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SDG&E Wins "Project of the Year" Award for Battery Energy Storage Facility
As part of their annual awards to recognize the industry's top disruptors and innovators that are transforming and shaping the future, SDG&E's battery energy storage facility in Escondido, Calif. was selected by Utility Dive for the 2017 Dive Awards project of the year.' In February, SDG&E unveiled, what was then, the world's largest lithium-ion battery energy storage facility in ...
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SPP Stakeholders Approve Transmission Plans and Improvements to Power Grid Operations
Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) board recently approved the company's 2020 Integrated Transmission Plan, the result of 27 months of collaboration among SPP and its stakeholders. The plan includes 54 projects including 92 miles of 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission. These upgrades will solve 163 issues on the power grid. SPP expects the upgrades to reduce wholesale energy congestion costs, providing ...
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Hitachi ABB Power Grids Commences Operations
In accordance with the agreement signed on December 17, 20181, Hitachi Ltd. and ABB Ltd this week announced the completion of all required procedures as planned, and the formation of Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ltd. Hitachi has an 80.1 percent stake in this new joint venture entity (which has business volume of approximately 10 billion USD2) and ABB holds the balance. Toshikazu Nishino, Executive ...
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California ISO Launches the Most Advanced Grid Operating System
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) upgraded its power grid operating technology last week, making it the most advanced in the industry. The Siemens Spectrum PowerTM 7 energy management system was launched into the ISO's grid environment on Oct. 2, following five years of study, competitive bidding, design, and implementation. The system upgrade is intended to better serve ISO ...
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Atlantic Canada to Invest in New Digital Grid Technologies and Expand Smart Grid Network
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is undertaking a five-year research initiative to address the complex technical, regulatory, and social issues involved in moving from conventional electric power systems to digital, or smart, grids. The Atlantic Digital Grid project will result in a number of new tools and technologies for energy distribution, analysis, threat detection, infrastructure, and ...
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CPower Policy Experts Release Demand Response Framework for Midwestern Stakeholders
CPower Energy has released a new whitepaper authored by its policy experts for state regulators and municipal and cooperative utilities across the Midwest to provide a framework to help drive the development of demand response (DR) in the region. Faced with tightening reserve margins and the need to lower energy costs, many stakeholders in the Midwest are looking for ways to meet resource ...
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India´s multi-billion dollar clean energy project
With funding support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), India’s national power grid operator is embarking on an ambitious multi-billion dollar plan to expand the country’s power transmission grid and link stable clean energy supplies to areas suffering shortages. ADB is extending a US$600 million loan to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWERGRID) in a multitranche financing facility to ...
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Landis+Gyr Secures Major Contract With Partner EDF to Deliver 650,000 SMETS2 Meters
Landis+Gyr this week announced that it has secured an additional major contract through its partnership with EDF. The agreement builds on the existing relationship between the two companies, and will see Landis+Gyr provide a further 650,000 SMETS2 gas and electricity meters by June 2025, following the initial order of 500,000 meters. As one of the UK's largest energy suppliers with approximately ...
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EcofinConcept supports private investor with the purchase of an existing Enercon wind turbine
EcofinConcept GmbH – the specialist for renewable energy projects – has supported a German private investor in the transaction and supplementing its wind turbine portfolio with another existing Enercon wind turbine. The wind power plant with a nominal output of 800 kW, a hub height of 73 m and a rotor diameter of 53 m is located at a location near an autobahn in Lower Saxony and has ...
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Ambri Advances Collaboration with Xcel Energy for First Utility Deployment of Liquid Metal™ Battery System
Ambri’s Liquid Metal™ battery system has taken a major step on the pathway to commercialization, after the company signed its first agreement with a utility provider. Xcel Energy and Ambri will jointly test the 300kWh system at SolarTAC in Aurora, Colorado, for a period of 12 months, enabling a comprehensive evaluation of its capabilities and performance. Installation of the system ...
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Battelle, Gridquant Collaboration Will Enhance Reliability and Security of the Electric Grid
Battelle has signed an exclusive licensing and collaboration agreement with the specialty grid management company Gridquant, bringing breakthrough modeling and analysis technologies to the electricity transmission market. The agreement makes Battelle the exclusive provider of consulting services in the United States and Canada and enables Battelle to help grid operators accurately visualize and ...
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Protect Our Power Seeks Federal Funding for States, Electric Utilities to Harden U.S. Electric Grid Against Cyberattacks
Following the disabling cyberattack on a major U.S. pipeline, Protect Our Power this week renewed its call for the Administration and Congress to make the security and resilience of the U.S. electric grid a top priority in pending infrastructure legislation. "We've been warned repeatedly during the last several years by major U.S intelligence agencies that a crippling cyberattack on our critical ...
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ABB Wins $640 Million Mega Deal for Long Distance Power Transmission Link in India
ABB has teamed up with India's national electricity grid operator Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) in a mega project worth over $640 million for ABB to deliver a transmission link that will have the capacity to bring reliable electricity to more than 80 million people. The Raigarh-Pugalur 800 kilovolt (kV) ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) system will connect Raigarh in ...
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CSP TODAY USA – Latest Program and Keynote Speaker Announced
CSP Today is delighted to announce the release of the latest program for CSP TODAY USA 2011 (June 29-30, Las Vegas). CSP Today is also glad to report that Sara Moffat Energy and Public Lands Regional Representative for U.S. Senator Harry Reid and Lit Governor K. Krolicki, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada will be both opening the event with a welcome keynote address. The confirmation of a keynote ...
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IEA launches first in-depth review of India’s energy policies
In partnership with NITI Aayog, the International Energy Agency (IEA) today released the first in-depth review of India’s energy policies. The report highlights the achievements of India’s energy policies and provides recommendations to support the government’s goals of promoting well-functioning energy markets and boosting deployment of renewables. Dr Fatih Birol (Executive ...
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NYSERDA Announces Up to $30 Million in Funding for Third Round of Future Grid Challenge
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) this week announced up to $30 million in funding is being made available in the third round of the Future Grid Challenge for projects that identify solutions to the technical challenges of integrating renewable resources into the electric grid. Up to $3 million per project is available for single or team providers that propose ...
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Berkeley Lab Aims to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of the Grid
As the U.S. electricity grid continues to modernize, it will mean things like better reliability and resilience, lower environmental impacts, greater integration of renewable energy, as well as new computing and communications technologies to monitor and manage the increasing number of devices that connect to the grid. However, that enhanced connectivity for grid operators and consumers also ...
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ComEd, Argonne Climate Study Projects Impact on Power Grid
ComEd, in partnership with the U.S. 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 northern ...
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GE Japan provides its high capacity energy storage system, gas engine for cogeneration, and LED lighting equipment energy solutions to realize the “Future Disaster-Proof Factory Plan” for Sekisui House’s Tohoku Factory
GE Japan (Headquarters: Minato Ward, Tokyo; President: Akihiko Kumagai) today announces the installment of its high capacity energy storage system, gas engine for cogeneration, and LED lighting equipment for the “Future Disaster-Proof Factory Plan,” a project that is being undertaken by Sekisui House’s Tohoku Factory. Sekisui House’s Tohoku Factory proactively promotes ...
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SMA Powers the American Southwest
SMA America is proud to power what is expected to be the largest operational photovoltaic (PV) plant in the world upon completion. Construction on the 290 MW Agua Caliente solar project in Yuma County, near Dateland, Ariz., is under way, with completion expected in 2014. Built by First Solar, Inc., Agua Caliente will generate enough clean solar energy to serve the needs of about 100,000 average ...
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