Virtual Power Station Articles & Analysis
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With the growth of artificial intelligence technologies, new innovations are continuously emerging and surprising us. Recently, ChatGPT, an intelligent language and text generation AI, has raised questions about its use and deployment in our society. What about the metaverse? Will it become a permanent feature of our lives, and what impact will it have on the energy sector, specifically on ...
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 ...
Introducing the next generation of SimpliPhi Power’s industry-leading safe lithium ferro phosphate (LFP) battery – the PHI 3.8-M – now available in our sleek but tough signature white metal design. Instantly recognizable by the rugged, powder-coated steel housing, our updated PHI 3.8-M kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery is more durable, efficient, and capable of withstanding the ...
Imagine a world with globally accessible, cheap and reliable, clean energy. Although it sounds a bit utopian, every day we’re getting a little closer to the life fueled by renewable power. It becomes possible due to the latest technology advancements form the past few decades and ongoing acceleration of technology development. As the main driver of the energy sector transition to clean ...
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Riello UPS is partnering with leading energy trading company RWE to offer data centre operators increased reliability and security of supply with the added benefit of significantly reduced costs. The innovative solution is based on a modified version of the best-selling Master Plus HE threephase online uninterruptible power supply. It harnesses the energy storage power of premium lead acid or ...
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 resources (DER), including rooftop solar, energy storage, ...
Power companies that take initiative now can position themselves for a bright future in tomorrow’s clean energy economy The growth of distributed energy generation, particularly in the form of solar energy, leaves the aging, monopolistic electric utility system a daunting choice: Come out swinging in defense of the status quo or boldly jump into the cockpit, put on the co-pilot’s hat ...
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New York utility Consolidated Edison (Con Edison) plans to launch a pilot virtual power plant (VPP) project in June to test out the business case for integrating aggregated fleets of residential solar-plus-storage systems into the grid, Jamie Brennan, director of demonstration projects at Con Edison, told Energy Storage Update. The project will link hundreds of solar and battery storage systems ...
Battery maker LG Chem plans to expand its footprint in the Australian residential solar and battery storage market, the company announced on March 24, citing the “exponential traction” for its RESU6.4EX residential energy storage system in Australia and the “untapped opportunity” for solar energy storage in the country. LG Chem launched its lithium-ion 6.4 kWh RESU6.4EX ...
Solar storage systems are now the focus of attention more than ever before. The application areas are as different as the requirements. While private PV system operators work toward optimizing self-consumption, storage systems in industry are mainly used to provide control reserve and thus ensure grid stability. In commercial storage system applications, the main focus is on efficiency and a ...
This paper puts forward the concept of the virtual power station (VPS), consisting of a number of aggregated SSEZs, which has the potential to offer significant improvements in the commercial value and environmental impact of the installed SSEGs by enabling provision of ancillary services. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of this concept, a ...
When consumers open their electric bills and see rates going up and up, it’s natural for them to ask, “Why isn’t anything being done?” Truth is, an enormous behind-the-scenes revolution is taking place when it comes to energy efficiency. To get an inside look, we recently spoke with one of the industry’s long-time gurus, Steve Cowell, chairman and CEO of Conservation Services Group in Boston. ...
With oil prices so high, talk again has turned to making the U.S. more energy efficient. In the power industry, utilities have been typically charged with this mission. Or to more aptly describe it, they have gotten dragged, kicking and screaming, into helping their customers use less electricity. You can’t blame them for resisting. An electric utility is a business that makes its money ...
At SMORN 8, a new web-based diagnostic system – web4diagnostics – was presented (Kunze, 2002). During the last two years, this system became the standard diagnostic system infrastructure for internal use in Siemens Power Generation, which integrates a large data archive of measured data and capabilities for data analysis and evaluation. Besides this internal use, today some 15 power plants ...
For the management of its power plants, the utility company SaarEnergie is using a network control center from Siemens that simulates a virtual power plant. B ased in the German city of Saarbrücken, the utility company not only operates several power plants with a total capacity of about 2,000 megawatts; it also procures electricity from various distributed energy generation facilities such ...