POWER Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

There are numerous articles and studies warning of the fragile nature of America’s electric grid. The vulnerabilities will only become more apparent as we continue to undergo a fundamental shift in how The post Perfect Storm for the Grid: Convergence of Energy Growth and Policy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

An energy storage project in Southern California will provide resource adequacy (RA) and ancillary services to the state’s power grid, adding more reliability and resiliency for electricity in the California […] The post Energy Storage Project Announced to Serve California Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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POWER Magazine

DECEMBER 29, 2023

To understand what the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is, it helps to understand how the North American electric power system is configured. appeared first on POWER Magazine. The contiguous U.S. is comprised of […] The post What Is ERCOT and What Does It Do?

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POWER Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Electricity demands are rising, but aging infrastructure, understaffed energy organizations, and shifting trends make it challenging to fulfill those needs. […] The post 5 Ways Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Help Solve the Power Load Challenge appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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POWER Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) PG&E) and its remote grid program received an honorable mention in the Energy category of Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards. Winners were announced […] The post PG&E Recognized for Remote Grid Program appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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POWER Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2024

The increasing threat of seasonal grid failures is a significant concern for energy systems. Failures occur when the demand for electricity surges during certain times, straining the current grids. The […] The post What Needs to Be Done to Prevent Seasonal Grid Failures? appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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POWER Magazine

JUNE 13, 2024

SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index) and SAIFI (System Average Interruption Frequency Index) are widely used reliability indices that measure the performance of power distribution systems. Power Distribution System Reliability Has Declined Over the Past Decade: How to Make It Better appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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POWER Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It powers our phones, homes, offices, and transportation. As our energy consumption has evolved, so too has our electricity system to adapt to […] The post The Clean Energy Balancing Act appeared first on POWER Magazine. Energy is the lifeblood of our economy.

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POWER Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

North American electric utilities continue to grapple with the challenge of managing behind-the-meter distributed energy resources (DERs), according to the results of a survey of utility decision-makers published Feb.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Gas-insulated electrical switchgear is one of the few applications that still uses sulphur hexafluoride. A synthetic, odourless gas, SF6 is used to keep grid networks running safely and reliably, accounting for around 80% of its global use*.

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POWER Magazine

MARCH 13, 2024

Scientists who maintain the world’s temperature records, which date back to 1880, calculate a global temperature anomaly each year to determine how much temperatures have changed compared to temperatures from […] The post How Utilities Are Planning for Extreme Weather Events and Mitigating Risks appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. Tom Christensen writes. How to stabilise energy delivery.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

These include further research and development into innovative technologies for emissions reduction, the decarbonization of local power grids and regulatory certainty, including fair and stable royalties and long-term mining licenses.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

According to Bloomberg, January 2021 saw the latest in a series of near misses for the European power grid, a sudden drop in frequency and narrowly avoided widespread power failure. It is possible to see a future where almost all of Europe’s electricity comes from climate-friendly energy sources. Software for stability.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

The winners include Skyports Deliveries, who will use drones to improve island-to-island connectivity in the Orkney Islands, and Electric Assisted Vehicles, who are developing a four-wheel, electrically assisted lightweight delivery vehicle to help reduce road emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2021

Our new financial and strategic partners will help drive a step change in the delivery of our services to system operators globally, accelerating our ability to enable power grids around the world to rapidly decarbonise and meet their net zero objectives.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

Solar panels offer a way to generate electricity without emitting any greenhouse gases, making them a crucial part of the solution to this global problem. Unlike fossil fuels, which are finite and release harmful emissions when burned, solar panels use the sun’s energy to generate electricity without producing any pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Coupled with the increased usage of renewable energy to fulfil electricity requirements, these energy efficiency gains can help IT operations in Europe to substantially decrease their carbon footprint. The report also provides an overview of how data centres can play a role in helping integrate renewables into European electricity grids.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

4 times and electric vehicle (EV) sales will need to grow over sixfold by 2030 from current levels. offshore wind transport vessels or grid transformers) that are costly and have long lead times. 1 Achieving this would need wind and solar capacity to increase 2.5-4

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

Improving the efficiency of the existing hydropower infrastructure will lead to more flexibility on the power grid. This is crucial considering the increasing amounts of renewables being integrated into the electricity system. Another smart and cost-effective upgrade is investing in IIoT sensors.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2022

A key focus for developers is to plan the siting of charging stations, keeping in mind the traffic routes, land usage and existing power grids. Sustainability projects also offer the potential for higher remuneration, says the report.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 19, 2023

Smithsonian Magazine has a small snapshot of what’s been going on as temperatures rise. “In “Looking to the future, we can expect global warming to continue and hence temperature records to be broken increasingly frequently, unless we rapidly act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero.”

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

HDF Energy’s plan is to produce the infrastructure required for low-carbon H2 and non-intermittent renewable electrical power in 30 countries worldwide on top of the production of hydrogen fuel cells in France. This way, it would be able to supply a renewable electricity baseload to power grid operators.

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AutoGrid

MAY 3, 2023

This year, in the Sustainability/Energy category, the magazine is honoring AutoGrid’s customer CLP Power , the utility serving Hong Kong. Missions” Critical In the face of July 2021’s extreme heatwave, CLP Power’s Energy-Saving Missions program was able to curtail power consumption across 600,000 Hong Kong households.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

– CEO and Co-Founder, GRID Alternatives During the 2001 California energy crisis, Erica Mackie, a mechanical engineer, along with Tim Sears, had a vision for free, clean, solar-driven electricity that would be practical and accessible for the low-income communities that needed it the most. The outcomes were often tragic.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 30, 2018

But big companies and startups alike are exploring how blockchain could change everything from contracts, corporate compliance, and auditing to digital identity and voting, supply chain tracking, and even building a smart, carbon-free electric grid. Or how to build a zero-carbon grid and tackle climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

The CEQ was less sure about the role carbon capture should play in electricity generation, writing that it “may also play an important role in decarbonizing the global power sector.” Petra Nova has been mothballed since May 2020 because it is uneconomic,” POWER Magazine, a trade publication, reported in late June.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Europe's second-largest coal power operator PGE is planning to ditch fossil fuels altogether, unveiling a transformation plan on Monday to become a 100 per cent renewable electricity company by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Credit: Modern Electrics/Hathi Trust While researching the economics of clean energy innovation , I came across a little-known story: that of Canadian inventor George Cove, one of the world’s first renewable energy entrepreneurs. Credit: Technical World Magazine/wiki I can’t say with certainty if vested interests were behind it.

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