Smart Energy International

MAY 25, 2022

The batteries capture excess electricity from the grid , primarily overnight during high wind-output hours, and can release the power when customer demand is highest. Mortenson provided engineering and construction expertise. Project construction began in June 2021 and was finished in less than a year.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 11, 2021

Department of Energy announced the beginning of design and construction of the Grid Storage Launchpad located at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. The Grid Storage Launchpad will support the DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge announced in January 2020 by then Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Using advanced AI , the Capalo platform attempts to optimise the use of flexible energy assets, such as energy storage systems and EV charging stations, allowing the commissioning of weather-dependent renewable energy sources to grow by coordinating with the flexibility of the energy grid to adjust to production and demand fluctuations.

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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.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

clean energy sectors showed strong resilience in 2020, continuing a decade-long growth trend, BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) find in their annual joint report. Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8%

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Smart Energy International

JULY 18, 2022

A digital infrastructure project combining energy and data storage capacity, Supernode will be powered by Queensland-sited renewable power projects. The site at Brendale is 3kms from Brisbane’s central business district and will intersect the new Torus dark fibre data cable currently under construction.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Swiss-based Energy Vault, which develops grid-scale energy storage solutions, is developing a 2GWh gravity energy storage project alongside deployment of their Energy Resiliency Centers (ERCs) for China’s zero carbon industrial parks. Also of interest: Opening day for Enlit Asia 2022 a dynamic start to 3 days in Bangkok.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Building electrification is a potential game-changer for energy efficiency, demand management, distributed energy and other advanced energy industries, as well as for the broader task of reducing emissions. Laura Sherman is president of the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 5, 2022

Have you read: Grid enhancing technologies – a potentially cost-effective option for transmission upgrades Zenob? constructs Scotland’s first transmission-connected battery Spain’s Transmission Grid Planning to fast track renewable integration. This article was originally published on Power Grid International.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In fact, new construction is carbon intensive - concrete, steel and aluminum alone account for 23 per cent of total global emissions. Therefore, the building's microgrid also serves as a resilient backup in the event of a disaster. A commercial induction stove was also added to its new kitchen space.

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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. Their price will vary depending on international changes to energy supply and demand as well as major economic and political events.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Series B for AI-powered grid analytics Amperon Holdings has secured $20 million in Series B funding led by Energize Capital, to unlock more value from grid data and advance electricity forecasting. With the Series B, the company hopes to thus fine tune their predictive models and identify emerging patterns for customers.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) estimates for example that driving greater energy efficiency in buildings across the country will require 12,000 workers to be trained every year for the next four years, before the need to ramp up annual recruitment by up to 30,000 workers between 2025 and 2030.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2023

DOE announced that it is entering into capacity contract negotiations with three interregional transmission line projects that are intended to strengthen grid resilience and reliability, enable the addition of more clean energy resources to the grid and bring clean energy to more customers.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Hostert also pointed to a number of "enabling factors" that would need to be given attention as electrification and economic growth quadrupled the planet's power demand. "We The CCC urged the UK to develop "constructive positions" on the Loss and Damage facility agreed at COP27 and to continue to champion the 1.5C

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Charged

APRIL 13, 2023

E-Bloc is a microgrid, a small-scale power grid that can operate independently or collaboratively with other small power grids. It can connect and disconnect from the grid to operate in grid-connected or island mode. Microgrids can improve customer reliability and resilience to grid disturbances.”

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The funding, the largest single investment into the grid in over a decade since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which kickstarted the rollout of smart metering and a smart grid, forms part of the ‘Building a Better Grid’ initiative to upgrade the grid for a 100% clean energy future. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

JULY 29, 2022

As covered by Power-Grid International , the extensive energy investment is seen as the most ambitious climate and clean energy package in history. The Belgian TSO has announced in its Q2 release that its extensive grid investments – €203.9 Greater energy resilience, security of supply and consumer benefits.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

APRIL 15, 2020

one essential to our economy, our resilience and our environment. They include electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians and other construction workers in energy efficiency. Now, without directed stimulus to overcome the COVID-driven demand declines the clean energy sector and its workers are on the line. million workers suffer.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 11, 2022

million) for nine projects to oversee the digitisation and modernisation of Romania’s transmission network and power grid. The contracts were signed yesterday between the country’s Ministry of Energy and the national electric power transport company, Transelectrica SA. 9 grid modernisation projects. million ($411.8

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

For a 2050 net-zero future, we’ll need an electricity grid large enough that its untangled cables would be long enough to stretch all the way to the sun. To get there, the grid requires constant attention to balance the flow of electrons. Connecting new generation assets to the grid is a delicate process. Why the hold up?

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Ford hit the brakes on construction of a new EV battery plant in Michigan last week as union workers escalated the strike against Detroit’s big three automakers. Shell faces internal pressure on low-carbon business commitments, and the White House releases a National Climate Resilience Framework for the US. Happy Monday!

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Momentum is building as businesses and governments transform their organizations to be more efficient and resilient. Introducing the Food Microgrid: A Decentralized and Resilient New Food System (Panel Discussion): The coronavirus pandemic disrupted food supplies and reminded us again that our food systems are ever more centralized.

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AutoGrid

JULY 7, 2022

The world is seeking digital platforms embedded with AI to maximize the value of growing fleets of DER assets that offer immense challenges to utilities and other grid operators. A microgrid can connect and disconnect from the grid to enable it to operate in both grid-connected or island mode. Virtual Power Plants.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Diversification, whether it’s on a single farm or across a local economy, can make towns more resilient, the report says. Renewed interest in cultivating native crops like taro helps restore local ecosystems and strengthen their resilience to threats like wildfires that feast on dry invasive grasses. That applies on land, too.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The private sector also put its weight behind DERs in a big way, continuing a trend that began years ago with European energy giants buying their way into North American demand response, battery and EV markets. Private sector investment in on-the-ground distributed energy.

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Grist

MARCH 12, 2021

He knew that lithium is a key metal used in batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid, and he knew the United States is going to need a lot of it to transition off fossil fuels. Construction of mining facilities and “pre-stripping” to expose lithium-rich ores could begin later this year. lithium demand.

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