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TenneT Looking for Innovations to Tackle Grid Congestion
TenneT is looking for solutions, concepts and ideas that can help combat congestion and further optimize the use of the electricity grid. To this end, the national grid operator is launching together with DSO's in the Netherlands an Open Innovation ...
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BPA Launches New Energy Efficiency Tracking System, Expediting Processing Times by 25%
BPA launched its new Energy Efficiency Tracking System known as BEETS last fall, and early results show significant improvements for customers compared to the previous solution. Since the launch on Oct. 3, 2022, customers have reported over ...
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CMBlu Energy Continues U.S. Expansion With Long-Duration Energy Storage Pilot Project in Wisconsin
CMBlu Energy, a designer and manufacturer of long-duration Organic SolidFlowT energy storage systems, announced that the company will deliver a U.S.-based demonstration of its innovative battery technology. The pilot project will be based at WEC ...
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Potential Savings of New Electric Transmission was Higher Last Year than Any Time in Last 10 Years
In 2022, additional transmission could have reduced electric system costs by more than in any year from 2012 through 2021. Generally high electricity prices coupled with extreme weather events and other factors helped drive the high value for ...
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $74 Million to Advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Feb 8) announced a funding opportunity of up to $74 million for up to seven pilot projects that will test the efficacy and scalability of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Directed by the landmark ...
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Minnesota Becomes the Latest State to Adopt Carbon-Free Electricity
With the signature this week (Feb 7) of Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota becomes the latest state to move towards a carbon-free electricity system. The state joins 21 other states where laws, executive orders, or board decisions set goals of 100% ...
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IEA Issues Electricity Market Report 2023
Renewables are set to dominate the growth of the world’s electricity supply over the next three years as together with nuclear power they meet the vast majority of the increase in global demand through to 2025, making significant rises in the power ...
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National Grid ESO Runs Five Successful Demonstration Tests of Demand Flexibility Service
Following the launch of its Demand Flexibility Service, National Grid ESO has successfully held five planned events to demonstrate the use of the service and to provide consumers and participating providers with a return for their ...
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Collaboration, Coordination Key to Assuring Reliability During Rapid Grid Transformation
The Reliability Issues Steering Committee (RISC) of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) held its biennial Reliability Leadership Summit on January 25. The summit was attended by industry experts, state and federal ...
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DTE Energy Customers Experienced 21% Fewer Power Interruptions in 2022
DTE Energy's investment of more than $1 billion in its electric grid last year helped improve reliability for more customers in 2022, the company reports. Across DTE's electric service territory, customers experienced 21% fewer power ...
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Sunrun and PG&E Collaborate on Residential Battery-Powered Virtual Power Plant
Following a year of record-high summer temperatures in California, Sunrun and Pacific Gas and Electric Company this week (Feb 6) launched an innovative energy reliability program to provide meaningful and flexible support from residential solar ...
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Duke Energy Places Advanced Microgrid into Service in Hot Springs, NC
Duke Energy has placed into service one of the nation’s most advanced green microgrids in the Madison County town of Hot Springs. The Hot Springs microgrid consists of a 2-megawatt (AC) solar facility and a 4.4-megawatt lithium-based battery storage ...
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WEC Energy Group Announces Project to Demonstrate Long-Duration Organic Flow Battery Storage
WEC Energy Group this week (Feb 2) announced that the company will lead a pilot project at its Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee to test a new form of long-duration energy storage. WEC Energy Group is collaborating with EPRI, an ...
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Western Energy Imbalance Market tops $3B in benefits
With fourth-quarter results in for 2022, the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) has achieved a new milestone, reaching $3.4 billion in cumulative benefits since the market launched in 2014 and accumulating more than $1 billion in benefits in a ...
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ChargePoint and Stem to Accelerate Deployment of EV Charging and Battery Storage Solutions
ChargePoint Holdings, a leading electric vehicle charging network, and Stem, a leader in AI-driven clean energy solutions and services, announced an agreement to accelerate the deployment of EV charging and battery storage solutions for ...
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CPUC Program Launches To Innovate Energy Efficiency Through Market Transformation
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Jan 31 announced the state's first-ever Market Transformation Administrator (CalMTA) to advance groundbreaking energy efficiency transformation initiatives that will bring sustainable, ...
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Geothermal 'Battery' Repurposes Abandoned Oil and Gas Well in Illinois, Rresearchers Report
By Lois Yoksoulian, Physical Sciences Editor, University of Illinois News Bureau Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have successfully demonstrated efficient geothermal heat storage while simultaneously repurposing an ...
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Duke Energy to Help Customers Go 100% Renewable
Duke Energy has proposed a major expansion to its Green Source Advantage (GSA) program, giving customers the option to supplement their power usage with 100% renewable power – and the ability to pair renewable projects with energy ...
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Northern Illinois Families and Businesses Experienced Record Electric Reliability in 2022
Investments in the power grid continued to pay reliability dividends for ComEd customers as the electric company delivered record reliability in 2022. Since grid improvements began in 2011, overall reliability has improved more than 80 percent. In ...
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DOE Releases New National Requirements for Zero Energy Ready Single-Family Homes
DOE's Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) program in EERE's Building Technologies Office (BTO) has released Version 2 of its national program requirements for single-family homes (ZERH V2), the most significant overhaul of DOE's energy and ...