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Geospatial software development company, Idan Computers, has used the TatukGIS Developer Kernel in C++Builder to develop an interesting new solution to streamline the planning of solar energy projects for residential and industrial rooftops. The Idan Solar Panels Planner (ISPP) is a complete solution from start to finish, providing tools to efficiently survey a site by aerial ...
The EPB Board has approved a new initiative to keep Chattanooga on the leading edge by adding a quantum computer to EPB’s existing quantum technology infrastructure. Through a partnership with IonQ, a global leader in quantum technology, the two companies will jointly develop the first U.S. quantum technology center to provide commercial access to both quantum computing and quantum networking ...
A new grid impact study conducted by energy modeling firm Aurora Energy Research finds that scaling up community solar and storage in California wouldn’t just benefit participating customers—it would reduce system wide energy costs and deliver bill savings to all ratepayers, with no cost shift to people who don’t sign up.The analysis modeled the deployment of 5.4 gigawatts of local, ...
The Hiden Analytical ExQ was installed at the University of Frankfurt in 2023, and it’s great to hear how the instrument is being used.. Researchers from the group ERPI, led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Döring at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (FRA-UAS), develop thermodynamical models for the energy- and resource-efficient design of adsorption systems. The group built a plant that ...
Trends identified in NERC’s 2024 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA) highlight critical reliability challenges that industry is facing over the next 10 years: satisfying escalating energy growth, managing generator retirements and removing barriers to resource and transmission development. As a result, well over half of the continent is at elevated or high risk of energy shortfalls over the ...
Wärtsilä’s global power system modelling, published in the Crossroads to net zero report, compares two pathways from the year 2025 to 2050 with the aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming, as per the Paris Agreement targets. In the first pathway, only renewables, such as wind and solar power, and energy storage are added to the power mix. In the second ...
Earlier this week, ComEd joined Elevate and Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation to highlight milestone progress made on electrifying low-income homes in Chicago and across the northern Illinois region served by ComEd. Through ComEd’s Whole Home Electric program, 450 low-income homes and apartment units have been electrified, with homes retrofitted with all-electric appliances and heating and ...
Today's main policy questions relate to what an energy policy should look like to be robust and flexible enough to deal with the uncertainties of the future. Therefore, a scenario-approach relying on energy system models is essential to support decision making because modern energy system analysis provides the best chance of ensuring decisions will not be regretted in the medium to long ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced this week (June 13) that it partnered with 15 local power companies and the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association to seek two grants, totaling $350 million, from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Program to fund 141 energy security projects to ensure local communities have access to reliable, affordable, clean ...
By Laura Cozzi, Director, Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks; and Apostolos Petropoulos, Energy Modeller, IEA SUVs accounted for 48% of global car sales in 2023, reaching a new record and further strengthening the defining automobile trend of the early 21st century – the shift towards ever larger and heavier cars. There are various driving forces behind this trend, from the appeal of ...
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) this week introduced two bills to bolster the nation’s power grid by improving data and models to better understand and predict electric reliability.More granular data is needed to better understand weather impacts on energy resources and demands, especially as extreme weather events exacerbated by climate ...
The project initially involves researching and modeling energy losses. Sensors will record temperature and moisture in the ground at selected points in the SWM district heating network. Aging effects of the infrastructure will also modeled and verified using the data collected. The results will be integrated into an existing network ...
Meanwhile, Terabase’s solar energy modeling tool, PlantPredict, recently surpassed 2.8 Terawatts (2,800,000 Megawatts) of simulations across 30,000+ projects, demonstrating increasing demand for more accurate modeling of solar power plant performance. About Terabase Energy Terabase Energy ...
At the quarterly meetings of its Regional State Committee (RSC) and Board of Directors and Members Committee (BOD/MC), Southwest Power Pool (SPP) presented reports that quantify its value to members, analyze its performance during the historic December 2022 winter storm, and cast a vision for long-term opportunities and challenges the electric industry should anticipate. SPP also published its ...
Form Energy, Inc., an American technology company developing and commercializing a new class of multi-day energy storage systems, announced this week (Jan 26) that it has entered into definitive agreements with Xcel Energy to deploy its iron-air battery systems at two of Xcel Energy's retiring coal plant sites. The storage technology will allow Xcel Energy to integrate more low-cost, renewable ...
Duke Energy, one of America's largest energy holding companies, and Amazon Web Services, Inc. are entering into a multiyear strategic collaboration to accelerate the utility's development of industry-leading grid solutions that will benefit customers and help advance Duke Energy's clean energy transition. As part of this agreement, Duke Energy will build new smart grid software and services on ...
Maryland continues to step up its support for microgrids, now accepting applications for $2.7 million in microgrid grant funding through its 2023 Resilient Maryland Program. The announcement marks the latest in a series of moves since 2020 by the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) to support microgrids, most recently awarding nearly $1.2 million in two rounds of resilience funding for 2022. ...
The Mobility House, in collaboration with partners including AlphaStruxure and Schneider Electric, this week celebrated the completion and energizing of Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot in Montgomery County, Maryland. This integrated 6.5 MW microgrid and electric bus charging infrastructure project uses onsite solar canopies, natural gas generators, battery storage, microgrid controls and ...
This is the Executive Summary of the recently published white paper, Compensation Mechanisms for Long-Duration Energy Storage (August 2022, U.S. Department of Energy) Rapidly changing power system conditions, driven by decarbonization goals, are leading to significant growth in renewable energy sources, which can be both variable and uncertain. This has been accompanied with increased reliance on ...
Modelling by energy think tank Ember reveals that Europe can achieve a clean, reliable and expanded power system by 2035, with a comparable overall cost to Europe’s current plans for a smaller and more polluting electricity supply. Upgrading the system and quadrupling growth in wind and solar capacity requires an additional upfront investment of €300-750 billion. However, ditching expensive ...