Smart Energy International

MAY 30, 2022

Changing climatic patterns are expected to bring operational challenges, while electrification for decarbonisation will result in more reliance on the grid as electricity demand increases in sectors such as transport and industry. Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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TechXplore

MARCH 11, 2024

To help curb climate change, the United States is working to reduce carbon emissions from all sectors of the energy economy. Much of the current effort involves electrification—switching to electric cars for transportation, electric heat pumps for home heating, and so on.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Around the time that Hurricane Florence was battering North Carolina with record rainfall last year, scientists published research indicating climate change widened the storm’s diameter and increased rainfall by 50 percent in some areas.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Have you read: Investment needed to keep grid fit for purpose says Enel Grids boss Grid resilience lessons from the frontline of climate change “We will be juggling our response between setting the network up to minimise the risk of fire starts and managing outage risk from storm impacts. “In

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

California is becoming a poster child for the risks utilities face from climate change, from power lines starting wildfires to heat waves forcing increasingly renewable-powered grids to the brink of system collapse.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Stressed power grids need the money badly, both to prevent blackouts and bring more clean energy online. Weather disasters supercharged by climate change have already led to more power outages in the US. Stressed power grids need the money badly “Much of [the grid] was built nearly a century ago.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Oxford English Dictionary's Patricia Stewart charts how language related to the environment, climate change, and sustainabiliy is changing to reflect global new realities and concerns. Therefore, it can be used as a tool to understand the evolution of society and the challenges it faces at a given time.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 7, 2024

Power grids in many cities are being pushed to the edge of their operating limits with increased cooling demand and other climate change impacts, the IEA has reported. By 2050 urban growth is expected to be equivalent to adding the combined land area of Germany, Italy and Japan.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

And there is no path to a clean power sector that doesn't involve deploying massive amounts of wind, solar, and lithium-ion batteries. Those three technologies don't solve the entire problem of climate change, but they are the workhorses that will power a broader, multi-sector decarbonization approach.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

However, Staffell said the UK still had a race on its hands to deliver enough clean power capacity to meet its climate change targets in the coming years, arguing that renewables, nuclear, clean hydrogen, and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) would all have a key role to play in delivering a fully decarbonised grid.

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The Verge: Energy

MARCH 1, 2024

The effects extend beyond heat to more extreme droughts, fires, storms, floods, and other disasters made worse by climate change. To make things tougher, climate change also made it more difficult to generate renewable energy. Power grids usually tap fossil fuel power plants whenever hydropower runs low.

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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

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. What we need to work on is (grid) investments.” With plans to spend €35.8 Join Enlit Europe in Paris. Register now

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 7, 2023

GINGR will also collect and showcase best practices, developing a framework for biodiversity management and conservation whilst facilitating a faster roll-out of renewable energy and electricity grids globally. Together, we can be more efficient and robust and therefore contribute to faster energy, climate and biodiversity security.”

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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.

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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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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 23, 2019

Over the past few months, we’ve been writing this series to inform readers about just what exactly the federal government is doing in the fight of our lifetimes — that is, the fight against climate change. We’ve talked about a couple of different hugely important climate policies that don’t receive enough news coverage.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Global warming and climate change are to blame for creating the strong winds and low humidity that are currently turning California into a tinderbox. Climate change is considered a key driver of this trend.” View original here: Climate change heightens Californias drought and wildfire risks.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Norwegian TSO Statnett is to collaborate with the European particle physics lab CERN on sustainable solutions for the operation of future power grids. As we navigate the challenges posed by the integration of wind and solar energy into our grid, collaboration with CERN emerges as a valuable partnership.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the former senator and secretary of state says a profound lack of leadership is causing the United States to fall behind on climate action and clean energy innovation. In this episode of Political Climate , we speak to Secretary Kerry about his outlook on combatting climate change.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 24, 2023

El Niño Plus Climate Change Why is this happening? The simple answer is climate change, and here in the desert I feel like we are getting a preview of things to come. But I still have friends who don’t accept that manmade climate change is real. power plant. and the 2nd largest of any U.S.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Now, shoring up energy systems means bringing renewables online to prevent more extreme climate change — especially as climate-fueled disasters like heatwaves and storms increasingly threaten power grids across the world. The IEA was established to help safeguard global energy supplies after the 1970s oil crisis.

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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

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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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Electric utilities use the models in long-term grid planning. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published on Power Grid. Regulators and other governmental agencies use them to evaluate new energy and environmental policies.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

We talk to Arons about the EV target and how to meet it, as well as related policies and how electric rideshare vehicles can support the power grid. We also talk a lot about the broader transportation ecosystem, the future of cities, and Lyft’s evolving role as a self-described “multimodal technology platform.".

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2021

Our new financial and strategic partners will help drive a step change in the delivery of our services to system operators globally, accelerating our ability to enable power grids around the world to rapidly decarbonise and meet their net zero objectives.

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Charged

MARCH 24, 2020

The standard covers bidirectional equipment that charges EVs from an electric power system (EPS) and also allows the vehicle to export power to an EPS, potentially enabling EV owners to earn money by helping to stabilize the electric power grid when the vehicles are parked. “By Source: UL.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 23, 2022

They aim to build momentum for a cleaner and more resilient regional power grid. The capacity and frequency regulation markets fulfill reliability functions for the regional power market, deploying resources to avoid outages and ensure that sufficient supply is online to support the power grid. ”

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 22, 2021

It has driven awareness about serious issues like Global Warming and Climate Change. In bringing about this change, the role that is being played by technology cannot be undermined. Shifting from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is expected to turn back the clock on Global Warming and Climate Change.

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Global Renewable News

APRIL 23, 2024

Annual survey of commercial and industrial.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

The UK's leading nuclear, wind, and solar industry trade bodies have joined together to urge the government to set ambitious clean energy deployment goals for the end of the decade, backed by a binding 2035 target for the delivery of a net zero emissions power grid.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

By strategically placing three autonomous sensors at a location and utilising the Ample platform to create a virtual three-phase device, Alabama Power can now accurately identify ground faults, exceeding its target accuracy of 85%, says Sentient in a release. This has enabled Alabama Power to improve its response and restoration times.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 10, 2024

The Electric Thames project, a collaboration between UK Power Networks, LCP Delta and Marine Zero, is assessing the viability of using electric vessels to feed stored electricity back into London’s power grid.

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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.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 22, 2022

In 2014, Daniel Roesler founded the company to fight climate change by offering what it said is a simple, fast, automated solution for sharing utility customer bills and interval data, shared only with explicit customer consent, and revocable at any time. This article was originally published on Power Grid International.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

For all their momentum, the clean-energy sectors — solar, wind, energy storage, and companies transforming the power grid — will not escape the COVID-19 downdraft. What COVID-19 and Climate Change Have in Common : American society has made dramatic changes in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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