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The many faces of energy resilience

GreenBiz

The many faces of energy resilience. Resilience" is a powerful word in 2020. Thinking about the idea of resilience as it relates to equity and energy systems merely as the ability to keep the lights on, however, is missing a powerful opportunity to right the scales of justice. On resilience. Michelle Moore. Do justice.

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SDG&E unveils innovative microgrids in grid resilience bid

Smart Energy International

The four microgrid and energy storage sites will help address surging energy demands in the San Diego region, especially during hot summer days and the peak evening hours when solar power generation typically diminishes and there is a significant strain on the grid.

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California’s PG&E tapped 8,500 residential batteries for grid resilience

Smart Energy International

Batteries enrolled in the programme retain enough energy to meet personal, essential needs in the event of a local power outage in their area. In exchange, customers received an upfront payment of $750 and a free smart thermostat for participating.

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Infrastructure and resiliency set to accelerate smart water systems uptake – study

Smart Energy International

The result of this, however, is a rising demand for smart water systems to integrate into smart city-esque infrastructure to bolster resilience against such events; so states a new research report. Extreme rainfall and flooding are no longer a spectacle, but rather unfortunately another newspaper headline.

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3 Ways to Boost Grid Resilience During Heat Waves

AutoGrid

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). For example, in Texas, AutoGrid has so far helped one municipal utility shed 54 MW during 63 separate events.

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Targeting grid resilience with digitalisation

Smart Energy International

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.

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Data-Driven Personalization Delivers Targeted Customer Participation in Peak Events

Bidgely

Recognizing that this mindset is driving consumer behavior is particularly important as the utility industry increasingly needs the partnership of their consumers to participate in peak events and otherwise help alleviate peaks on the grid. Avoiding Peak Event Fatigue. Personalizing Peak Events. Please use less.”.