power grid stability News
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Connecting dead ends increases power grid stability
Climate change mitigation strategies such as the German Energiewende require linking vast numbers of new power generation facilities to the grid. As the input from many renewable sources is rather volatile, depending on how much the wind blows or the sun shines, there’s a higher risk of local power instabilities and eventually blackouts. Scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate ...
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North America's First Major Power-to-Gas Energy Storage Facility Now Open
Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Hydrogenics Corporation recently (7/16) announced that the first major energy storage facility using hydrogen in North America is now operational. The facility features technology developed and manufactured in Mississauga, Ontario by Hydrogenics and represents one of several projects selected by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) of Ontario for ...
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Malta Raises $26M, Forms New Grid-Scale Energy Storage Company
Malta Inc, a pioneer in electro-thermal energy storage, recently (12/19) announced it has raised $26M in a Series A round of funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures with participation from other investors including Concord New Energy Group and Alfa Laval. The Malta energy storage system stores energy in the form of a thermal differential between hot and cold storage media. It is based on ...
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From power grids to heartbeat: Using mathematics to restore rhythm
When a rhythm stalls, the effect can be fatal – in a power grid it can mean a blackout, and in the human heart even death. An international team of scientists has now developed a new approach for revoking these undesired quenching states. They use an advanced mathematical methodology, building on complex networks analysis, and demonstrate it in experiments with chemical reactions. This ...
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Grid Customers Energize 3,500 Mvar of GE Fixed Series Compensation (FSC) Systems in 2019 to Increase Efficiency of Transmission Networks
GE Renewable Energy's Grid Solutions business recently announced that seven electrical grid customers energized its Fixed Series Compensator (FSC) systems at nine different sites in 2019 to increase the efficiency of their transmission networks. That's the equivalent of nearly 3,500 megavar (Mvar) of compensation, with almost all of it being used to support increased renewables generation. FSC ...
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SMA is the only international company to supply large-scale storage project in Korea with battery inverters and system technology
SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) is supplying a large-scale storage project, run by the state-owned Korean electric utility company KEPCO, with 24 Sunny Central Storage 1000 battery inverters and system technology. The project is aimed at supplying reserve power and is the largest of its kind in the world. In addition to SMA, only local companies were qualified for the other portions of the ...
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NREL team investigates secondary uses for electric drive vehicle batteries
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), industry and academia are teaming to give batteries from electric drive vehicles (EV) a “second life.” NREL’s partner is an industry-academia team led by the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE). Possible secondary uses for lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries include residential and ...
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Hitachi ABB Power Grids Launches Next-Generation Grid Stabilization Solution
Hitachi ABB Power Grids today announced the launch of SVC Light Enhanced at CIGRE 2021 - its next-generation grid stabilization solution. SVC Light Enhanced is designed to enables the smooth integration of renewable energy into the world's rapidly evolving energy system, underpinning new and fast-growing uses for emission-free electrification, ranging from powering data centers to sustainable ...
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FirstEnergy Selects Eaton for Conversion Project at Ohio Power Plant to Enhance Grid Reliability
Power management company Eaton has entered into an agreement with FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) to provide engineering services and equipment for Units 1-3 at FirstEnergy’s Eastlake, Ohio power plant. Through this multi-million dollar contract, Eaton’s Electrical Services and Systems team will supply turnkey project management and equipment conversions that enhance grid stability and ...
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Enersponse Partners With Samsung SmartThings to Expand Its Distributed Energy Programs
Enersponse, a distributed energy resource (DER) management provider, today announced its partnership with Samsung SmartThings, the premier technology enabling connected living and driving the future of IoT. The partnership will provide users with access to a portfolio of utility integrations and grid service programs via SmartThings Energy, a popular service within the SmartThings app. In ...
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PearlX and SolarEdge Bring New Community Solar & Storage Virtual Power Plants to Texas Renters
Flexible energy provider, PearlX Infrastructure LLC, and global leader in smart energy technology, SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., are collaborating on a series of first-in-kind residential clean energy projects for renters throughout Texas. Dubbed "Project TexFlex", the program deploys innovative community solar & storage virtual power plants (VPPs), enabling communities in the region to ...
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Arizona State, Idaho National Laboratory Team to Boost Clean Energy Research
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Arizona State University (ASU) have agreed to expand their joint efforts in clean energy research for the next five years. An agreement signed in October establishes a framework for both institutions to develop low-carbon processes for the energy and manufacturing sectors. One joint project works to improve and decarbonize methods to extract critical minerals ...
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ENGIE NA Unveils Largest Energy Storage System in Massachusetts in Cooperation with Holyoke Gas & Electric
ENGIE North America and Holyoke Gas & Electric (HG&E) recently (9/25) unveiled Massachusetts' largest utility-scale energy storage system at a ceremony at the Mt. Tom Solar Farm in Holyoke, Massachusetts. ENGIE Storage Services (formerly Green Charge) will operate the three-megawatt GridSynergy system, which will be fully integrated into the largest community solar farm in the state at a ...
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Enel Green Power Starts Construction of Its Second Solar + Storage Project in North America
Enel, through its US renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, started construction of the 284 MW1 Azure Sky solar + storage project, its second hybrid project in North America that integrates a renewable energy plant with utility-scale battery storage. The project is another milestone in the company's commitment, announced in July, to invest in renewables-plus-storage hybrids in the ...
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Smart Grids´ Ability to Simplify Distributed Generation Encourages its Installation in Asia-Pacific, Finds Frost & Sullivan
The smart grids market in Asia-Pacific got a huge boost from the roll-outs of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in Australasia and Smart City projects in North Asia. The market can expect higher revenue inflow with the rising popularity of Demand response systems and energy management system (EMS) installations as well as Southeast Asia's desire to switch to smart grids. New analysis from ...
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NREL Methods Assist Maui in Approaching 100% Renewable Operations
Maui is not waiting until 2045 to meet Hawaii's clean energy mandates: The island is likely to become the first interconnected electric transmission system anywhere to operate with 100% wind and solar PV power on an instantaneous basis.Through 2024, Maui is scheduled to bring online more than 175 MW of new solar-storage hybrid power plants. This, in addition to the almost 200 MW of wind and solar ...
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Using CSP to Improve Frequency Stability of Power Grid
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and General Electric (GE) have joined forces to tackle an issue that is relatively new ground for the power industry. Five years ago, most people couldn't envision high penetration on the grid of variable-generation renewables such as photovoltaics (PV) and wind. But now, this scenario is becoming a reality, so the topic of maintaining grid ...
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EPA Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Permit for Company in Hale County, Texas; Facility Will Create Almost 200 Construction Jobs and Bring $110M to Area
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. (GSEC), Antelope Elk Energy Center in Abernathy, Texas. Golden Spread plans to construct a natural gas-fired simple cycle turbine. “We continue to work with Texas’ businesses to take action ...
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Department of Energy Announces Funding to Support Long-Duration Energy Storage
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently (5/1) announced up to $30 million in funding for projects as part of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program: Duration Addition to electricitY Storage (DAYS). DAYS project teams will build innovative technologies to enable long-duration energy storage on the power grid, providing reliable electricity for 10 to approximately 100 ...
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NEC Energy Solutions Commissions Europe`s Largest Energy Storage System for EnspireME
NEC Energy Solutions (NEC) announced recently (6/21) that they have completed and commissioned the largest energy storage system in Europe for Germany-based EnspireME, a joint venture between Eneco, a Netherlands-based renewable energy company and Mitsubishi Corporation. The 48 MW energy storage system located in Jardelund, Germany has over 50 MWh of storage capacity and will generate revenue ...
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