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For a clean, resilient grid, look to EV infrastructure

GreenBiz

For a clean, resilient grid, look to EV infrastructure. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure could provide a major benefit — boosting both clean energy and resiliency — for the power grid. Resilience. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 03/24/2021 - 00:30. Want more great analysis of electric and sustainable transport? Pull Quote.

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Climate resilience must be guiding principle of urban development, argues new report

Envirotec Magazine

A new report, ‘Risk & Resilience: The role of cities in tackling the climate crisis’ , argues that climate resilience must be embraced as a guiding principle across urban development, given the extreme exposure of cities to climate risk.

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US DOE to fund resilience tech for energy infrastructure

Smart Energy International

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $70 million in funding to support research into resilience technologies to reduce risks to energy infrastructure from a variety of hazards, including cyber and physical threats, natural disasters and climate-change fueled extreme weather events.

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Cyclonic resilience method developed off Texas power system

Smart Energy International

Based on a model of the Texas power system, scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK have developed a new method to identify and harden critical lines against tropical cyclones and increase power system resilience.

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SDG&E unveils innovative microgrids in grid resilience bid

Smart Energy International

The ability to remotely operate microgrids, says SDG&E in a release, offers real-time monitoring, faster response to grid events, more efficient energy storage management and enhanced grid resilience.

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‘Energy Resilience and Quantum Science’ research collaborative launched in US

Smart Energy International

Chattanooga headquartered power distribution company EPB and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have launched the Collaborative for Energy Resilience and Quantum Science. As a result of this work, the EPB Quantum Network powered by Qubiteckk was launched to accelerate the commercialisation of quantum technologies.

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California’s PG&E tapped 8,500 residential batteries for grid resilience

Smart Energy International

According to the utility, these customers could on average rely on over 10 hours of backup power using their storage system, a critical resource for grid resilience , particularly during storms, heatwaves and emergency energy alerts. ”