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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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Sungrow VPP project to support ailing South African power grid

Smart Energy International

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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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

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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Open-source AI to protect power grids from DER fluctuations

Smart Energy International

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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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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EPICS global research centre for 100% renewable power grids launched in US

Smart Energy International

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. The UK team, which includes the universities of Strathclyde, Edinburgh and Newcastle, is led by Mark O’Malley, professor of power systems at Imperial College. Have you read?

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New digital twin reference library to further decentralise power grids

Smart Energy International

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. The Digital Twin Consortium Technology Showcase is now open!