The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Many people don’t have access to solar because they rent, live in multi-tenant buildings, or their roofs are unsuitable for installation. Community solar makes renewable energy accessible to all and helps reduce the energy burden of low-income households. Learn more about the benefits of community solar.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The global energy landscape is on the cusp of transformational changes as the migration to clean power gathers pace. 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.

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Mosaic

MAY 15, 2024

Summer is no doubt the busiest season for the solar industry. High utility bills are a key motivator for homeowners, encouraging them to seek out cost-saving alternatives like solar panels. Maximize installer ticket size Bundling ancillary green-home upgrades with solar panels can help homeowners get the most out of their project.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In this article, experts from CLOU explore the power of energy storage and its transformative impact on the electrical energy sector. In the ever-evolving landscape of the electrical energy segment, one technology is shining bright as a game-changer: energy storage systems (ESS).

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 3, 2022

Japan’s electricity sector is facing the triple challenges in the energy transition of energy security, cost and decarbonisation , writes James Tedd from GridBeyond. While there has been growth in the solar sector, most generation is provided by gas and coal. Demand side measures. Image: GridBeyond.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 3, 2021

But the structures for valuing the “negawatts” that demand response delivers have largely remained the same. The 25 megawatts of load reduction OhmConnect is making available will help EBCE hedge its energy purchases during hot summer afternoon and evening hours, when California’s grid is under the most stress, he said.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 19, 2024

The more reserved cousin of generative artificial intelligence (AI), predictive AI uses patterns in historical data to forecast future outcomes or classify future events. However, that is starting to be overcome thanks to the wider digital transformation of the energy industry. The reward is cheaper electricity for all.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Even by the standards of the generally well-informed clean energy customers in California's Bay Area, Todd Karin is a savvy one. Karin works as a postdoctoral researcher in the energy storage and distributed resources division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Not quite full resilience.

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Bidgely

MAY 26, 2021

Learn more about how you can integrate Bidgely’s AI-powered customer profiling and segmentation capability into your operations to generate greater ROI from your AMI investment by downloading our Data Science Lab’s AI-Powered Customer Segmentation for Utilities white paper. Transforming Customer Segmentation with the Power of AI.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Solar panels, heat pumps, domestic storage, insulation and energy efficient lightbulbs set to make the building highly efficient and self-sufficient, according to developer. An increase to the UK's energy price cap from April is also set to double household energy bills for at least-three quarters of households.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 10, 2021

Getting electricity customer-generators the compensation they deserve has been a battle in many states. Could a settlement between the utility and solar advocates squash net metering conflict for good? A “Landmark Settlement” for Solar. Utilities often oppose customer-sited solar and net metering.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

Last summer’s record heat waves triggered a surge in power demand that maxed out supplies and led to outages across the West. California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. ROOT CAUSES.

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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. The stakes are particularly high because India is the world’s third largest energy consumer.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The US tech giant is linking its Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) network solution with the entertainment powerhouse’s SmartThings’ services to enable utilities a system of improved distributed energy resource management (DERMS), carbon reduction and consumer engagement.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

As countries the world over pursue net-zero goals, the power grids are at the centre of a transformation that will ultimately lead to economy-wide decarbonisation impacting almost every aspect of life, from the way we power and run our homes to how we travel and the products we purchase.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

However, these events can get us thinking about where the industry goes from here. natural gas supply network was stressed by record demand and prices. Energy Information Administration, for the 9-day stretch from February 9 through yesterday February 17, natural gas provided about 35 percent of the U.S. First, the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 14, 2020

this weekend will push California’s grid to the limits, as the state charts a course to eliminating fossil fuel power. To prepare, grid operator CAISO issued a Flex Alert , asking customers to reduce electricity consumption during the late afternoon and evening Friday as the grid copes with “near-record or record-breaking heat.”

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

Home battery storage has grown precipitously in recent years, but it still doesn’t match the scale and accessibility of a home appliance. Now, the Wyoming-based startup is preparing to ship its sleek, plug-in home battery panels in July for field tests in Australia, Europe and the U.K., A full U.S. A full U.S. kilowatts/2.2

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

SA Power Networks will be able to switch off new rooftop solar systems from Sept. Around 270,000 electricity customers in the state have rooftop solar, adding up to some 1.5 28, new solar systems in the state will need inverters with voltage ride-through capabilities, to avoid the need for disconnection.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Exceedingly few batteries actually live up to the vision of “storing clean power for when the sun isn’t shining.” The year started with AES completing the largest solar-plus-storage facility in the world for the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative. Storage comes to the South.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

After a massive heat wave in California that led grid operator CAISO to order its first rolling blackouts since the 2001 energy crisis on Friday and Saturday, the state has thus far managed to avoid further forced outages. CAISO has issued a "Flex Alert" asking Californians to conserve energy from 3 p.m. through at least Wednesday.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Sessions in this track will help attendees develop an understanding of how utilities are performing asset management activities from reactive to proactive using condition monitoring and trend evaluation. This conference will feature 12 hand-selected, timely and relevant topical tracks designed to keep your experience organized and productive.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Ford has been at the forefront of EV developments with among others its Lightning truck that is able to power a home for days at a time. The power source may be either the traction battery, any other battery source on-board the vehicle or even an external battery or an electrical generator. Programmable home insulation.

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AutoGrid

AUGUST 12, 2022

We are in the middle of peak summer season across the northern hemisphere and the electric grid is already groaning and straining under increased demand. Rolling power outages, alarming spot market energy prices, failing power plants and last minute cries for help from the grid operators, have become the norm.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 10, 2020

For years, the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been working on technologies that could turn distributed energy resources (DERs) — specifically, smart solar inverters and batteries — into tools for keeping the grid stable. The Providence, R.I.-based

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The global energy storage market quadrupled last year to 4 gigawatts of new installations and will surge to a 15-gigawatt annual market in 2024, even as system price declines slow down, according to Wood Mackenzie. where developers are increasingly pairing large-scale solar arrays with batteries.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

Investor-owned utility, Consumers Energy has proposed a $272 million investment in Michigan’s electric grid in what it said is a bid to increase reliability and prepare the grid for more renewable energy. In the second half of 2021, Consumers Energy filed a five-year, $5.4 per month.

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AutoGrid

JULY 5, 2023

What’s driving the deployment of utility-scale energy storage assets? We will focus on the opportunities for “utility-scale” or “grid-scale” energy storage in this blog. Grid-Scale Batteries Grid-scale energy storage systems include batteries, flywheels, pumped hydro, and compressed air energy storage.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Last month’s preventative power shutoffs in California highlighted the vulnerability of the electricity grid to threats exacerbated by a changing climate. But what about the mobile battery packs carried in the hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles now on the road in California? kilowatt-hour nameplate capacity.

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AutoGrid

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Cooperation Between the Utility and its Customers in a Complex Energy Landscape. The future energy landscape is a multi-leveled, interconnected topography of many diverse entities. Therefore, successful operations require cooperative business relationships between the utility electric providers, aggregators, and customers.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 17, 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.    Last week, we got in tune with power markets to set the stage for a reliable, resilient, and decarbonized grid.

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AutoGrid

JULY 24, 2023

Transmission upgrades are vital to help build the net zero carbon grid of the future by integrating large-scale solar and wind farms into the nation’s power grids. These dispatches delivered a large amount of capacity to energy markets worldwide. But building transmission lines is contentious and time-consuming.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

By Shelley Robbins, Clean Energy Group. In those states, where clean energy is now gaining a stronger foothold, valuable lessons can be found. Actions by these states to change the direction of energy policy are a powerful confirmation that clean energy is a viable, cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 13, 2021

Last year the number of residential battery systems installed in Australia increased by 20%. The rate solar system owners can earn for selling energy back to the grid (Feed in tariff) has fallen significantly in the last 2-3 years in line with decreasing wholesales prices. State-based Solar Battery Rebates.

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