Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

As countries the world over pursue net-zero goals, the power grids are at the centre of a transformation that will ultimately lead to economy-wide decarbonisation impacting almost every aspect of life, from the way we power and run our homes to how we travel and the products we purchase. Grid resilience and reliability.

Energy Monitor 97

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Resilience 97

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In its biggest investment in the nation’s grid, the White House announced a $3.46 billion investment for 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability, invest in microgrids and enable more renewable energy generation across America.

Energy Monitor 59

Energy Monitor Resilience Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 59

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

These models aim to help eliminate network monitoring blind spots in stress-testing grid resilience and improve severe weather response while reducing reliance on manual field surveys.

Business Energy Monitoring 69

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Resilience 69

Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

Increasing transfer capability between regions may help to support greater grid resilience, the organisations said, particularly following extreme weather events and the influx of renewable generation resources with intermittent output.

Resilience 52

Resilience Power grid Organic Investment 52

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million for 15 projects across 11 states meant to improve the reliability, resiliency, and flexibility of the domestic power grid through the research and development of next-generation semiconductor technologies.

Power grid 110

Power grid Resilience Technology Electricity 110

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

At the start of the summer, the North American Energy Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued a warning that two-thirds of North America would be at risk of energy shortfalls during periods of extreme demand. This enables a more environmentally prudent supply of electricity to meet peak power loads, while also containing costs.

Energy 105

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Demand 105

Smart Energy International

MAY 2, 2024

The report, focussed on potential opportunities for AI in the grid, finds that AI is able to improve grid planning, permitting, operations and reliability and resilience as well to advance the broader transition to a clean energy economy. Anticipating system anomalies to avoid disruption.

Building Energy Monitoring 64

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 64

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Consumers Energy and DTE Energy have filed five year grid modernisation with the Michigan Public Service Commission (PSC) to improve reliability. More resilient. of the time, but we still have work to do to create a more resilient power grid that provides customers with the reliability they expect and deserve.”

Energy Monitor 105

Energy Monitor Resilience Natural gas Power grid 105

Smart Energy International

MAY 25, 2022

Solano County, California, and renewable energy services provider ENGIE North America, have broken ground on a $41 million new energy infrastructure upgrade programme as part of a sustainability alliance. “Solano County currently relies heavily on the power grid, and our rates went up eight percent this year,” added Greve.

Sustainability 96

Sustainability Energy Energy North America 96

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 16, 2023

An advanced metering infrastructure should improve the operation of the electricity system, as well as the metrics and situational awareness of the company and customers to address security issues and irregular situations during future weather events. Have you read?

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Resilience 52

Smart Energy International

MAY 28, 2022

The panel was moderated by Clarion Event’s VP of Energy Content, David Wagman and took place during the DISTRIBUTECH and POWERGEN International leadership summit in Dallas, Texas on May 23. Matevosyan said the extreme weather event that hit Texas during February 2021 could not have been predicted and planned for.

Resilience 98

Resilience Power grid Education Technology 98

Smart Energy International

MAY 26, 2022

Neara aims to solve the greatest issues faced by utilities, including an increasingly unstable climate, extreme weather events and commitments to scale up renewable energy generation. This post was originally published on Power-Grid International in light of DISTRIBUTECH 2022. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

Power grid 98

Power grid Investment Climate change Resilience 98

Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Recent power outages in North America offer us an opportunity to reflect on the importance of reliable access to electricity. Extreme weather events are the leading cause of power outages. In October millions of people in California endured protracted power outages. Subscribe in a reader

Fossil fuels 45

Fossil fuels North America Climate change Power grid 45

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This is why we’ve designed our fully digital substations at One Energy to be secure, digital, resilient, embrace real-time condition monitoring, and survive every conceivable weather event.” Measures were also taken to increase the substation’s safety and resilience.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Resilience 52

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If approved, Entergy says its plan will: Invest $1 billion in the grid over 10 years in two, 5-year phases Cut outage times by more than half and save customers millions of dollars Upgrade thousands of poles to withstand 150 mph winds Harden 650 miles (1046km) of power lines Have you read: How can Canada meet net-zero goals?

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Power grid Investment Batteries 52

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 29, 2023

In a statement, CEO of Hawaiian Electric, Shelee Kimura acknowledged that there are “important lessons to be learned” from the tragic event, and urged the public to embrace the Hawaiian spirit of “collective strength and unity of our community.” Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published on Power Grid.

Electricity 98

Electricity Power grid Resilience North America 98

Smart Energy International

MAY 18, 2022

The BlockEnergy solar-plus-energy storage microgrid aims to enable increased operability, security, and grid resilience to mitigate extreme weather and other events that can impact electric utility grid uptime.

Home Energy Monitoring 52

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 52

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2023

Modeling grid operations Form Energy and Xcel Energy collaborated on extensive modeling with Formware, Form Energy’s investment and operational modeling tool for power grids. Both projects are expected to come online as early as 2025.

Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Batteries Power grid 52

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

California is becoming a poster child for the risks utilities face from climate change, from power lines starting wildfires to heat waves forcing increasingly renewable-powered grids to the brink of system collapse.

Climate change 130

Climate change Startups North America Global warming 130

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As part of Louisiana’s newly announced energy resilience initiative, Hubs for Resilient Energy Operations (HERO), The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will create Community Resilience Hubs and undertake a project meant to enhance electric grid resiliency. This award is the largest in University history.

Resilience 52

Resilience Power grid Law Innovation 52

Smart Energy International

MAY 5, 2022

A 21st century economy needs a 21st century grid, and FERC’s new rulemaking on transmission is a long-overdue step in the right direction,” said Greg Wetstone, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) president and CEO. ACORE also strongly supports the inclusion of grid-enhancing technologies within such planning efforts.”. “A

Energy 52

Energy Energy Technology Resilience 52

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2023

DOE announced that it is entering into capacity contract negotiations with three interregional transmission line projects that are intended to strengthen grid resilience and reliability, enable the addition of more clean energy resources to the grid and bring clean energy to more customers.

Energy Monitor 59

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy 59

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Washington has announced $13 billion in financing opportunities for the expansion and modernisation of the US electric grid. It is also touted as one of the first down payments on an over $20 billion investment under the Administration’s Building a Better Grid Initiative. GRIP Programme. billion for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

Resilience 59

Resilience Law Innovation Investment 59

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The funding, the largest single investment into the grid in over a decade since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which kickstarted the rollout of smart metering and a smart grid, forms part of the ‘Building a Better Grid’ initiative to upgrade the grid for a 100% clean energy future. Have you read?

Building Energy Monitoring 59

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Resilience 59

Smart Energy International

JULY 29, 2022

As covered by Power-Grid International , the extensive energy investment is seen as the most ambitious climate and clean energy package in history. The Belgian TSO has announced in its Q2 release that its extensive grid investments – €203.9 Greater energy resilience, security of supply and consumer benefits.

Building Energy Monitoring 105

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 105

AutoGrid

JULY 27, 2023

With increased frequency of extreme weather events, and the simultaneous retiring of aging fossil fuel power plants, an expected peak capacity shortfall can only grow over the next decade. is among the leaders in articulating what kinds of regulatory reforms will be necessary to create the decarbonized grid of the future.

Energy Monitor 82

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 82

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 6, 2022

These projects will need to develop centralised and/or autonomous local controls that demonstrate the feasibility of these facilities to reliably respond to operational commands and schedules in the existing bulk power grid.

Energy 98

Energy Energy Law Power grid 98

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. Subscribe Now 📩 Submit deals, announcements, events & opportunities, or general curiosities for the newsletter at hello@ctvc.co. Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

Batteries 61

Batteries Investment North America Climate change 61

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

US President Biden is announcing more than $6 billion in investments meant to make communities across the country more resilient to the impacts of climate change, including by strengthening America’s aging electric grid infrastructure, reducing flood risk to communities, supporting conservation efforts and advancing environmental justice.

Resilience 119

Resilience Climate change Smart Cities Investment 119