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WELTEC BIOPOWER Delivers Two Biogas Plants to Japan

WELTEC BIOPOWER is currently setting up two agricultural 250-kW biogas plants for one of Japan‘s major milk producers. One of the plants is being set up in Urahoro on Japan‘s island of Hokkaido. The second plant is being built in Sakata in the prefecture of Yamagato on Honshu, the largest island. The structural design of the two biogas plants takes the earthquake risk in these regions ...

Apr. 12, 2021

By Weltec Biopower GmbH

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Oriden Helps Blue Ridge Energy Reduce Carbon Emissions and Stabilize Rates with Utility-Scale Solar Project

Blue Ridge Energy, a member-owned electric cooperative serving northwest North Carolina, has selected Oriden LLC to develop a utility-scale solar project as part of its Brighter Future initiative. This project will provide a local generation source and allow Blue Ridge Energy to work towards their low cost, low carbon future with two significant carbon reduction targets: to achieve 50 percent ...

Apr. 7, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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Centrica supports Army with first solar farm

The solar array is the first of four pilot sites delivered as part of Project PROMETHEUS to increase renewable energy across the defence estate. Spanning approximately four hectares, Centrica Business Solutions started construction of the 2.3MW solar farm earlier this year. Thirty employees are working on the project, installing 4,248 Trina Vertex panels, which is predicted to supply the DST ...

Apr. 7, 2021

By Centrica Business Solutions

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Adventist Health and ENGIE North America Announce Completion of Energy Resilient Medical Facility in Paradise, California

Adventist Health and ENGIE North America this week announced the completion of their solar and microgrid project in Paradise, California. The Feather River Health Care facility includes a one-megawatt hour energy storage system combined with 425 kilowatts of solar and new, permanent back-up generator. The new, integrated system is designed to deliver clean energy while ensuring energy resiliency ...

Apr. 6, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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Counting on the Sun for Another 400+ Megawatts of Energy In Wisconsin

Alliant Energy recently announced plans to add another 414 megawatts of solar in Wisconsin. This rounds out the company's previously announced plan to accelerate its transition to clean energy by adding more than 1,000 MW of solar while helping customers avoid more than $2 billion in long-term costs. Upon completion of their more than 1,000 MW of solar, Alliant Energy will own and operate the ...

Apr. 5, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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Intertrust Launches CleanGrid Toolkit for Energy Data Applications

Intertrust this week announced CleanGrid -- a new Intertrust Platform toolkit that helps energy companies and their vendors develop data-driven energy applications. The toolkit leverages Intertrust Platform's innovative features -- including data virtualization and data interoperability, data governance and secure execution environments -- and helps energy companies support consumer protection, ...

Apr. 5, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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North Sea Power: New GE Plant Will Make 107-Meter-Long Wind Blades In The U.K.

A new GE plant in northeast England will make the world’s longest wind turbine blades to date. Measuring 107 meters from tip to root, the blades are a key component of GE’s Haliade-X, the most powerful offshore wind turbine in operation. LM Wind Power, a subsidiary of GE Renewable Energy, will build the plant in Teesside, an industrial port on England’s North Sea coast. Workers ...

Mar. 11, 2021

By GE Renewable Energy

New York State on Course to Meet Aggressive Energy Storage Goals

The New York Department of Public Service this week issued the second State of Storage' annual report announcing progress in reaching New York State's statewide energy storage goal of 3,000 megawatts by 2030, with an interim objective of deploying 1,500 MW by 2025. "The development and introduction of energy storage will build flexibility into the grid and advance Governor Cuomo's ambitious ...

Apr. 12, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Results from the Energy Transition Project DESIGNETZ Presented

After more than four years of research and development work, the DESIGNETZ project (part of the SINTEG funding program), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and led by E.ON, presented its results today. 46 project partners have been working together since the beginning of 2017 in the model regions of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland to ...

Apr. 12, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Lifetime of thin-film solar and mass customisation

Solliance is planning a four new webinars in the coming period. After a successful serie at the end of last years, we decided to come with a serie in depth webinars with experts from all our partners. In two of the coming episodes we focus on the research behind durability and lifetime of thin-film solar. On the other two episodes we focus on the developments and possibilities of mass ...

Apr. 11, 2021

By Solliance

Michaelis Technology Center

The challenge of the future of decentralised and sustainable waste usage requires innovative solutions. Michaelis Power Modules are used to produce heat, cold, clean water or electricity. For this purpose, Michaelis is building pilot plants on his company premises, in which the systems are set up and tested. ...

Apr. 8, 2021

By Michaelis GmbH & Co. KG.

Ameresco Begins Second Phase of Department of Defense Funded Flow Battery Investigation

Ameresco, Inc., a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, this week announced that it has begun phase-two of a multi-stage investigation into how flow battery technology could support microgrids with the Department of Defense (DoD). Phase-one of the investigation was completed in April 2020 and primarily focused on evaluating the technical and economic ...

Apr. 8, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Thermal treatment: Refuse-derived fuel combustion

Decentralized solution for a Channel Island Michaelis has received an order from a major European waste disposal company for a refuse-derived fuel plant in England. Power generation: 4.3 MWh/h. The system is currently being installed. ...

Apr. 8, 2021

By Michaelis GmbH & Co. KG.

World Adds Record New Renewable Energy Capacity in 2020

Global renewable energy capacity additions in 2020 beat earlier estimates and all previous records despite the economic slowdown that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data released this week by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) the world added more than 260 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity last year, exceeding expansion in 2019 by close to 50 per cent. ...

Apr. 7, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

How Electric Industry Prices Resilience is Imperative to Withstand, Recover from Future Threats

In the wake of a record-setting hurricane season, extensive wildfire impacts, extreme winter weather that left millions without power, and rapidly evolving cybersecurity threats, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) recently released the results of a collaborative study on the value of grid resilience. The report culminates a year-long research project aiming to help industry stakeholders ...

Apr. 6, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

EPRI CEO: An Integrated Approach is Key to Improving Resilience

In the wake of the Texas power crisis, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) President and CEO Dr. Arshad Mansoor said improved forecasting, cross-sectoral integration and a greater focus on the emerging roles of consumers and communities are key to improving the resilience of the nation's energy infrastructure. In a virtual panel discussion this month on resilient energy infrastructure ...

Apr. 1, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Puget Sound Energy Selects Landis+Gyr for Smart Street Lighting Controls

Landis+Gyr and Puget Sound Energy have agreed to a contract that adds street light control capabilities to the utility's smart grid and AMI program. Using Landis+Gyr's Gridstream AMI network, PSE plans to deploy 25,000 street light controllers over the next five years. The smart controllers will perform a variety of functions, including control of lighting intensity to boost energy efficiency ...

Apr. 1, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Solving the Challenges of Integrating DERs into Grid Operations: An Interview with James Mater of QualityLogic

James Mater is the co-founder of QualityLogic, a provider of smart grid test tools and training for DER protocols. Founded in 1986, the company also specializes in providing software QA testing and engineering services. QualityLogic's customers include technology companies around the world in a wide range of industries. The below is from James' recent interview for SGO's energy insight podcast ...

Mar. 31, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

New Study Finds Power Reliability Continues to Hinder U.S. Companies Year Over Year, Sparking Need for Grid Investments

S&C Electric Company this week released the "2021 State of Commercial and Industrial Power Reliability Report" (C&I Report). Now in its fourth year, the C&I Report was written and researched in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan. The 2021 edition surveyed 253 C&I companies whose yearly revenue averages $75 million. The report was created with a variety of objectives in mind, ...

Mar. 31, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Energy Secretary Granholm Announces Ambitious New 30GW Offshore Wind Deployment Target by 2030

Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm (March 29) joined the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce at a White House roundtable meeting to announce a national goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030. This effort is expected to support approximately 77,000 jobs in industry and surrounding communities, generate electricity to power over 10 million American homes, and cut 78 million ...

Mar. 30, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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