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The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada has approved Google's first-of-its-kind partnership with NV Energy to bring new, clean capacity to Nevada under the Clean Transition Tariff (CTT). This new type of utility rate creates a scalable pathway for utilities and large energy users to invest in clean, reliable electricity and accelerate advanced technologies. The CTT can be replicated in many ...
Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced $12 million is now available to support innovative technologies in New York that help to improve the efficiency of delivering clean energy to the state’s electric grid. This week’s announcement will accelerate the development of new and emerging electric grid solutions that enhance grid performance, improve grid reliability and make it easier to integrate ...
Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO), Vermont’s statewide electric transmission operator, this week announced the launch of its enhanced Point of Interconnection (POI) Heat Map, an interactive tool designed to support optimized siting of distributed generation (DG) resources across the state. This public resource provides a visual representation of available transmission capacity on the Vermont ...
Department of Energy this week announced $34 million for 12 projects across 11 states to strengthen and modernize America’s aging power grid through the development of cost-effective, high-speed, and safe undergrounding technologies. ...
Entergy Louisiana representatives and local officials gathered in Lake Charles this week to mark the start of phase one of the company’s comprehensive grid resilience plan that will result in customers experiencing shorter and lesser amount of power outages when severe weather strikes. The groundbreaking ceremony, set against a backdrop of bucket trucks and utility workers, heralds a new era of ...
Power companies and electric grid developers turn to simulation tools as they attempt to understand how modern equipment will be affected by rapidly unfolding events in a complex grid. ...
The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced $34 million for 12 projects across 11 states to strengthen and modernize America’s aging power grid through the development of cost-effective, high-speed, and safe undergrounding technologies. Through the Grid Overhaul with Proactive, High-speed Undergrounding for Reliability, Resilience, and Security (GOPHURRS) program, the selected projects will ...
Sage Geosystems Inc., a geothermal baseload and energy storage company, this week (Sept 12) announced groundbreaking results and data from their full-scale commercial pilot confirming the performance of its energy storage system that can provide short- or long-duration storage (EarthStore ). Further, the results show Sage's technology is cost-competitive with lithium-ion batteries, pumped storage ...
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) has announced the Operation and Planning Tools for Inverter-based resource Management and Availability for Future Power Systems (OPTIMA) funding opportunity, which will award $30 million in funding for projects that address emerging challenges and opportunities for grid planning and operations engineers and technicians arising ...
During Earth Week, Governor Kathy Hochul announced eight new large-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects have been completed in the last six months to deliver clean energy to New York's power grid. During development and construction, the projects supported the creation of nearly 1,800 jobs and spurred nearly $800 million in private ...
The German electricity transmission system operator 50Hertz wants to boost the connection capacity for offshore wind farms from around 1 GW today to more than 7 GW in 2030. In this way, the company and its employees can make a significant contribution to achieving climate protection targets, maintaining security of supply and strengthening energy sovereignty. "The legislation now initiated by the ...
The AES Corporation recently (Aug 3) announced that it is working with X, the moonshot factory (formerly Google X) to develop tools that enable additional clean energy resources to come onto the grid at a faster pace while improving grid reliability, optimizing operations and reducing costs. AES and X are using the tools to simulate and virtualize AES' distribution grids in Indiana and Ohio. ...
Hitachi ABB Power Grids this week announced the establishment of a new research and development (R&D) presence in Montréal, focused on addressing key challenges in the energy industry related to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cybersecurity. The new Digital Power Grid Center will build on the company's pioneering work in the development of technology solutions for ...
Vattenfall and the City of Amsterdam, together with grid owner Liander, the infrastructure competence center Elaad, and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, recently launched Flexpower, the largest public smart charging network for electric vehicles in Amsterdam. This solution is designed to enable faster charging, maximal use of renewable electricity and more efficient use of the ...
Consumers Energy’s Jackson Smart Energy District – a four-square-block area near the Consumers Energy headquarters – aims to achieve 2040 Clean Energy goals 15 to 20 years early. These include producing 40 percent of the District's energy needs from on-site renewable sources. Consumers Energy will work with private businesses and the city to reduce the Jackson Smart Energy ...
During a signing ceremony held on the 29th of November 2018 at the Belgian Embassy in Tokyo, TEPCO Power Grid Inc. (TEPCO) and Infra Asia Investment (IAI, Rent-A-Port Group’s holding for industrial zone development in Viet Nam), entered into an agreement for TEPCO to become a shareholder of DEEP C Green Energy. DEEP C Green operates the distribution power grid (110 & 22 kV) and is the ...
New data from IRENA shows that about 115 million people worldwide currently rely on the basic energy services provided by solar lights, while another 25 million obtain a higher level of renewable energy services through solar home systems or connection to a solar mini-grid. In addition to solar power, over 6 million people are currently connected to hydropower mini-grids, while another 300,000 ...
Areepong Bhoocha-Oom, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy of Thailand launched today the ‘Future Energy Asia Exhibition & Conference’ as a major initiative towards securing the path to Thailand’s Energy 4.0. The transformation and development of Thailand is a major priority for the government which creates incredible business ...
Who will be there? Vienna will welcome the world's biomass leading experts and decision makers from + 800 global organisations from more than 65 countries to discuss today's challenges and show the way ahead for the biomass sector at the 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Over this four-day event, we will bring together more than 1500 international decision-makers from research, ...
H2FIRST’s technical goal is to develop and apply physical testing, numerical simulation, and technology validation to help create low-cost, high-performance materials, components and station architectures. ...