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Accenture Acquires BRIDGE Energy Group to Advance Utilities’ Agenda for the Grid of the Future

Accenture has acquired BRIDGE Energy Group (BRIDGE), a Boston-based consulting and systems integration firm that provides grid modernization, analytics and security services to utilities in North America. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. BRIDGE serves North American electric utilities, and its experience and strong relationships with transmission and distribution leaders, managers ...

Jun. 4, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

ABB Signs Major Framework Contract with APG for Largest Ever Grid Expansion in Austria

ABB has signed a five-year framework contract with Austrian Power Grid (APG), Austria’s transmission system operator, potentially worth more than $100 million to supply gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), in the largest electricity grid expansion to date in Austria. ABB will be supplying GIS for the construction of a transmission grid that will help to strengthen the infrastructure in order to ...

Sep. 20, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Micro Grid Focus 2013 Will Focus on Asia’s Islands on June 27-28 in Hainan, China

Renewable Energy Association of Hainan Province and CBI BIZ announced a call for papers, and will raise special symposium topics for the Micro Grid Focus 2013. The conference is scheduled for June 27th-28th at Pullman Sanya Bay Resort & Spa in Sanya City of China’s island province Hainan. Gathering senior engineers and managing directors, the Micro Grid Focus 2013 will cover microgrid ...

Apr. 22, 2013

By Renewable Energy Association (REA)

Siemens Gamesa Inaugurates New Technology Center for Renewable Energy Systems in Madrid

Siemens Gamesa recently (5/17) inaugurated a new Gamesa Electric technology and manufacturing centre in the Madrid town of San Fernando de Henares. As a result, the company has expanded and upgraded the facilities previously operated in Coslada, evidencing its clear-cut strategic commitment to technology development and innovation.The new plant is equipped with two test benches for testing and ...

May 18, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

California farm selects Emerson to help manage innovative microgrid power project

Stone Edge Farm has selected Emerson (NYSE: EMR) automation technologies to provide efficient and reliable operation of its new microgrid, a self-sufficient energy production and distribution facility relying on diverse sources of electricity including solar power, wind power, hydrogen power and advanced storage battery technology. Home to a farm, spa and vineyard in Sonoma, Calif., Stone Edge ...

Jan. 24, 2017

By Emerson Industrial Automation

California Farm Selects Emerson to Help Manage Innovative Microgrid Power Project

Stone Edge Farm has selected Emerson (NYSE: EMR) automation technologies to provide efficient and reliable operation of its new microgrid, a self-sufficient energy production and distribution facility relying on diverse sources of electricity including solar power, wind power, hydrogen power and advanced storage battery technology. Home to a farm, spa and vineyard in Sonoma, Calif., Stone Edge ...

Jan. 24, 2017

By Emerson Electric Co.

New Report Shows that Solar, Wind, and Storage Can Competitively Power a Majority of Minnesota’s Electric Needs

Minnesota has been ambitious in meeting its renewable energy goals: the state hit its 25 percent renewable energy by 2025 goal early this year using wind, solar, biomass, and hydro power.A report released today finds that Minnesota could achieve 10 percent solar by 2025 at costs comparable to natural gas generation. Further, the report finds that expected cost decreases in solar, wind, and ...

Dec. 12, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

GE Introduces 2.5-120, the World’s Most Efficient High-Output Wind Turbine—the First Brilliant Wind Turbine

Today, GE (NYSE: GE) announced the 2.5-120, the world’s most efficient high-output and the first brilliant wind turbine. The 2.5-120 is the first wind turbine to bring together world-class efficiency and power output at low wind speed sites, capturing a 25 percent increase in efficiency and a 15 percent increase in power output compared to GE’s current model. The turbine’s high ...

Jan. 31, 2013

By General Electric

The Liquid Metal Battery Missing Link to Renewable Energy

What’s the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage — so we can have power on tap even when the sun’s not out and the wind’s not blowing. This video presentation by inventor Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy. As he says: “We need to think about the problem ...

Dec. 19, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

Department of Energy Announces First-Ever Grid Software Competition

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry this week announced the launch of the Department of Energy's first-ever Grid Optimization (GO) Competition. The GO Competition, created by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), is a series of challenges to develop software management solutions for a reliable, resilient and secure American electricity grid. Today marks the beginning of GO ...

Nov. 1, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Bosch to Invest $10 Million to Support Local Higher Education and Research Initiatives

As part of the company's 125th anniversary activities, Bosch is investing approximately $10 million (7 million euros) over eight years to support local universities and energy research projects in North America. Part of a global initiative, the Bosch Energy Research Network (BERN) is a project that works jointly with leading North American universities to achieve lasting developments in research ...

May 19, 2011

By Robert Bosch

IEG: Key energy, the event dedicated to energy efficiency

The leading Italian event dedicated to technologies for the intelligent use of energy in industry and housing is back. A full programme of conferences, organized in collaboration with Enea, FIRE and Federesco. Anticipation for the Energy Manager of the Year Award Rimini, 6th November 2018. Businesses and citizens in Italy are paying ever increasing attention to energy efficiency. The eco-bonus ...

Nov. 6, 2018

By Italian Exhibition Group SpA (IEG)

Is the Uk getting better at predicting future energy costs?

A new report published today by the UK Energy Research Centre's Technology and Policy Assessment (TPA) function asks why the cost of generating electricity in the UK has continued to rise, and why we keep getting it wrong when it comes to predicting future costs. Presenting the Future: an assessment of future costs estimation methodologies in the electricity generation sector has been produced ...

Nov. 24, 2013

By UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)

Compound Could Transform Energy Storage for Large Grids

In order to power entire communities with clean energy, such as solar and wind power, a reliable backup storage system is needed to provide energy when the sun isn’t shining and the wind doesn’t blow. One possibility is to use any excess solar- and wind-based energy to charge solutions of chemicals that can subsequently be stored for use when sunshine and wind are scarce. At that ...

Feb. 21, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Uk government cooperates with masdar to accelerate the development of renewable energy technologies

Masdar, and the UK Government today announced collaboration on the development of renewable energy and clean technology solutions. They will leverage each other's expertise, and influence to help accelerate adoption of technologies to make renewable energy scalable and affordable to the global community. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official visit to Abu Dhabi marks a major step in ...

Nov. 4, 2008

By MASDAR

EDP Creates Units to Exploit Green Hydrogen and Energy Storage

The EDP Group has strengthened its commitment to decarbonization by launching two units that will exploit the potential of green hydrogen and energy storage systems. The H2 Business Unit (H2BU) will be the Group's new arm for the development of green hydrogen projects, while the dedicated storage unit, built in EDPR NA, will aim to achieve a storage capacity of 1 GW within five years. With the ...

Feb. 22, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

EC calls for proposals for EUR 4bn worth of energy investments

The European Commission has launched a call for proposals covering key energy infrastructure projects such as energy interconnections, offshore wind energy and carbon capture and storage as part of the implementation of the European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR), on which the Council and the Parliament recently reached agreement. Project promoters are invited to submit their proposals by ...

May 18, 2009

By European Commission, Directorate General for Energy

Malay scientists use tropical fruits to make batteries

Malaysian engineers are harnessing the country's biodiversity to find alternative raw materials for high-tech electronic products such as electric vehicle batteries. They have discovered that bamboo, coconut shells and durian fruit skins can be converted into an activated form of carbon used to make the components of electric batteries known as 'supercapacitors'. Activated carbon is normally ...

Feb. 1, 2011

By SciDev.Net

Malaysian scientists use tropical fruits to make batteries

Malaysian engineers are harnessing the country's biodiversity to find alternative raw materials for high-tech electronic products such as electric vehicle batteries. They have discovered that bamboo, coconut shells and durian fruit skins can be converted into an activated form of carbon used to make the components of electric batteries known as 'supercapacitors'. Activated carbon is normally ...

Feb. 1, 2011

By SciDev.Net

Energy answer: Blowing in the wind?

When the federal government approved the Cape Wind project in April, allowing 130 power-generating turbines to be placed in the waters off Cape Cod, it gave a significant boost to the prospects of wind energy. The comparatively high costs of wind power, however, remain a problem. But in a study, MIT researchers have concluded that some of the price problems associated with wind power can be ...

May 26, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

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