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Reactive Technologies: Pinpointing the Inertia of Renewable-Powered Grids

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Getting to 100 percent clean energy presents power grid operators with a major problem: what to do about inertia. Reactive Technologies says its novel technology for measuring this critical aspect of grid stability can help them find answers. pilot project , and many other technology providers are pursuing.

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Europe’s grid is receiving record levels of investment. But is it enough?

Smart Energy International

Reflecting on a week of record finance results from German and Dutch utilities, Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column sees Yusuf Latief discuss grid investment plans and whether they are indicative of grid planning finally going right. Germany’s 50Hertz is looking to invest €20.7 invested €5.2 invested €5.2

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Sungrow VPP project to support ailing South African power grid

Smart Energy International

Solar solutions provider Sungrow has signed a supply agreement with French renewable energy group EDF Renewables to provide liquid-cooled energy storage systems and MV transformers for the Umoyilanga project in South Africa which, once connected to the grid, will help alleviate impacts of the country’s power crisis.

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Green hydrogen — made by splitting water’s hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources — is a small fish in the "energies pond." Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles. Arlene Karidis. Wed, 07/15/2020 - 01:00.

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Consumers Energy invests $100m into Michigan power grid reliability

Smart Energy International

Consumers Energy has announced plans for a $100 million investment to reduce the frequency and length of power outages. And as weather becomes more severe, Michigan needs a power grid that’s more reliable and resilient. “The HVD system is the backbone of our power grid.

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Strengthening Puerto Rico’s power grid

Smart Energy International

As hurricanes threaten, Puerto Rico utilities are shoring up their defences using a PNNL-devised planning tool called the Electrical Grid Resilience and Assessment System (EGRASS), writes Nick Hennen from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. How EGRASS helps prepare for hurricanes.

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Dublin battery system to support the Irish power grid

Smart Energy International

In a bid to support Irish grid stability, Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has opened a major battery plant at its Poolbeg site in Dublin, which will add 75MW/150MWh of fast-acting energy storage. No electricity system can operate without a backup. In Ireland this has traditionally been provided by fossil fuel generation.