Smart Energy International

MAY 25, 2022

Vistra has announced that its DeCordova battery energy storage system (BESS) in Granbury, Texas, is online and storing and releasing electricity to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid. Aerial – battery containers. Courtesy of Vistra. Project construction began in June 2021 and was finished in less than a year.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 31, 2022

The battery was installed at a substation in Bonita, California, in 2017 following a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2015 by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation and the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. Have you read?

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 11, 2021

The first phase of planning work is underway on a $75 million research and development center focused on accelerating development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost energy storage. The GSL will speed up the process considerably by doing the work needed to develop and deploy new grid storage technologies.”. 26-28 in Dallas.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It is not just a theoretical question for the future, says Risto Paldanius, director of business development for Wärtsilä’s Energy Storage and Optimization, business unit, and a long-time attendee of the conference. The desire to transition to more renewables also had to be balanced with grid stability.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at a successful Series B financing round of $20 million for a US-based platform, Amperon, that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to unlock value from grid data and enhance electricity forecasting. This will play a key role as the platform expands.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

“They are donating all of this electricity they paid highly for in subsidies to other countries, often with negative prices,” said Jussi Heikkinen, director of growth and development for the Americas at Wärtsilä, a Finnish company that manufactures battery storage and flexible gas power plants.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2021

Heatwaves are a double whammy for the electrical grid. The combination of the hot weather and the increased energy running along wires go beyond what they were built to endure. Even without extreme weather events, the power grid needs love. America’s energy infrastructure scored a C-minus on the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 29, 2021

Dresselhuys isn’t new to the energy space. In fact, he was creating technology that electric utilities could use to make their grids smarter before the words “smart grid” were well known. In 2002, he founded Silver Spring Networks, which combined IoT with big data for smart grids.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Project ViSynC combines the two forms of energy storage systems and will be connected to the Spanish transmission grid to enable ‘synchronous grid-forming’ services. Management of the hybrid storage system will be carried out through a specific control system that allows it to operate in synchronous grid-forming mode.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

Given the totemic green grid target is just 13 years away, and the decarbonisation of the grid represents the backbone of the UK's entire 2050 net zero project, it is hard to underestimate this particular mission. Moreover, for climate and energy security reasons, a net zero power grid is essentially non-negotiable.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

residential energy storage market. The Germany-based company, acquired by oil major Shell in 2019, designed its sonnenCore system to deliver daily cycling for grid services as well as backup power. grid doesn't work as well as Germany's either. customers eager to keep the lights on when the power grid fails.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Oregon-based ESS has agreed to supply SB Energy with 2 GWh of long-duration batteries, a deal reportedly worth at least $300 million. . The first ESS system has already been delivered to an SB Energy location in California as part of the deal, which extends through 2026. of Energy announced $17.9 “Historically, most U.S.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 11, 2021

Nearly 30 startups joined our community in the final quarter of 2020, working on innovations as diverse as zinc-ion batteries, long-range weather forecasts, wave energy conversion, and replacements for petrochemical plastics. This energy storage solution is low-cost, flexible, and long-duration. MANUFACTURING. TRANSPORTATION.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 16, 2021

Over the past decade, no major energy source has grown faster than solar power. According to the 2020 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity has grown at an average annual rate of over 42% over the past 10 years, translating into a doubling of global capacity every 1.7 years on average.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Shell faces internal pressure on low-carbon business commitments, and the White House releases a National Climate Resilience Framework for the US. Battery plant speed bumps As the broader energy transition can attest, it's not a simple matter of retraining workers. Energy Ventures, and Swisscom Ventures. Thanks for reading!

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Grist

MARCH 12, 2021

When Edward Bartell first learned that a lithium mine might be moving into his remote corner of northern Nevada, the longtime cattle rancher wasn’t upset. “I He knew that lithium is a key metal used in batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid, and he knew the United States is going to need a lot of it to transition off fossil fuels.

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 24, 2023

Extreme weather events, cybersecurity threats and volatility in energy markets at all levels puts intense strain on America’s power grid. Virtual power plants (VPP) are an important tool to secure the resiliency of this critical system. What is a VPP, you ask?

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