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"The cost for installing solar panels is has dropped dramatically in the last decade, by an estimated 90 per cent, and is a vital part of energy plans in many countries, yet in Canada, that potential has barely been touched on. While solar power makes up approximately four per cent of global electricity generation, it only accounts for 0.5 per cent in Canada. ...
Department of Energy to municipal electric systems and rural cooperatives interested in advancing projects that strengthen and enhance grid resiliency. ...
They all work similarly by harnessing the power of rushing water to spin turbines and generators, which in turn creates electricity. ...
“ATC works closely with its local electric distribution utility customers to provide reliable, cost-effective solutions that support their needs – and the needs of their energy consumers,” said Tom Dagenais, director of system planning. “Economics, public policy and concerns over climate change are advancing the transition of generation to lower-cost, cleaner ...
BESS projects like Mossy Branch support the overall reliability and resilience of the electric system, while also enhancing the value of intermittent renewable generation resources such as solar. Storage systems can improve the efficiency of renewable energy by storing excess energy produced during periods when the demand for ...
BluWave-ai announced this week the company completed Canada’s first AI-Driven demand response events using a managed pool of connected electric vehicles charging in the utility grid during Q3 2024. This milestone was achieved using BluWave-ai EV Everywhere™ deployed at Hydro Ottawa, first announced in April 2022.Subscribed EV owners in the City of Ottawa actively participated in multiple weekly ...
The IDEAL projects are primed to help reinvent our power grid, which serves as an interstate highway for high-voltage electricity. HVDC transmission systems are more efficient than traditional alternating current transmission systems to deliver electricity at a lower cost while minimizing power ...
Tri-State’s ERP reflects both industry standard reliability metrics and Tri-State's heightened “Level II” reliability metrics, which assess electric system resilience in extreme summer and winter weather conditions.?? “Our rural communities will benefit greatly from the cooperative investments in clean energy we will continue to make and ...
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) approved an application by Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TXNM Energy, designed to modernize its grid infrastructure for a more resilient and decarbonized electric system. Modifications to the application and recommended decision were discussed during the meeting and will be included in the final order. ...
This technology programs vehicle charging when the grid has abundant decarbonized electricity and the price per kWh is competitive. The energy stored in the batteries of electric vehicles can then help to balance electricity supply and demand on the grid, particularly at times of peak consumption. ...
Already, wind and solar PV are the cheapest options to add new electricity generation in almost every country.As a result of these trends, nearly 70 countries that collectively account for 80% of global renewable power capacity are poised to reach or surpass their current renewable ambitions for 2030. ...
“The U.S. transmission network is the backbone of our nation’s electricity system. Though our grid has served U.S. energy needs for more than a century, our country’s needs are changing,” said U.S. ...
The company’s vegetation management team engineered the AI-driven program to calculate where trees pose the most risk to the electric system, particularly ahead of winter and summer storm seasons.Known as the Advanced Vegetation Analytics Tool (AVAT), the prediction model pulls data – including soil, weather, roadway, historical outage data, geographical ...
With a spectacular decline in costs to around four US cents per kilowatt hour in just one year, solar PV’s global costs in 2023 were 56% lower than fossil fuel and nuclear options. Overall, the renewable power deployed globally since 2000 has saved up to USD 409 billion in fuel costs in the power sector. ...
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has issued an order approving the Electric Sector Modernization Plans (ESMPs) from the state’s electric distribution companies (EDCs) as strategic roadmaps to enable an equitable and cost-effective clean energy transition in Massachusetts. ...
This FOA accelerates progress toward the Biden-Harris Administration's goal of a clean energy economy for all Americans by optimizing systems with grid-connected buildings and electric vehicles powered by clean, distributed energy generation and demonstrating these advanced technologies are reliable, efficient, secure, and ready for wide-scale ...
In a continued effort to expedite the build out of a resilient and reliable electric grid, the U.S. Department of Energy this week announced 20 projects across 16 states selected to receive up to $371 million to accelerate the permitting of high-voltage, interstate transmission projects. ...
The challenges facing the Nation’s energy system have substantially shifted in the last one hundred years and will continue to evolve. Yet, today’s grid cannot adequately support 21st century challenges —including the integration of new clean energy sources and growing transportation and building electrification — while remaining resilient in the face of extreme weather ...
Many were written decades ago when in many parts of the country dangerous temperatures were limited to short-term heat waves and the demand for electricity to run cooling systems was much lower because fewer families had access to air-conditioning. ...
But they are found primarily in remote areas, far from the hubs that need their power.And that is a problem. Today’s transmission system simply is not designed to ingest all that remote power. Bursts of power on an especially sunny day in the desert could cause grid faults—little blips that can propagate and cause outages—or overload ...