Renew Economy

MAY 22, 2022

Offshore wind energy in Germany is being used to stabilise the country's electricity system in case of grid fluctuations. The post Offshore wind farm balancing German power grid in green energy “milestone” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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altenergymag

MAY 25, 2023

They can supply electricity to private homes and offices, stabilizing the public power grid in the process. With e-mobility booming, there is more and more potential for e-cars to be used as mobile energy storage systems.

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Jim Conca

JUNE 25, 2020

China now has a network of satellites, high-speed missiles, and super-EMP weapons that could melt down our electric grid, fry critical communications, and even takeout the ability of our aircraft carrier groups to respond.

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altenergymag

APRIL 14, 2020

ABB Power Grids partners with ISA in building a reliable and efficient power grid, improving the quality of life of millions of people in South America

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Report says sensible – and smart – policies will support the huge new load on the power system as Australia transitions to battery-electric cars. . The post Will the mass uptake of EVs blow up the power grid? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Solar Power World

MARCH 29, 2021

By Praveen Jain, IEEE Medal in Power Engineering recipient Born in rural India and being at the global forefront of technology over the past 40 years, I can say with certainty that farmers in many countries are not seeing the true benefits of solar power.

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CleanTech Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The weather-related power outages in Texas and California over the last few years highlight the importance of weatherizing and building out resilient grids.

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Jim Conca

JULY 26, 2020

Powerlines and equipment problems have been the cause of most recent wildfires. But a new AI and machine vision technology can analyze millions of images of powerlines and towers to find dangerous faults and flaws to help utilities identify problem areas and repair them before a fire starts.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 17, 2023

A Puerto Rican coalition is pushing back against FEMA’s plans to rebuild its power grid with fossil fuels.

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Jim Conca

JULY 7, 2021

Heat waves are stressing the electrical grid in the Pacific Northwest, making regional system operators prepare for rolling blackouts. Fortunately, we have tools to cope, including hydro and nuclear power, and demand response where you just ask big users to please not use any power for a while.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Hitachi ABB Power Grids, a newly formed joint venture between the two electronics giants, has launched a new “grid-to-plug” EV charging system for public transport and commercial fleet operators. The new solution, called Grid-eMotion Fleet, is designed to enable fleet operators to efficiently scale up their operations.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

Britain's energy regulator consults on plans aimed at preparing power grid for achieving net zero emissions by 2035 Ofgem has set out proposals to establishing a "more decentralised, decarbonised, and dynamic energy system" in Britain, in a bid to prepare for the transformative changes required to build a net zero emission electricity grid by 2035.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 17, 2022

Netze BW GmbH has announced two actions to bolster power transmission in Germany: a strengthening of the power grid in Kusterdingen and the latest biodiverse summation substation for Hechingen-Weilheim. Power line works in Kusterdingen. The work began on district road K6903 in the area of ??the

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Energy Central

JANUARY 3, 2023

One lesson to learn from Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s power infrastructure is that electricity coming almost exclusively from a national operator over the grid can prove to be the Achilles’ heel for a country.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2022

The energy provider will make significant upgrades to its high voltage distribution (HVD) system in an effort to make the power grid more reliable for Consumers Energy’s electric customers in the state of Michigan, US. And as weather becomes more severe, Michigan needs a power grid that’s more reliable and resilient.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2019

As renewable energy sources move mainstream, electricity generation and distribution systems are getting an extreme makeover.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 22, 2023

What's less obvious — but no less important — is the role more efficient and grid-responsive buildings can play in helping to ease the transition to a carbon-free grid. It's not hard to understand why energy-efficiency investments will make it easier to decarbonize homes, offices, stores and other buildings.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 31, 2022

In case you have not already heard about it, ENEL just inaugurated a new association called Open Power Grids. And if its title makes you think of open source, you are not alone. Have you read? Enel Group’s Viviana Vitto sees ‘huge scope’ for utilities within the EU Green Deal Enel X: Imagining a new way to shape the future.

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Financial Times: Energy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Electrifying the EU economy must be made easier, cheaper and quicker

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Hitachi ABB Power Grids announced that the owners/developers of the 3.6-GW Hitachi ABB Power Grid is already delivering the interconnects for Dogger Bank A and B and the new contract is for the third phase, Dogger Bank C. Hitachi ABB Power Grids has delivered more than half of the world’s HVDC projects, it says.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

After a week of the country’s worst power grid collapse in decades — an event that's taken a dreadful toll in dozens of lives lost and billions of dollars in economic damage — the lights are back on in Texas.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 26, 2021

The post Gridware aims to monitor the power grid to prevent power failures and wildfires appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, May 26 — More than 4 million acres burned during California’s wildfire season last year, which included the first ‘gigafire’ of more.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Lawmakers have called on officials with the PUC and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the power grid that spans most of the state, to testify at hearings later this week. Another federal report released three years later made similar recommendations with few results. State officials are again promising reforms.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This summer Hitachi announced its intention to change its name to Hitachi Energy and drop the joint venture name it adopted when it purchased the grid business from ABB. Today, the company is announcing that the former name, Hitachi ABB Power Grids, has been officially changed to simply Hitachi Energy.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

As the operator of a grid without synchronous interconnections to other power grids beyond its state borders, ERCOT is the only major grid that operates outside the federal regulatory authority that sets maximum market prices.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

The lowest demand for power from the grid occurred during the summer months, with the lowest point landing on 12 June 12 at 15GW of power, largely due to the impact of longer and brighter days on requirements for home lighting and heating.

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NRDC onEarth

JUNE 15, 2023

Midwest states are already leading on clean energy, but achieving their goals depends on the power grid's readiness. We need the electricity system to catch up.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2022

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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Charged

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The National Science Foundation has awarded $39 million to a team of engineers and computer scientists at the University of California San Diego to build a test bed to better understand how to integrate distributed energy sources and EV batteries into the power grid. “We

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2023

As the UK generates its one trillionth kWh of renewable power, a new analysis from think thank Ember confirms the world's largest economies are slowly kicking their coal habit

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Transgrid has undertaken extensive 3D laser scanning, aerial imagery and helicopter inspections of 13,000km of transmission lines to support bushfire safety in the lead-up to Australia’s summer.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 12, 2023

But, whenever severe weather strikes the state and the isolated electric grid is imperiled, they’re always fed them: “Green energy” is offered up as the ultimate scapegoat, facts be damned. By Colin LeydenTexans know better than to believe the lies. Why doesn’t the Wall Street Journal editorial board know better?

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 27, 2023

A solar panel produces the energy that an inverter can send to a battery to charge it and keep the excess stored instead of sending it to the local power grid. Such a solar + storage system makes it possible for you to obtain the full benefit of your residential solar power system. The post Are You Doing Solar Only Halfway?

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2021

Even without extreme weather events, the power grid needs love. The grid was largely built in the 1950s and 1960s with a 35- to 80-year life expectancy , meaning much of it should have been retired and replaced by now. As a result, transmission lines swell and sag and, in some cases, can topple infrastructure. .

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

Low demand for power sees carbon intensity on grid plummet to lowest ever level, National Grid ESO confirms.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The Energy Gang is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Look to Hitachi ABB Power Grids for the advanced energy technologies needed to deliver real outcomes — unlocking new revenue streams, maximizing renewable integration, and lowering carbon emissions. Visit Bloom Energy to learn how to take charge today.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 31, 2023

power grids are going to need a lot of batteries — including those that can store power for far longer than the two to four hours that lithium-ion batteries can cost-effectively deliver today. To make the switch to clean energy, U.S. On Thursday, the Department of Energy offered a $398.6 million loan guarantee to…

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