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Heat from buildings is the UK’s second highest source of emissions, accounting for around one fifth of the total, so converting to alternative, cleaner forms of heating is crucial to meeting the UK’s climate change targets. With the Government’s Warm Homes Plan and Future Home Standard expected over the coming months, it is also an important time which will shape the role heat ...
The third project in the portfolio, a 50MW/100MWh BESS system at Drum Farm near Keith, Scotland, is scheduled to commence site-works in late summer 2025 and reach completion in 2026. Clarke Energy has been appointed as the principal contractor, responsible for delivering full engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, as well as the balance of plant (BoP). The project will ...
Shanghai Sermatec Energy Technology Co Ltd, a leading Chinese battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturer, announced the successful installation of a 5.1 MW/17 MWh energy storage solution in Bulgaria for a commercial and industrial (C&I) client. The client operates a solar photovoltaic plant but previously faced challenges with excess solar power being wasted during the day and relying ...
Swiss energy storage leader Energy Vault Holdings Inc (NYSE:NRGV) has partnered with US-based Jupiter Power LLC to deploy a 100-MW/200-MWh battery energy storage system. The upcoming facility will be situated at a Jupiter-owned site within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region, Energy Vault announced Wednesday. This new battery project follows the successful delivery of an ...
BC Hydro is leading an innovative new Peak Saver project under its Power Smart portfolio to transform homes in two B.C. communities into virtual power plants, offering uninterrupted power to customers while strengthening the flexibility of the electricity grid. The concept of a virtual power plant is an emerging idea that optimizes customers’ energy resources in helping to meet high energy ...
SKF announces a partnership with wave energy technology development company Carnegie Clean Energy Limited to deliver Carnegie’s CETO’s Power Take-Off (PTO) system. CETO is a unique, fully submerged, point absorber type wave energy technology where a submerged buoy sits a few metres below the surface of the ocean and moves with the ocean’s waves. This motion drives a PTO system that converts it ...
Load growth is expected to drive higher peak demand this summer and could strain resources in some areas during certain periods. According to NERC’s 2025 Summer Reliability Assessment, aggregated peak demand is forecast to increase across all 23 assessment areas by 10 GW—more than double the increase from 2023 to 2024. New data centers, electrification, and industrial activity are ...
This week, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight field hearing on geothermal energy development on federal lands. “In order to restore American energy dominance, we must utilize an all-of-the-above approach that includes geothermal energy. That’s why I was proud to lead a field hearing today in Utah - which has some of the most abundant geothermal energy resources in ...
Three universities are joining forces to tackle a critical engineering skills gap in the U.S. Their collaboration will address the efficiency, reliability, and resilience of electrical grid operations and safeguard stable electrical service for consumers.The collaborative effort among POWER Engineers, Inc. (POWER), POWER Foundation, Cleveland State University, Faculty of Technical Sciences, ...
geo has developed a groundbreaking open specification that enables OpenADR and Matter to work together, enabling mass-market, consumer-friendly grid demand response solutions.Demand Side Response service providers (DSRSPs) and Energy Smart Appliance (ESA) manufacturers can use this bridging specification to unlock the inherent energy flexibility that’s contained in household white goods ...
This week, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced a collaboration with Microsoft to develop and deploy leading AI solutions in the energy sector. The announcement was made at DISTRIBUTECH 2025, the largest electricity transmission and distribution event in North America.Under the new agreement, and as a part of the Open Power AI Consortium, EPRI and Microsoft will collaborate with ...
GridPoint, a recognized leader in energy management technology that decarbonizes commercial buildings and unlocks excess grid capacity, announced the completion of $45M in investment, anchored by Marunouchi Innovation Partners (MIP), a climate tech fund sponsored by Mitsubishi Corporation. The $20M investment by MIP will accelerate GridPoint’s growth and open the door for international expansion ...
The Trusted Energy Interoperability Alliance (TEIA) announced the general availability of TEIA 1.0 Trust Model specification for digital energy systems.As the global energy industry moves toward digital management, AI and IoT devices have created interoperability and security challenges due to proprietary security systems and the need for unified interfaces in AI-based cloud services for energy ...
EPRI this week launched a new global consortium—the Open Power AI Consortium—to drive the development and deployment of an open AI model tailored for the power sector, accelerating AI adoption to reduce operating costs while improving the energy customer experience. The consortium was launched at NVIDIA’s GTC event.Guidance will be provided through an Executive Advisory Group as well as the ...
DSO Entity and ENTSO-E published this week the report “TSO-DSO Challenges & Opportunities for the Digital EU Electricity System,” a significant milestone in addressing the evolving landscape of grid management and energy transition, the result of work by the Joint Task Force (JTF). As the electricity sector undergoes rapid transformation, collaboration between system operators has never been ...
Ameresco, Inc., a leading energy solutions provider specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, this week announced the successful completion of the $10.9 million Water Resiliency Microgrid Project at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). The ribbon-cutting ceremony, held on February 26, 2025, marked a significant milestone in WSMR’s commitment to enhancing energy and water ...
Escalating energy costs, substantiated by data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), are a significant concern for businesses of all sizes. Proactive energy management is the superior strategy for eliminating waste and optimizing ...
Honeywell this week announced that SECO Energy, a not-for-profit electric utility based in Florida and the seventh largest cooperative in the U.S., will be the first to use Honeywell Forge Performance+ for Utilities to help automate and modernize its grid assets. The integration of software from SparkMeter, a global provider of grid management solutions, into the Honeywell Forge platform is also ...
Leap, a leading platform for launching and scaling virtual power plants (VPPs), has announced its entry into PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM), the largest wholesale electricity market in the United States. This expansion enables Leap’s technology partners with distributed energy resources (DERs) in PJM territory to unlock new energy market revenue streams while helping reduce emissions and boosting ...
As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (LPO) this week announced the closing of a $289.7 million loan guarantee to Sunwealth Holdco 18 LLC’s (Sunwealth) Project Polo. ...