Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO).

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 8, 2024

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $70 million in funding to support research into resilience technologies to reduce risks to energy infrastructure from a variety of hazards, including cyber and physical threats, natural disasters and climate-change fueled extreme weather events.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

The world is expecting a turning point in support for a green economy this year, writes National Grid's COP26 director Duncan Burt. Last year we saw a genuine step change in ambitions to tackle climate change globally crowned by net zero commitments from Europe and China. Duncan Burt is COIP26 director at National Grid.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 1, 2024

Hawaiian Electric’s 5-year plan includes a slate of initial, foundational grid resilience investments, including the replacement and strengthening of 2,100 poles on critical circuits, as the first phase of a long-term climate adaptation effort.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million for 15 projects across 11 states meant to improve the reliability, resiliency, and flexibility of the domestic power grid through the research and development of next-generation semiconductor technologies.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 17, 2022

Enel and stakeholders of the power distribution ecosystem gathered in Rome for the Net Zero Grid Day, in which Enel announced Enel’s Open Power Grids association and Gridspertise’s expansion into the US as part of their ‘net zero strategy’ for grids. Open Power Grids association.

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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. Every megawatt of load reduced from the grid network can help bolster reliability. This cycle is undeniably vicious.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 26, 2022

Neara, a digital twin for the infrastructure industry, is expanding globally, with a strategic focus on the US, to help energy providers manage the growing impact of climate change and extreme weather, improve network safety and reliability and accelerate the integration of clean energy. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Power grid Investment Climate change Resilience 98

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 4, 2022

Virtual Event. A panel of grid experts explaining why grid resiliency matters and how to mitigate events like wildfires in the era of climate change. This event is complimentary for all WCS members. All registrants will receive access to a recording of the event. July 13, 2022. Register Here.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This heat feeds surging demand for electricity and increased strain on already taxed power grids. These climate change linked trends are highlighting the growing need for distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) that can manage the grid intelligently while quickly responding to the real-time needs of grid operators.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 22, 2021

The power outages in Texas are an all too painful reminder how extreme weather events can expose weaknesses in our energy infrastructure. But until we’re willing to make bold moves on how we approach energy, these incidents likely won’t change. The majority of consumers want clean energy options. homes and businesses.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 25, 2021

The extra electricity that is generated from their solar panels is fed back to the power grid which reduces the need for utility companies to spend extra funds on infrastructure updates. It also helps reduce transmission-line congestion that can cause rolling blackouts and other inconvenient power outages for repairs and upgrades.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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. Switching to renewables assumes the utmost importance due to the indelible impact of climate change. It can aid in grid control, monitoring and restoration.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 12, 2024

Known as the Super-Resolution for Renewable Energy Resource Data with Climate Change Impacts (Sup3rCC), the open source model uses generative machine learning to produce downscaled future climate data sets that are available to the public at no cost.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 7, 2020

California’s two days of rolling blackouts in August were the result of disconnects between its existing grid reliability constructs and the needs of an increasingly solar-powered grid, and its failure to prepare for a Western U.S.-wide A gap between resource adequacy and current grid reality.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Pacific Gas & Electric’s bankruptcy has already threatened the credit ratings of some of the solar and wind farms, cogeneration plants, and other independent power generators that rely on the utility to buy their electricity through power purchase agreements.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Recent power outages in North America offer us an opportunity to reflect on the importance of reliable access to electricity. Extreme weather events are the leading cause of power outages. In October millions of people in California endured protracted power outages. Subscribe in a reader

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the study, factors driving an increase in the adoption of microgrids include: The inability of grids to meet growing energy demand. The study states that continued increases in energy demand are resulting in the failure of traditional power grids to maintain energy reliability and security. Have you read?

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

The losses will especially be felt in the southern states from California to Florida according to a study published in Climatic Change. According to the same study in Climatic Change , “up to 1.8 worker, could be lost annually over the next three decades due to extreme heat caused by climate change.”

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Business Green

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.

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Energy Energy Demand Climate change 67

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Many global efforts to halt or reverse climate impacts have squarely focused on resilience and mitigation. We’re only just now seeing a meaningful shift toward adaptation efforts under the understanding that power grids, utility assets, and other infrastructure will need built-in flexibility to cope with changing climate conditions.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

New solutions for a digital grid are being pioneered by Gridspertise building on Enel’s positioning over two decades at the forefront of advances. Grid resilience and reliability. But resilience today means more than adapting power infrastructures to climate change.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

It said the plan offered a blueprint for how it aims to strengthen and modernise the grid to accept more intermittent renewable energy and withstand the more severe weather events it is expected to experience as a consequence of climate change. This article was originally published on Power Grid.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2020

Businesses must continue to make the case for climate ambition and stand against regulatory rollbacks, argues Verisk Maplecroft's Will Nichols. And among the many reasons listed for why global environmental and climate change efforts are currently falling short, a "worldwide pandemic" was a notable absentee.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Hence, it contributes to climate change, leading to extreme weather events and other natural disasters. When you use clean energy, you use the magical power of the sun, wind, and water.   Wind of Might:  Electricity is generated by turning big fans using the power of the wind. Why Go Green?

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2020

Our power grid saw a new coal-free record of more than two months, and the International Energy Agency estimates this crisis has cut global carbon emissions more than any other event in the last century. Ambitious targets that result in tangible action are key and this is where the government must play its role.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

billion GRIP Program, which itself is one of several tools from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda that DOE is meant to use to strengthen, diversify, and expand America’s power grid while creating union jobs and building community climate resilience.

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CleanTech Alliance

MAY 13, 2021

From the rolling blackouts in California during the wildfires last year to the outages in Texas this past February, ensuring we have a reliable power grid is a priority for utilities and consumers alike. With climate change accelerating extreme weather events and making them more frequent and […].

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 4, 2022

As the world grapples with the impacts of climate change and disruption of energy markets, the momentum gained by the clean energy transition in 2021 is a beacon of hope, pointing the way forward,” remarked Lisa Jacobson, BCSE President. “We As revealed in the Factbook, the story of the U.S.

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CleanTech Alliance

JUNE 1, 2021

From the rolling blackouts in California during the wildfires last year to the outages in Texas this past February, ensuring we have a reliable power grid is a priority for utilities and consumers alike.

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AGreenLiving

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.

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Energy Energy Climate change Demand 28

Business Green

MAY 1, 2020

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has made his strongest call yet for global economic recovery efforts in the wake Covid-19 to focus on accelerating decarbonisation and boosting green growth, arguing national governments "must not lose sight" of climate change amid the current crisis.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2021

Lessons from inside the heat dome about the future of the electric grid. The impacts of climate change feel abstract until they’re not. . It’s a reminder of how our systems are limping towards climate chaos, and we — and our infrastructure — are not prepared. Even without extreme weather events, the power grid needs love.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 11, 2021

The project follows a massive winter storm that rendered the Texas power grid useless. The new battery is expected to work as a backup to the grid, as climate change has made it clear that relying on the grid may not be tenable for the future. The battery is expected to power up to 20,000 homes.

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