Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

One often overlooked piece, states Bernard Salha, group technical director and R&D director for French energy giant EDF, might be found in nuclear power. Although the volume of renewable energy sources coming online is an accolade worth touting, the issue behind intermittency persists. Join Enlit Europe in Paris.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon capture and storage are likely to be required to deliver a fully decarbonised energy system.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ameren, Evergy, Hawaiian Electric, LCRA (Lower Colorado River Authority), SCE (Southern California Edison), SDG&E (San Diego Gas & Electric), Southern Company and Xcel Energy are among the growing number of utilities that are implementing 3GPP-based private wireless networks in support of grid modernisation programs.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

Managing power grid complexity: The 5 biggest priorities for utilities in 2024 Energy Transitions Podcast: Accelerating decarbonised power generation at scale Notable expansion of the data centre sector also is likely, with consumption from data centres, AI and the cryptocurrency sector potentially doubling by 2026.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

” At the same time, Crane noted the company is “in the middle of trying to work through legislative strategy in Illinois” that would offer its nuclear power plants in the state an alternative path to earning capacity market revenue that is seen as a critical component of their future financial viability.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Grid technology company Reactive Technologies has launched Tradenergy, a software tool and analytics platform with the aim of providing short-term energy traders real-time insights into grid events such as generation or interconnector trips. Have you read: European merit order energy trading: Obsolete?

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

That’s the assessment of major environmental organizations based in South Korea and Japan, whose representatives told DeSmog that rather than increasing east and southeast Asia’s dependance on an economically volatile and planet-warming energy source it would be much better for the region to shift from coal directly into renewables.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 10, 2022

Energy Information Administration (EIA) says nearly half of planned capacity additions in 2022 will be solar energy resources. power grid this year. GW (11%) to come from energy storage projects. EIA said it expects 46.1 GW of new utility-scale generating capacity to be added to the U.S. Around 21.5 Around 21.5

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Utility Dominion Energy is planning a major shift toward renewable energy and batteries as it looks to comply with Virginia's ambitious new clean energy law. gigawatts of energy storage over the next 15 years. Credit: Dominion Energy). Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Government touts RAB funding model as 'win-win' for climate and consumers, but pushing upfront costs onto energy bills could prove controversial. The new financing rules are likely to provide a major boost for EDF's hopes of building a £20bn nuclear power plant at Sizewell C in Essex.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

clean energy sectors showed strong resilience in 2020, continuing a decade-long growth trend, BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) find in their annual joint report. Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8%

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 24, 2023

A Reliable Power Grid is a Lifesaver If there’s one thing to be thankful for, it’s that we don’t suffer many blackouts in Phoenix. I have never been without power for an extended period in my home. power plant. power plant. and the 2nd largest of any U.S. and the 2nd largest of any U.S.

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Vote Solar

AUGUST 17, 2017

And when it moves across California, this rare celestial event will shine light on the fact that our increasingly clean energy mix can reliably meet the power needs of the world’s sixth largest economy. California is building a 21st century clean energy system that’s better for our communities, our economy and our planet.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The project is part of the federal grid expansion plan that aims to increase the grid’s capacity and prepare it for better integration of renewable energy. Along its route, there is already significantly more energy produced from wind power and photovoltaic plants than is needed locally. Signing of the loan.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

Expanding green energy capacity across the UK would deliver a "bonanza" of job and levelling-up opportunities, with renewable and low carbon energy able to support up to five times more secure and skilled jobs than fossil gas power, according to fresh research today from Green Alliance.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

National Grid views subsea interconnector power cables as crucial to delivering a net zero energy system, as they allow the UK to trade clean electricity with neighbouring countries by exporting power during periods of excess generation, and vice versa.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Longtime transmission guru Carl Zichella once called the American electric grid the “most complicated machine we’ve ever built”, and with $1T of IRA-driven renewable investments in the pipeline, it’s only going to get more complex. In other locations, grids stretch across international borders.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 24, 2021

But what if an attack like this happens again and it affects our power grid? Peak Energy Usage. Whether you use gas or another source of electricity to power your home, you are probably aware that your consumption (and your energy bills) has two seasonal peaks. Energy Storage is Key. In the summer, U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The real time energy monitoring app, which is provided by Finnish smart tech specialist Wärtsilä, reveals that Germany hit 58 per cent renewable generation throughout May as a share of total electricity supply, while the UK averaged a 48 per cent renewables share. Solar generation also set a new record in May, delivering 11.5

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

Last week, 37 employees of state grid operator NYISO — 33 grid operators and managers, plus two facilities workers and two food service staff — volunteered to sequester themselves at the state’s two grid control centers near the state capitol, Albany. Grid operators can’t be replaced easily.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2021

will lay the foundations for a flexibility platform encompassing centralized and decentralized assets — the latest step in the country's push to enlist distributed energy resources (DERs) at grand scale to balance an increasingly renewable-powered grid. Conflict control across the grid. DNOs in the U.K.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 19, 2020

gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity, to meet its share of a statewide procurement that must be brought online by late next year to assure statewide grid stability. PG&E’s major projects include a 300-megawatt/1,200-megawatt-hour project by Vistra Energy and a 182.5-megawatt/730-megawatt-hour

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Although the proposed ‘all-source’ procurement would allow existing natural gas-fired peaker plants to compete, it could also open a massive new market for renewable energy, energy storage, demand response and other preferred alternatives to fossil fuels. and Ventura counties.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 9, 2022

Engineers, whether working on energy grids or power generation or resource exploitation, are building and maintaining the networks and systems which will be the targets of future ICS malware. Exploration of energy sector significance. Energy plays a critical role in the dynamics of international geopolitics.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hydrogen Economy” report forecasts that hydrogen from low-carbon sources could supply roughly 14 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050, including hard-to-electrify sectors now dependent on natural gas such as high-heat industrial processes or manufacturing fertilizer. The “Roadmap to a U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Last week’s article focused on the nine key elements of Joe Biden’s plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice. power sector by 2035. million new energy efficient homes.”. million new energy efficient homes.”. Energy efficiency will help, but in 2019 the U.S. power grid by 2050.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

EV charging station providers and governments must ensure a widespread, inclusive, and transparent charging network where green energy is used, writes Polestar's Fredrika Klaren. Renewables and clean energy has been notably absent from the discussion so far. But how green are the energy sources powering our EVs?

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

The San Francisco-based utility is emerging from bankruptcy with a massive debt load that could make it harder to raise the tens of billions of dollars of investment needed to prevent its power grid from causing more devastating wildfires. PG&E plans to invest about $40 billion over the next five years into its power grid.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2022

Investors eye major role for hydrogen in decarbonising UK's gas and energy system after deal valuing business at £9.6bn. National Grid's 7,660-kilometre transmission system plays a critical role in the UK energy landscape, transporting the gas needed to heat homes and power industry and electricity generation.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

Despite market turbulence brought by the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 proved to be a formative year for India’s clean energy transition. The government held creative auctions designed to facilitate adding greater amounts of intermittent renewables on the grid. It is impossible to ignore the role of coal.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

To that end, the government yesterday unveiled a new 'Build Back Better' council made up of 30 business leaders covering a range of sectors, from energy and retail to hospitality, finance, and aviation with a view to helping shape the UK's coronavirus recovery plans. Nuclear power is essential," he told MPs.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

To become energy secure and genuinely resilient from volatile fossil fuel prices, the UK must accelerate its transition to a zero-carbon energy system, writes Nick Molho, from the Aldersgate Group. Their price will vary depending on international changes to energy supply and demand as well as major economic and political events.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

The long-running debate over whether biomass energy can deliver promised emissions savings has been reignited this morning, after fresh analysis from think tank Ember warned plans for the UK's largest biomass with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) plant could undermine the UK's net zero transition and land the taxpayer with a hefty bill.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2024

Covid and inflation can take a share of the blame, but EDF's failure to deliver on a timeline and budget that has already been revised multiple times will have a significant knock on impact for the UK's climate, energy security, and even economic strategies. Where does this leave Labour's clean power plans?

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

The Biden administration’s goal is to have a carbon emissions-free grid by 2035. will need to nearly triple its 2020 growth rate for the grid to be 80% powered by clean energy by 2030. (As The foundation of this transition is a dramatic change in the electric grid itself. One recent study found that the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Georgia Power owns an additional 120 MW of utility-scale solar projects at Georgia military bases, located at Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, Fort Stewart, and SUBASE Kings Bay. Hardin Solar Energy Center Facility - Hardin, OH. Most of the energy generated by the project goes to bp through a power purchase agreement.

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