Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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.

Energy Monitor 69

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 13, 2024

Edmonton’s ambitious venture into electric transit has encountered a roadblock, as the city deals with operational challenges of its current fleet of electric buses. More than Just a Bumpy Ride for Electric Buses Proterra Inc.,

Demand 65

Demand Hydrogen Electricity Transportation 65

Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Decarbonizing the electricity sector is critical to climate action—not only because it’s responsible for 25 percent of the United States’ greenhouse-gas emissions, but because decarbonizing the other key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors (transportation, manufacturing, buildings, and agriculture) must rely heavily on renewable-powered electrification.

Demand 98

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Power grids—the web of electrical networks that sprawl across countries and continents—are under stress. Extreme weather events and volatile energy demands often push the system to the brink.

Power grid 115

Power grid Resilience Electricity Demand 115

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Peaking at nearly 32MW from 8,500 solar-plus-storage residential systems, Sunrun and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customer batteries provided consistent clean energy to California’s power grid through the summer and fall of 2023.

Resilience 105

Resilience Batteries Power grid Demand 105

Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

This decarbonisation demands above all a grid that is robust, resilient, and reliable, able to withstand both the internal impacts of constantly changing demand and supply patterns and bidirectional power flows as well as external impacts such as extreme weather events. Grid resilience and reliability.

Energy Monitor 97

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Resilience 97

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

She’s an expert on utility business models, grid integration, and demand response. She’s going to help us understand the technology and market-design landscape for demand response. The Interchange is supported by Schneider Electric , the leader of digital transformation in energy management and automation.

Demand 130

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2022

Tongland Power Station on the River Dee, Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme. Energy network provider SP Energy Networks says it has led a successful trial to re-energise its electricity network via renewable energy from wind turbines and hydro generation.

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AutoGrid

JULY 24, 2023

For more than a decade, AutoGrid has been preparing for and tackling this annual challenge to grid reliability with one of the most fundamental of solutions to heat-related stress on our power grids: demand response (DR). Our progress report for summer 2024? So far, so good in avoiding massive outages.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2020

So, how do water companies prepare for an unexpected surge or drop in demand? Faced with challenges and aging infrastructure, the European water industry is focussing on rejuvenating its existing assets, building resilient systems, and improving operational and energy efficiency. Firstly, it’s important to build an effective strategy.

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AutoGrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

One of the most energizing parts of my job is meeting with clean energy leaders to discuss where we are heading as an industry and how we can work together to achieve ambitious decarbonization, electrification, and resiliency goals. Electrical loads are growing faster than ever. After 20 years of flat demand, analysts predict a 4.7%

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

billion investment for 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability, invest in microgrids and enable more renewable energy generation across America. These microgrids can stand alone or integrate with utility-owned electric grid infrastructure and backup generation assets.

Energy Monitor 59

Energy Monitor Resilience Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 59

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that $3 million was being made available through its Climate Resilience Initiative to help municipal electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives. Climate Impact Vulnerability Assessments and Resilience Planning (max award $100K).

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Resilience Carbon-neutral Innovation Technology 97

Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of California’s main investor-owned utilities (IOUs), has brought online a portfolio of four ‘advanced’ microgrids equipped with 180MWh of battery storage.

Resilience 114

Resilience Batteries Electricity Demand 114

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 10, 2020

Swapping diesel-powered trucks for electric models and equipping ships to plug into the grid while at berth offers life-saving public health benefits. But it can also substantially increase electricity demand at ports. Brown later signed SB 100, which requires 100 percent carbon-free electricity in California by 2045.

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Demand Energy Energy Batteries 197

AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Future of Energy and Grid Resiliency is Distributed By Giovanni Herazo, Vice President, Smart Grid Solutions As one of FPL’s smart grid & innovation leaders, I saw firsthand how our grid was consistently put to the test by unexpected outages, power quality issues, adverse weather conditions, and rising load demand.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 52

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Power grids -- the web of electrical networks that sprawl across countries and continents -- are under stress. Extreme weather events and volatile energy demands often push the system to the brink.

Power grid 73

Power grid Resilience Electricity Demand 73

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 2, 2020

There’s no shortage of “resilience” talk in the energy industry, but it hasn’t always been that way. Resilience 101: Where we’ve been. Thirty years ago, the concept of resilience held a very different and less pressing connotation than it does today. During the ‘80s and ‘90s, many U.S.

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Charged

JULY 28, 2022

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Tesla have launched a pilot program that will combine thousands of Powerwall home battery systems to create a “virtual power plant” or “distributed battery.” Participating customers will receive $2 for every incremental kilowatt-hour of electricity their Powerwall discharges during an event.

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Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Batteries 138

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Australian energy chiefs have welcomed the release today of two reports setting out options for the country’s future electricity market makeup. One of the big questions is around demand response, and who will oversee a market that has only started emerging in Australia. Centralized or decentralized control?

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Demand Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 130

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Both projects will reduce demand on regional energy infrastructure and enable Eaton to power its manufacturing plants with more renewables and boost energy resilience for its operations, said the companies in a press release. MWh of battery storage into the facility’s onsite power generation systems.

Resilience 100

Resilience North America Demand Batteries 100

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

French industry association Think Smartgrids makes the case to lead the national industrial scale deployment of flexibility, focusing initially on demand side consumption, in a new report. The main challenge, however, is the investment required, indicating an urgent need to consider financing options and remuneration for flexibility.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Demand Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 52

Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Kaluza, an intelligent energy platform, and Flexitricity, an electrical aggregator and demand response specialist, have partnered to provide a new combined grid flexibility service. The Balancing Mechanism is one of the tools that the UK’s National Grid ESO uses to balance energy supply and demand in real time.

Demand 145

Demand Batteries Resilience Transportation 145

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

If global electric vehicle (EV) adoption rates grow as projected, this represents a major step in reducing emissions that contribute to global climate change and local air pollution concerns. In this white paper you will discover how microgrids and new business models like Energy as a Service foster sustainability solutions.

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Energy Energy Electric vehicle Climate change 195

Green Living Guy

AUGUST 3, 2022

Demand for General Motors’ (GM) Chevrolet Silverado EV seems to be building among fleet owners. The post Demand of Silverado EVs on the Rise amongst Fleet Owners appeared first on The Green Living Guy. The post Demand of Silverado EVs on the Rise amongst Fleet Owners appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Demand Climate change Resilience Pollution 145

Bidgely

JUNE 15, 2022

Watch the full Engage+ episode on demand. Against the backdrop of Houston’s extreme weather and vulnerable communities, CenterPoint Energy has prioritized strong resiliency and electrification strategies to maintain its status as the energy capital of the world. We’re working on building a more resilient city.

Resilience 78

Resilience Energy Energy Transportation 78

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The DER company has acquired Centrica’s demand response division, bolstering their DER capacity from 5.6GW to 6.3GW. CPower closes Centrica demand response acquisition. Their services aim to help customers earn revenue for participating in demand response solutions that bolster the grid. GW of #DER capacity!

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Demand 98

Charged

OCTOBER 18, 2023

American Battery Solutions (ABS) has signed a multi-year contract with bus manufacturer NFI Group to supply custom battery packs for NFI subsidiary New Flyer ’s newest 35-, 40- and 60-foot battery-electric transit buses. And plenty of cells will be needed—the market for electric buses in North America is heating up.

Batteries 115

Batteries North America Electricity Transportation 115

GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

These events, made visible by the COVID-19 virus, have shown us the fragility of systems pushed to their breaking point by design constraints to maximize return on investment in the absence of resiliency. . The price of oil plunged below zero on some days, and customer demand remains at an all-time low.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2020

The Electric Vehicle (EV) Energy Taskforce was established in 2018 to make proposals to Government and industry to bring together the auto and energy sectors to ensure that the GB energy system is able to accelerate the mass take-up of electric vehicles while also delivering benefits to the electricity system.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 31, 2024

Canadian smart home tech developer ecobee has announced the launch of an updated grid resiliency programme to help prevent power outages caused by extreme weather, sustained high heat, and natural disasters. The programme drove a 60% participation rate and equivalent kWh savings as a standard demand response event.

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Power grid North America Demand Resilience 59

Charged

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Mobility House, in collaboration with partners including AlphaStruxure and Schneider Electric, has completed a microgrid-based infrastructure project that can charge electric buses without relying on the local utility. MW microgrid features 1.6 MW of solar PV, three 633 kW generators and 3 MW of battery storage.

Electricity 126

Electricity Resilience Natural gas Batteries 126

Smart Energy International

MAY 30, 2024

A resurgence of American domestic manufacturing along with the rapid adoption of electric vehicles and growth of large data centres are among factors that require a collective shift in perspective about the grid. For existing infrastructure, they can significantly reduce deployment costs, permitting times and build times.

Resilience 100

Resilience Technology Electric vehicle Demand 100

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A new report released last week by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) outlines how better energy efficiency and a robust demand response program using distributed energy resources (DER) already on the grid could provide up to 11 GW of “flexible generation” to ERCOT, the Texas grid operator, when the grid is strained.

Demand 88

Demand Energy Energy Natural gas 88

Smart Energy International

JUNE 6, 2022

The first in a series of projects to manage voltage levels across Great Britain’s electricity system has gone live, providing increased network resilience, reducing costs to consumers and lowering carbon emissions.

Resilience 52

Resilience Fossil fuels Carbon Electricity 52

Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

million to 11 states, 20 tribal nations and two territories in the eighth round of funding Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants. Amount: $13 million) Florida will strengthen labor standards and protections for the workforce that is responsible for implementing grid reliability and resilience projects.

Resilience 115

Resilience Law Electricity Investment 115

Charged

MAY 31, 2021

AlphaStruxure, a provider of Energy as a Service (EaaS) solutions, has won a contract to deploy an integrated microgrid and electric bus charging infrastructure project for Montgomery County, Maryland. The project will enable transit operator Ride On Montgomery County to convert at least 44 buses from diesel to electric power.

Electricity 138

Electricity Fossil fuels Resilience Organic 138