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“The urgent need for solutions that create more energy capacity has never been clearer, and every day we see validation of the transformative work our team is doing through real gigawatts unlocked,” said Joanna Lohkamp, CEO of Smart Wires. “With this additional funding—and our strong partnership with BP Energy Partners and Keystone Group—we’ll be able to accelerate our work with ...
New patents to integrate artificial intelligence into power grids have grown sixfold in recent years, with the United States and China leading the way in AI for smart grid development, according to a new study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency (IEA).The report, Patents for Enhanced Electricity ...
Additionally, FPL’s enhancements to the electric grid, including building stronger infrastructure, undergrounding power lines, and deploying smart grid technology continued to benefit customers and helped to avoid outages and speed restoration.FPL’s responseSmart grid technology helped avoid ...
The substation construction is part of DTE’s broader grid investment strategy that includes transitioning to a smart grid, upgrading existing infrastructure, rebuilding significant portions of the grid and trimming trees.Each new substation will be equipped with smart grid ...
DTE Energy announced this week a significant milestone in its commitment to improving energy reliability for its customers. Through the implementation of smart grid technology, DTE has prevented nearly 5,000 power interruptions and more than 1.8 million minutes without power for customers so far in ...
This deployment of new, innovative transmission infrastructure and technology upgrades to the existing grid will add nearly 13 gigawatts (GW) of grid capacity including 4,800 megawatts of offshore wind allowing more clean power to reach customers across the country. ...
“Researchers from Argonne National Lab and the Illinois Institute of Technology were tasked with bringing the technology for this microgrid to life, and we now have a more resilient, self-sufficient, and cleaner grid. ...
As American consumers become more in tune with the household energy usage data that’s now widely available from smart home and smart grid technologies, the possibilities of what they can achieve with electricity become more top of mind, finds a new report from the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative ...
Funding will help utility providers and electric cooperatives build and improve electric infrastructure, smart-grid technologies and renewable energy systems.The projects will ensure more than two million people in rural areas have access to reliable electricity, increasing their opportunities for economic growth and enhancing their overall ...
Tantalus Systems, a smart grid technology company focused on helping utilities harness the power of data, this week announced the commercial launch of its data analytics capability, TRUGrid™ Transformer, which is being deployed by a growing number of utilities across North America. ...
According to a new report (January 2024) from Technavio, the global market for smart grid technologies estimated at $49.8 billion in 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of $173 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 16.8% over the analysis period 2022-2030. ...
This week (Oct 18), SMUD announced it's been awarded a $50 million grant from the Department of Energy Grid Deployment Office's Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership program (GRIP) for new technologies to increase reliability, efficiency and flexibility of the electric grid. SMUD's Connected Clean PowerCity project includes ...
"That's why at FPL we relentlessly work to improve the reliable service we provide. Our investments in smart grid technology and in hardening and undergrounding our system are paying off for customers, both in good weather and bad. ...
Penn Power, a FirstEnergy Corp. electric company in western Pennsylvania, continues to expand its smart grid in Mercer and Crawford counties to reinforce the local power system and help prevent lengthy service disruptions, especially during severe weather. ...
Department of Energy this week (Aug 30) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on the $10.5 billion Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership Program to enhance the resilience and reliability of America's electric grid. ...
Toledo Edison, a FirstEnergy Corp. electric company, is wrapping up smart grid upgrades in Lucas County to help prevent or minimize the length of service disruptions, particularly during severe weather. ...
.* The $4.8 billion investment in infrastructure strengthening and modernization programs, portions of which are still in progress, spans PSE&G programs Energy Strong I and II and Gas System Modernization Program I and II and includes raising, rebuilding, eliminating and equipment upgrades at 26 stations, many of which were damaged by flooding during Sandy. PSE&G also installed ...
"As we strive to address climate change and achieve a net-zero future, we've made significant progress in hardening our systems and deploying smart grid technology to make our energy networks more resilient to severe weather that may become more frequent with climate change," said Gregory Dudkin, chief operating officer of PPL Corporation. ...
AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power company, this week received approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to move forward with the third phase of its grid modernization plan. The recent settlement will allow AEP Ohio to bring advanced smart grid technologies including smart meters, customer ...
Our investment in adopting artificial intelligence solutions with BluWave-ai has completed the full smart grid in our community, country, and continent and during the last two years we removed over 64 million kilograms of carbon from our energy usage thanks to our industry leading smart grid.” ...