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APS, First Solar Partner on Arizona's Largest Battery Storage Project
Two leaders in renewable energy, Arizona Public Service and First Solar, are bringing a first-of-its-kind 50-megawatt (MW) solar-fueled battery to the desert to provide clean power to Arizonans on hot summer days. This project will make Arizona home to one of the largest battery storage systems in the country. The innovative design models how the future of solar and storage can work together to ...
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CPUC Issues Solar Tariff Modernization Proposal To Support Reliability and Decarbonization
The California Public Utilities Commission this week (Nov 10) issued a proposal to modernize the Net Energy Metering (NEM) solar tariff to promote solar and battery storage, grid reliability, and control electricity costs for Californians. The update launches the solar industry into the future so that it can support the modern grid by incentivizing solar paired with battery storage and the ...
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BluWave-ai and Summerside Launch Canadian Smart Grid AI Center of Excellence
BluWave‐ai has launched the Canadian Smart Grid AI Center of Excellence at the City of Summerside, Prince Edward Island in partnership with Summerside Electric. The Center consists of wind farm, solar array, battery storage, grid connection, smart metering assets, and a cloud-based AI optimization platform with networking to users internationally. The Center will serve as a real-world AI test ...
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FPL Unveils First Solar-Plus-Storage System In The U.S. That Can Increase Solar Power Plant Output
Florida Power & Light Company recently unveiled a new, cutting-edge solar-plus-storage system that is believed to be the first in the country to fully integrate battery technology with a major solar power plant in a way that increases the plant's overall energy output. By incorporating this new technology into the FPL Citrus Solar Energy Center, a solar power plant that was built in 2016, FPL ...
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Asian solar power growth could increase lead poisoning
Plans for China and India to generate more solar power may increase lead pollution, according to a study published last week (31 August). The move could release more than 2.4 million tons of lead pollution in China and India, according to the analysis of government plans by researchers at the University of Tennessee, United States. This is because off-grid solar power in both countries uses ...
By SciDev.Net
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Hawaiian Electric Selects Open Access Technology International for Paradigm-Shifting Grid Services Project
Hawaiian Electric Company and OATI are pleased to announce they have signed a Grid Services Purchase Agreement and submitted it to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission for review.The Grid Services Program creates a new model for power system operations through a unique design linking the utility, grid service suppliers, and end customers. In this project, OATI heads a team of industry-leading ...
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Pecan Street Releases Powerful Residential Electricity Dataset with Potential to Revolutionize Electricity Management
Pecan Street Inc. has released a groundbreaking dataset containing one year of one-second interval consumer electricity data collected through its volunteer residential research network. The dataset includes measurements from 40 homes for whole home electricity use, solar generation, electric vehicle charging, HVAC, major appliances and other in-home circuits. The dataset is free for ...
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Hawaiian Electric and Open Access Technology International Plan for Innovative Grid Services Wins PUC Approval
A pioneering Grid Services Purchase Agreement between the Hawaiian Electric Companies and Minneapolis-based Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) has been approved by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, advancing a project to bring Hawaii customers more renewable energy choices.The approval allows the OATI Energy Alliance, a team of industry-leading companies, to aggregate, ...
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Windlab and Vestas Partner On World`s First Utility-Scale Hybrid Integrating Wind, Solar and Storage
A partnership between renewable energy industry leaders has announced the final details of a project that will help accelerate the transition to an energy mix led by renewable energy and aim to provide even more reliable and consistent renewable energy production adapted to energy demand and grid requirements. Developed by Australia's international renewable energy company, Windlab, with support ...
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Utilizing Technology to Increase Distributed Energy in Low Voltage Networks
A new invention by Brisbane company eleXsys Energy could help to increase the penetration of home solar and batteries in low voltage areas, reducing the need to build costly distribution grid infrastructure. On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $451,167 in funding to eleXsys Energy to demonstrate the potential of their new ...
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Duke Energy Places Advanced Microgrid into Service in Hot Springs, NC
Duke Energy has placed into service one of the nation’s most advanced green microgrids in the Madison County town of Hot Springs. The Hot Springs microgrid consists of a 2-megawatt (AC) solar facility and a 4.4-megawatt lithium-based battery storage facility. The microgrid is designed to provide a safe, cost-effective and reliable grid solution for serving the Hot Springs area, and also provide ...
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ComEd Awarded Nearly $15 Million Federal Grant to Enhance Grid Reliability on South, West Sides
ComEd this week (June 20) announced that it was awarded a $14.5 million Middle Mile Grant by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) that will enhance electric grid reliability and resiliency while also helping to increase broadband connectivity in communities on the south and west sides of Chicago that lack equitable access to ...
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Eos Energy, PSE&G Commissions Battery Storage System in New Jersey Solar Microgrid
Eos Energy Storage has announced the installation and commissioning of a 250 kW | 1 MWh Eos Aurora® DC battery system at the wastewater treatment plant in the Borough of Caldwell, NJ. The batteries are a central component of Public Service Electric and Gas Company’s (PSE&G’s) on-site solar-plus-storage microgrid that will help keep the facility operating during extended power ...
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Horizon Power and PXiSE Energy Solutions Successfully Operate World's First 100% Solar-Plus-Storage-Only Community Grid
Horizon Power, Western Australia's regional and remote energy utility, and PXiSE Energy Solutions, developer of next-generation grid control technology, have collaborated on a first-of-its-kind hydrocarbon-free power grid that enabled a town to power itself entirely with fossil-free distributed energy resources.In the world's first known instance of solar-plus-batteries supplying 100% of a ...
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New Video Shows Cities and Towns How Energy Storage Can Protect Critical Facilities During Extreme Storms while Saving Money
A new video showcasing the Sterling Municipal Light Department's award-winning energy storage system highlights the municipal utility's energy storage microgrid, which is bringing both economic and resiliency benefits to the town of Sterling, Massachusetts. The energy storage project is the result of a collaboration among municipal, state, federal, industry, philanthropy, and nonprofit partners. ...
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