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Ready to embrace IEC 61850 everywhere in your power grid?

Smart Energy International

But if Thomas Edison, who opened the first investor-owned power utility in New York City 140 years ago, were to tour the switchyard of a modern substation, he would still recognize the transformers, circuit breakers, switches and capacitors. To the naked eye, it might appear that the power grid hasn’t changed.

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Novel wind turbine control techs open for commercialisation

Smart Energy International

The technologies, which can be integrated into existing wind turbine control systems, are aimed to address the two major issues identified with the rapid growth of wind farms globally – namely power system frequency control and forced oscillations, which can cause widespread disruption over entire power grids.

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Rolls-Royce provides emergency power to Japanese data centre

Smart Energy International

Power solutions company Rolls-Royce is supplying its mtu emergency gensets to a global provider of hyperscale data centre solutions in the case of potential power grid failures. The generators are stopped when the grid is stable again. Have you read?

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£1.2 million government funding aims for lower-emissions freight

Envirotec Magazine

119,000 for Lightricity Ltd (Based in Oxford and partnered with Bradford Swissport Limited): Using a unique, patented technology that harnesses the energy from indoor and low-level lightsources to power battery-free tracking devices.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — October 2023

Greentown Labs

LineVision completed an installation of its patented, non-contact sensors on transmission towers owned by AES in Indiana and Ohio as part of a joint project to assess how grid-enhancing technologies , such as dynamic line ratings, may increase transmission capacity on the power grid.

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Coronavirus, the stay-at-home workstyle, and cloud energy consumption

Business Green

However, the company just secured its fifth patent for its Smart Response power management software. The feature lets data centers adjust server electricity consumption based on factors such as price and other power grid conditions. "As For now, it's not making any official statements.

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PXiSE Energy Solutions provides Microgrid Controller to Rove charging centers

Charged

US grid controls provider PXiSE Energy Solutions has announced that its patented-technology Microgrid Controller has been selected by Southern California charging center operator Rove to manage power flow at its dozens of planned full-service EV charging centers, which are scheduled to begin opening later in 2023.

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