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Duke Plans Largest Floating PV Project in the Southeast

GreenTechMedia

The $36 million contract between Duke and Fort Bragg is designed to boost resilience and includes lighting and water upgrades, plus a 2 megawatt storage system tacked onto the solar project. By contrast, North America accounted for less than 1 percent of floating PV capacity installed last year. “The U.S.

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World adds record new renewable energy capacity in 2020

Renewable Energy World

However, hydropower still accounts for the largest share of renewables in the total mix. Renewables’ rising share of the total is partly attributable to net decommissioning of fossil fuel power generation in Europe, North America and for the first time across Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation and Turkey).

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AI can significantly improve grid management reports DOE

Smart Energy International

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. However, it is crucial that new AI use cases do not introduce new risks to the grid, the report states.

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Voith Hydro to supply pumped storage equipment for Idaho combined energy project

Renewable Energy World

The CCEW project addresses many key national and regional issues, including the transition to providing firm, resilient and reliable renewable energy; mitigating long-term effects of climate change; and securing a significant portion of the future water storage needs in the Boise River Basin. and around the world,” said Stanley J.

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New cybersecurity centre to protect grids and distributed renewables

Smart Energy International

The project, led by Iowa State University’s Manimaran Govindarasu, will lead to the creation of the Center for Cybersecurity and Resiliency of DERs and Microgrids-integrated Distribution Systems (CyDERMS). The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $2.5 The centre will have two main goals. That’s the emphasis here.”

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New York tests digital detection technique for transformer monitoring

Smart Energy International

Harris, president and CEO of NYSERDA said, “Modernising the state’s electric grid infrastructure is essential to ensuring the necessary capacity and transmission capabilities for continued reliability and resiliency. More than 80% of the electricity NYPA produces is clean renewable hydropower.

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IRENA: Renewables accounted for three quarters of new power capacity in 2019

Business Green

The global renewable power sector added 176GW of new capacity in total last year - just fractionally down on the 179GW added in 2018 - as rapid growth in wind, solar, hydropower and other renewable power sources outpaced the fossil fuel sector by a factor of 2.6, according to IRENA. Overall, renewables capacity expanded by 7.6