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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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BESS powers up to 130,000 Texan homes and bolsters grid reliability

Smart Energy International

Have you read: Trina Storage launches grid-scale BESS Consumers Energy invests $100m into Michigan power grid reliability Why a diversity of storage solutions will achieve renewable energy security. Aerial – battery containers. Courtesy of Vistra. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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SDG&E assesses vanadium redox flow battery in zero-emissions microgrid pilot

Smart Energy International

The 2MW/8MWh vanadium redox flow battery provided long-duration energy storage and acted as a microgrid to ensure grid reliability and climate resilience. Some of the applications of the project included providing grid resilience as growing wildfire-related blackouts and Public Safety Shutoffs threatened the state’s grid network.

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Why Flexible Gas Generation Must Be Part of Deep Decarbonization

GreenTechMedia

One of the primary reasons Germany cannot use all of the renewable energy it produces is because the nation’s fleet of coal and nuclear plants is still needed to ensure power system resilience when the wind slows or clouds cover the sun. “It’s not economical today.”

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Meet Our Newest Startup Members

Greentown Labs

Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes. Eclipse Solar Projects finances, develops, owns, and operates utility-scale solar projects in North America through newly developed technology and potential battery storage operations.

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? EV labor strikes and strategies #168

Climate Tech VC

Shell faces internal pressure on low-carbon business commitments, and the White House releases a National Climate Resilience Framework for the US. Vehicles only qualify for the full $7,500 EV tax credit if the critical materials and battery components are sourced, produced, or assembled in North America or its trade partners.