Science Daily: Renewable Energy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Power grids -- the web of electrical networks that sprawl across countries and continents -- are under stress. Although these high-impact events can be very damaging, often overlooked is the impact of minor disruptions that trigger a domino effect throughout the system, according to a study analyzing European power blackouts.

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POWER Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2023

While power outages are not uncommon in the U.S., However, this summer marks the 20th anniversary of […] The post Power Grid Investments Improve Reliability and Make Blackouts Less Likely appeared first on POWER Magazine. widespread blackouts that last more than a couple of hours are pretty rare.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Also, the virtual power plant technology will be configured to achieve long-distance cross-regional energy coordinated dispatch, improve regional power supply stability, and meet the power grid’s needs.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 1, 2024

Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed open-source AI algorithms to protect grids from random fluctuations introduced by variable renewables. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

With the worst of winter weather arguably still ahead of us, John Humble of grid voltage experts Fundamentals explores how intelligent risk management, targeted maintenance and better communication across our networks are critical for preparing our power grids to keep the lights on. That’s not necessarily so.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

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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Jim Conca

JULY 7, 2021

Heat waves are stressing the electrical grid in the Pacific Northwest, making regional system operators prepare for rolling blackouts. Fortunately, we have tools to cope, including hydro and nuclear power, and demand response where you just ask big users to please not use any power for a while.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Rolls-Royce has supplied three mtu EnergyPacks to system integrator Eigen Energy in Singapore to integrate more renewable energy and offset peak electricity loads on the power grid.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

Japan’s Hitachi has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in ABB Power Grids worth up to $7.8 billion, creating a new business aimed at tackling the renewable and distributed energy frontiers of the power industry. percent stake in the venerable power grids unit of the Swiss-Swedish engineering giant.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) centre has been launched at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, MD in the US. Thrust 2 is aimed to find ways to accommodate wind, solar and storage resources into the grid and leverage these inverter-based resources’ flexibility for ancillary services.

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Renew Economy

MAY 22, 2022

Offshore wind energy in Germany is being used to stabilise the country's electricity system in case of grid fluctuations. The post Offshore wind farm balancing German power grid in green energy “milestone” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Canary Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For the past two decades, demand for electricity across the United States has hardly increased. electric utilities, regulators and power grid planners aren’t prepared to deal with this new paradigm of surging electricity demand. But those dynamics appear to have dramatically reversed — and U.S. That’s the key…

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Financial Times: Energy

MARCH 12, 2024

The climate crisis demands good data that measures the footprint of high electricity users

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POWER Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2024

power grid is in need of an upgrade and the federal government knows it. Much of the electric grid was built in the 1960s and 1970s, according to a paper published by the U.S. Electric Grid to Meet the Nation’s Growing Power Needs appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

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.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2019

As renewable energy sources move mainstream, electricity generation and distribution systems are getting an extreme makeover.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

billion in funding today to upgrade the US’s aging electric grid, the largest investment to date in the grid. Stressed power grids need the money badly, both to prevent blackouts and bring more clean energy online. Stressed power grids need the money badly “Much of [the grid] was built nearly a century ago.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Report says sensible – and smart – policies will support the huge new load on the power system as Australia transitions to battery-electric cars. . The post Will the mass uptake of EVs blow up the power grid? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

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. An increasingly valuable measurement for clean-powered grids.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 27, 2023

The Digital Twin Consortium (DTC) – which aims to drive development of the digital tech – has announced a reference library of use cases and case studies, including use of digital twins as a tool to decentralise power grids.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Electricity is the lifeblood of modern society, powering everything from our homes to our industries. However, as our reliance on electricity has grown, so too has the complexity of our power grids. This is where harmonic filters come in, as they are the secret to a healthy power grid.

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TechXplore

APRIL 4, 2024

The Gulf Coast of the United States is often hit by tropical cyclones (TCs), hurricanes and other extreme weather phenomena, which can cause widespread electricity outages. Climate change and global warming are expected to increase the risk of these events occurring, which could significantly disrupt activities in the area.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2024

In today’s distributed energy system, managing power grid complexity is challenging. But grid operators are often handling these changes with an ageing infrastructure that wasn’t built with a distributed energy system in mind. This puts enormous pressure on power generation,transmission and the distribution network.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Those three technologies don't solve the entire problem of climate change, but they are the workhorses that will power a broader, multi-sector decarbonization approach. The power sector itself is around a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions. The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2022

The energy provider will make significant upgrades to its high voltage distribution (HVD) system in an effort to make the power grid more reliable for Consumers Energy’s electric customers in the state of Michigan, US. And as weather becomes more severe, Michigan needs a power grid that’s more reliable and resilient.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 3, 2023

One lesson to learn from Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s power infrastructure is that electricity coming almost exclusively from a national operator over the grid can prove to be the Achilles’ heel for a country.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 11, 2024

The project is predicated on the need to better adapt the grid to the changing conditions of the electricity market with growing renewable energies and for example new energy efficiency regulations. Have you read?

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Canary Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Maine is considering new kinds of electric rates to encourage more widespread home adoption of electric-vehicle chargers and heat pumps while easing the strain these technologies add to the power grid. Central Maine Power, the larger of the state’s two… This story was first published by Energy News Network.

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TechXplore

MARCH 8, 2024

Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft might quickly move passengers over mountains or float them across urbanscapes. But first, an important consideration for these flying batteries is where they will charge and whether the existing power grid infrastructure can accommodate this demand.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries. This week, I've been thinking a lot about electric vehicle batteries and the massive potential for battery recycling and reuse. Electric Vehicles. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 09/02/2020 - 01:30. Transportation & Mobility. Circular Economy.

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FuelCellsWorks

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Nine new projects will add more clean electricity from hydrogen and reduce emissions. HALTON HILLS – The Ontario government is investing $5.9 million in nine new projects that will integrate hydrogen.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Estimates of costs to build small modular nuclear reactors – a technology supported by the Coalition but not expected to be commercially available until at least 2030 – have risen dramatically and would provide the most expensive power, according to the draft GenCost report.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Latest update from Drax Electric Insights confirms renewables supplied 40 per cent of UK power during the third quarter of the year

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

IEC 61850 has developed to become the central foundation for the automation and management of decentralised renewables-based electric grids.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

IEC 61850 has developed to become the central foundation for the automation and management of decentralised renewables-based electric grids.

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NRDC onEarth

JUNE 15, 2023

Midwest states are already leading on clean energy, but achieving their goals depends on the power grid's readiness. We need the electricity system to catch up.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a 2020 investment into electrical equipment company Arteche comes to a close, the Europe’s Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a new loan agreement with the company, doubling down on its research and innovation expertise. The deal sees €29 million ($31.9 In 2020, the two announced financing of €27 million ($29.7

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