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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. ...
Dominion Energy, Inc. this week provided several updates for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The 2.6 GW, fully permitted project is now approximately 50% complete and remains on track for on-time completion at the end of 2026. CVOW is credited with creating 2,000 direct and indirect American jobs and $2 billion of economic activity.CVOW continues to achieve significant ...
Last week, ATC published its new 10-year assessment, which identifies needs for electric grid improvements for the next decade throughout the company’s service area. ...
Faced with the challenge of electric grid modernization, many have called for supporting utility managers and operators with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools that can remove some of their decision-making burden. ...
FERC and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) this week released the final report on Winter Storm Elliott, the Christmas 2022 storm that contributed to power outages for millions of electricity customers in the Eastern half of the country. ...
The remaining 30% of Myrtle's capacity will supply green electricity to Kilroy Realty, a publicly traded real estate company, under a 15-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) indexed on merchant prices. In addition to the photovoltaic installations, the solar power plant also features battery energy storage equipment to meet the need for ...
This includes installing state-of- the-art data and monitoring systems to provide greater visibility into how the grid and interconnected devices are operating to ensure system safety and stability, upgrading IT systems and communications networks to support two-way information flows and control, and providing greater system flexibility, security, and more timely ...
That data then provides electric grid operators with enhanced communication and coordination capabilities to unlock the value of DER as flexible grid resources. ...
Installation of the system is expected to begin in early 2024, with the system fully operational later that year. The system will use the GridNXT Microgrid Platform at SolarTAC to integrate multiple generation sources, such as solar and wind, along with inverters, load banks, and 3-phase distribution connections and communications. ...
Forward-looking utilities are leveraging EVs as mobile energy storage assets to support grid resilience. To do this and meet grid performance standards, utilities and fleet EV operators need better data, insights, and forecasting of when and how EVs can send energy stored in their batteries to the grid. ...
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) recently announced the commercial launch of Essence, a next generation Operations Technology (OT) and cybersecurity monitoring solution. Purpose-built to protect America’s critical infrastructure, Essence continuously monitors the operation of electric grids and other ...
Faced with tightening reserve margins and the need to lower energy costs, many stakeholders in the Midwest are looking for ways to meet resource adequacy requirements and stabilize the grid. Through DR solutions, distirbuted energy resources (DERs) can augment traditional supply-driven grids powered by utilities and grid ...
These federal investments will unlock billions of dollars of state and private sector capital to build transformative projects that increase the reliability of the power grid and modernize it so that more American communities and businesses have access to affordable, reliable, clean electricity – helping deliver on the President’s goal of 100% clean electricity ...
Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory's Center for Climate Resilience and Decision Science, this week released the first phase of a comprehensive Climate Risk and Adaptation Study as part of ComEd's long-term effort to understand the impacts of climate change to its power grid and operations and begin devise strategies to adapt in ...
This week's announcement represents a key step in delivering on DOE's coordinated grid strategy laid out in the Building a Better Grid Initiative to upgrade the nation's grid infrastructure, connect more communities to cheaper, cleaner power, ensure the grid can withstand extreme weather, and meet expanding ...
This challenge seeks to address high priority grid technologies including: Power flow control devices Energy storage for transmission and distribution services Tools for improving operator situational awareness Transformer monitoring Advanced high-temperature, low sag conductors Compact tower design Distribution Energy Management Systems (DERMS) ...
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Tesla Inc. have launched a new pilot program that creates a virtual power plant, to help support electric grid reliability and save customers money. ...
National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) and Octopus Energy are launching a pioneering real-time project in the UK to determine if flexibility in household electricity can help better match supply and demand on the electricity grid this winter.The domestic flexibility trial will assess the role households can play during periods of high ...
Duke Energy Florida earlier this week opened its new, state-of-the-art Bayboro electrical substation to meet the power needs of downtown St. Petersburg. The electrical substation is known as a gas insulated switchgear (GIS) substation. ...
The innovative pilot program will study how this technology can improve the reliability of Hydro One's distribution system.The pilot program is funded in part by the Independent Electricity System Operator's (IESO) Grid Innovation Fund. The fund supports projects that either enable customers to better manage their energy consumption, or reduce costs associated ...