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Secure and resilient energy is critical to the mission of United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Parris Island, which is summed up by the Depot's mission statement, "We make Marines." To increase the depot's energy resilience, MCRD installed a microgrid that combines several distributed generation sources in a hybrid approach. The microgrid has a 3.5 MW combined heat and power (CHP) ...
Proactive utilities are working on solutions now – because the rise of EVs does seem inevitable. To read more about how WEL Networks is tackling the issue, download the WEL Networks DERMS pilot case study. It’s a fact. Electric vehicle (EV) sales are surging. According to the IEA’s Global EV Outlook 2023, EV sales exceeded 10 million in 2022 and are expected to reach 14 ...
With the continued stream of announcements around the early closure of coal-fired power plants across Australia, Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) are a key way forward as coal makes its exit. To date, there are 41 potential REZs flagged for potential development, each undergoing different phases of planning and consultation. According to a recent EnergyCo event, New South Wales has less than ...
Delivering Excellence to Customers and Growth to Partners Unique in industry, the award-winning EcoXpert program offers an esteemed partnership between Schneider Electric and a truly global, cross-expertise ecosystem of solution providers. Certified on EcoStruxure, EcoXperts employ some of the highest levels of competency in the industry, delivering integrated building control, reliable power ...
Solar installations at commercial and industrial buildings have soared in recent years, with businesses realizing that they’re smart investments. Part of the reason is that solar installations produce clean, locally generated energy — a must-have in a time of ambitious sustainability goals. But not all solar installations are alike. According to a 2021 study by Berkeley Lab, 98 ...
The drive is on to improve the sustainability performance of data centers with tools such as IIoT platforms, energy monitoring and management, and innovative cooling technologies. However efficient a data center becomes, the carbon footprint of the electricity itself will be the main factor in its environmental performance. The exact amount of electricity consumed in data centers around the ...
Buildings and factories are becoming more electrified by replacing fossil-fuel-based heating and processes. As more renewable energy is progressively added to the power grid, the grid itself must take steps to decarbonize. The SF6 greenhouse gas currently has a unique use exemption in insulating medium-voltage (MV) electrical distribution equipment, including ...
Alexander Graham Bell (the telephone) and Thomas Edison (electricity) were two of the greatest groundbreaking pioneers in history. Imagine if the two were alive today to witness the evolution of their thinking. While the chances are pretty good that Bell would have no idea what a smartphone was, Edison’s electrical transmission lines are, conversely, still a mainstay today. Acknowledging ...
Hardware Pioneers, a media hub advocating for a “smarter and more connected world,” recently interviewed me, about the increasing challenges facing today’s distribution system operator (DSO). In this post, I would like to expand on that discussion and talk a bit more about the evolving nature of the smart grid and how new solutions can help a DSO manage this very dynamic ...
Heila will become part of Kohler’s Power Group – a global leader in engines, power generation and clean energy. Heila Technologies was founded in 2015 as an MIT-born company in Somerville, Mass. and is dedicated to simplifying the integration and operation of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and microgrids. ...
Depending on what part of the world you live in, you are continuously exposed to terms like Grid Edge and Smart Grid. But the narrative is not the same everywhere – some regions speak of supply and demand real time optimization, and others are concerned with reliability and generating useful energy data. Are we all living different electrical grid realities? Possibly. Let’s discuss ...
Starting with the more basic term, Distributed Energy Resources means any electricity-producing or storing device connected to a distribution system, mainly on a small, local scale. ...
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As the world grapples with the dire consequences of COVID-19, many are trying to assess the impact the global pandemic, ensuing economic downturn, and social inequities, will have on renewables and the overall energy transition to a more sustainable future. Prior to COVID-19, the proliferation of behind-the-meter (BTM) distributed energy ...
The hospital also routinely fired up its generators during demand response events, which pay participants for using less energy when the grid is stressed or electricity prices are high. For Rhode Island Hospital, an optimized demand-side energy management strategy utilizing its diesel generators was essential in offsetting its energy spend. ...
Customers, from businesses to home owners have fluctuating energy needs, and especially in times of peak energy demand, consumers cannot wait for the sun to shine to get the energy they need. ...
It should come as no surprise that many utility companies are on the defense against distributed energy resources, which are “turning the traditional model upside ...
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In the future smart grid, improvement of power system economic cost effectiveness by suitable integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) is a critical challenge. An agent–based framework is proposed in this paper for developing suitable control strategies for operations of four different types of residential–level DERs, which ...
The use of solar photovoltaic (PV) as distributed energy resources is increasingly being pursued as a supplement and alternative to conventional grid electricity. It has become an important source of energy because of its high reliability, requirement of very little maintenance and capability of generating power with no noise ...
This paper introduces a module-based approach to modelling and controlling electricity infrastructure with a high penetration of distributed renewable energy resources. Each energy-converting component is defined as a module and is represented in terms of its local variables and the interaction variables between the module and ...
Renewable energy sources and distributed generation play a crucial role in supporting the European Union's key policy objectives of combating the greenhouse effect. In order to bring about a substantial long-term penetration of distributed energy resources in Europe, one of the most important future challenges ...