Smart Energy International

MARCH 15, 2024

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. billion, highlighting the role of the grid in minimising economic loss.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

But a global shortage of components and skills means efforts to meet climate targets will go down to the wire From next year, engineers will need to roll out more than 100km (62 miles) of electric cabling every day until 2040 if the government hopes to power the UK towards its climate goals, according to new data.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

The technologies, which can be integrated into existing wind turbine control systems, are aimed to address the two major issues identified with the rapid growth of wind farms globally – namely power system frequency control and forced oscillations, which can cause widespread disruption over entire power grids.

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POWER Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2024

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Avangrid said the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind installation sent electricity to the power grid for the first time late on Jan. The companies […] The post Vineyard Wind Delivers First Power to New England Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 16, 2024

million) to municipal energy supplier Thüringer Energie AG (TEAG) to upgrade and digitise the electricity grid in Thuringia, Germany. The overarching goal is to ensure a reliable and safe power supply in Thuringia as demand for electricity grows. The financing forms part of a larger, €4.3 billion ($4.6

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Even without carbon pricing, wind power is set to be 40 per cent cheaper than gas-fired power in Alberta and Ontario by 2030. Our analysis also explores the costs of using battery storage to complement wind and solar power, finding that, even with storage included, both are still highly cost-competitive.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

14 and 15, the California electric grid operator made the incredibly rare decision to proactively shut off parts of the electricity grid, resulting in limited rolling blackouts affecting businesses and homes throughout the state. 15, resulted in an electric grid unable to meet customer demand. Bryn Baker.

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Global Renewable News

MARCH 22, 2022

Highlights NJ-Based.

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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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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This means that in the event of a heatwave, a spike in electricity use would ultimately test the power grid’s ability to meet supply with demand, potentially resulting in summer brownouts or blackouts. These concerns make it difficult for the grid to fully rely on renewables.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

According to the startup, with the popularity and commissioning of renewable energy rising globally, the role of energy storage and flexible demand will be crucial, necessitating the balance of consumption and production of electricity to ensure grid stability. million electricity customers and approximately 2 million gas customers.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 10, 2024

with the only downtime attributed to a 3rd party power outage. Since Eavor-Lite does not produce electricity, a power loss triggers an emergency shutdown. Outside of those trials, the system reliability is at 99.6% Performance of open hole completion The multilateral sections of an Eavor-Loop system are uncased.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Duke Energy will build new smart grid software and services on AWS and expand its Intelligent Grid Services – a suite of custom-built applications that help the utility anticipate future energy demand and identify where and how to update the power grid. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The comments, contained in a draft report on Aemo’s main blueprint for the national electricity market, come a day after New South Wales faced its first grid strains of the summer.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 19, 2020

limiting the electricity available for import from other states, which California has relied on during previous heat-driven peaks. Several out-of-state power grids also reported emergency conditions on Monday and Tuesday. This indicates the potential for battery-equipped solar customers to help in offering grid support.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

With UK energy security making headlines, National Grid has this week announced that its latest 450-mile subsea cable has started commercial operations after six years of development. Similarly, the UK will be able to import hydroelectric power from Noway when electricity demand is high and domestic generation is low, it explained.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Over the past decade, a new class of digital power electronics has emerged that can shape, shift and control the flow of electricity on the power grid in ways never before seen. Perhaps the UK, which has set far more ambitious green goals for its island grid, may be a better fit?

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

To begin, the Southeast and Atlantic South regions have almost double the electricity usage per customer, due to two factors, Snider said: "the climate and the appliance saturation.". This difference is mainly due to the Southeast’s reliance on electricity rather than natural gas for heating air and water in buildings, Snider explained.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Green energy solutions such as solar and wind power can power modern industries.   Solar Power:  The process of making electricity from sunlight is called solar energy. A factory can use sunlight to generate electricity.  The fans in these turbines are called wind turbines.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 17, 2023

With the continued growth of renewable energy sources, traditional methods of electricity metering are becoming less effective. Unlike traditional power sources, renewable sources such as solar and wind power are intermittent, which means that they do not produce a consistently reliable output.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Real-world examples of data analytics and predictive maintenance in the energy industry Data analytics and predictive maintenance are already being used in the energy industry to improve the performance of smart grids. The technology’s predictive capabilities have significantly reduced the occurrence of faults in the electricity grid.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

The government has set out the UK's plans to accelerate the charging network rollout to help transition to zero emission vehicles, committing to 300,000 public electric vehicle (EV) charge points by 2030. But how green are the energy sources powering our EVs? But how green are the energy sources powering our EVs?

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

CPS now gets about 22 percent of its electricity from about 1,000 megawatts of wind power and about 500 megawatts of solar , with natural gas making up 46 percent of its remaining portfolio and coal-fired power another 18 percent.

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Better Ventures

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Yet only 6% of our economy runs on electricity today, and most of that electricity is generated from fossil fuels. The good news is that clean electricity now costs less than dirty electricity and it’s fast approaching half of the cost. We need it to run our electric future. The New York Times , 2023.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The feed-in into the power grid for power supply consists of conventional energy sources, such as nuclear-, coal- and gas power, as well as renewable energy sources. This means the remaining demand for electricity that cannot be covered by wind and solar power. Electricity demand is never steady.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The feed-in into the power grid for power supply consists of conventional energy sources, such as nuclear-, coal- and gas power, as well as renewable energy sources. This means the remaining demand for electricity that cannot be covered by wind and solar power. Electricity demand is never steady.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2021

National Grid confirms its second electricity link to France is now operating at full capacity providing a further boost to decarbonisation efforts. With a capacity of 1,000MW, the new high voltage direct current (HVDC) power cable can provide enough energy to power 1 million British homes and is expected to meet 1.2

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Sunny and breezy weather coupled with lower demand for power due to lockdown prompted negative electricity prices on Sunday. Such changes to the way in which the UK power grid operates and electricity is consumed highlights the profound and rapid changes to the energy system as the economy decarbonises in pursuit of net zero emissions.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The company's software allows the campuses to operate as Controllable Load Resources to the electrical grid, replacing reliability products often provided by fossil fuel plants. The study found that adding data center load to the grid incentivizes additional deployment of wind and solar energy.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing Dutch-German TSO TenneT with a loan of €450 million ($440 million) for the construction of a 185km electricity transmission corridor — the Ostbayernring — connecting Redwitz to Schwandorf in the south-east of Germany.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 10, 2022

power grid this year. GW (17%) from wind additions. The agency says another 5% of the country’s planned electric capacity additions in 2022 will come from two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. EIA said it expects 46.1 GW of new utility-scale generating capacity to be added to the U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2021

Hugh McNeal, chief executive of trade body RenewableUK, therefore welcomed the Planning Inspectorate's "landmark" decision to grant approval for the Hornsea Three project, which he said would help maintain the UK's global lead in offshore wind. year on record for Britain's #electricity system, with #wind ???and and #solar ??records

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In the European Union, the rate of electricity generation from renewable energy sources amounted to 38%, ahead of fossil fuels (37%), and nuclear energy (25%). Consequently, the growth of the RES share in final electricity consumption was also much weaker (+8 vs. +17 percentage points). An engine for change. the investor of D?bsk

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The decision also adopted a 35 million metric ton (MMT) electric sector greenhouse gas emission (GHG) planning target. The commission said that three load serving entities already have included around 300 MW of offshore wind in their integrated resource plans.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Prime Minister takes swipe at 'people used to sneer at wind power 20 years ago' in speech that majors on green economy ambitions. The long-awaited Energy White Paper setting out the government's road map to net zero power and heating is also thought to be imminent. Well, they forgot the history of this country. "But

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