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AI Firms to Help NYPA Advance Strategic Clean Energy and Climate Action Goals

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is expanding its digital footprint by linking with expert technology firms that specialize in artificial intelligence that will help advance NYPA's strategic clean energy and climate action goals and benefit the utility industry. Twenty technology firms have been selected to receive up to $10 million in contracts to develop and deploy new digital transformation ...

Aug. 4, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
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California PUC Issues Draft Distributed Energy Resources Action Plan

The California Public Utilities Commission on July 23 issued a Draft Distributed Energy Resources Action Plan 2.0, intended to coordinate development and implementation of policy, and will host a public workshop to discuss the draft and solicit comments.Distributed energy resources include rooftop solar and other distributed renewable generation resources, energy storage, electric vehicles, time ...

Jul. 26, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
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Electric Utility Sustainability Initiatives Not Connecting with Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Few local electric customers have any idea what their utility is planning to do to improve the environment despite a historic bipartisan infrastructure proposal that calls for the single largest federal investment in clean energy, countless clean-air initiatives launched by local utilities and growing consumer interest in clean energy. According to the J.D. Power 2021 Sustainability Index, ...

Jul. 26, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
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LISST-100X Deploys in Cook Inlet of Alaska

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has subcontracted Integral Consulting Inc. to deploy a LISST-100X for collecting sediment characterization data to support potential tidal energy development in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska. The instrument uses laser diffraction technology to perform in situ measurements of particle size and concentration; used by scientists globally, learn ...

Jul. 14, 2021

By Sequoia Scientific, Inc.
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 ...

Aug. 3, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) Approves 3,750 MW Successor Solar Incentive Program

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) this week voted unanimously to implement a new solar incentive program that will pave the way for up to 3,750 megawatts of new solar generation by 2026, doubling the state’s solar capacity. The Successor Solar Incentive Program (or “SuSI” Program) is the culmination of a nearly three-year Solar Transition process mandated by the Clean Energy Act of ...

Jul. 29, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
Virtual Peaker and Enel X Partner to Provide Smart Home Energy Solutions

Virtual Peaker, a cloud-based energy management platform, has partnered with Enel X, the Enel Group's advanced energy services business line, to offer smart home energy solutions to utilities and their customers from coast to coast. The Virtual Peaker and Enel X teams have signed multi-device agreements to provide software and energy services for two innovative public utilities, Snohomish County ...

Jul. 22, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
Calpine and GE Renewable Energy Complete Santa Ana Storage Project in Southern California

Calpine and GE Renewable Energy announced this week the completion of the Santa Ana Storage Project (SASP) in Southern California. The project contains a 20MW/80MWh (4hr) standalone battery energy storage system using GE's Reservoir energy storage technology. The system, now in commercial operation, is supported by a 20-year Resource Adequacy Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The project will be ...

Jul. 22, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
Geo`s Whole Home Optimization Trial Shows Dramatic Energy and Carbon Savings

UK households are saving an average of 49% on their annual energy bills and cutting their carbon footprint by 14% as part of a trial led by smart energy specialist, geo, to assess how real-time smart meter data enables the Whole Home Optimization of energy. Funded by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the trial, known as Core4Grid, uses geo's Whole Home ...

Jul. 21, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
Hawaiian Electric Encourages Customers to Add Energy Storage to Rooftop Solar Systems

Hawaiian Electric is accepting applications for Battery Bonus, a new program that will pay a cash incentive for residential and commercial customers on Oahu to add energy storage (a battery) to an existing or new rooftop solar system. This one-time incentive will help move Hawaii toward the company's goal of 100% clean energy by 2045 and add more renewable resources to the grid in the short-term ...

Jul. 20, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
Biomass Charcoal Briquette Machine Setting Up A Bio-briquette Project

Bio-briquette is a form of renewable energy that is acquired through the conversion of agroforestry waste into bio-coal. Biomass charcoal briquette machine is an ideal equipment in this project. Bio-briquette projects are crucial biofuel substitutes to coal and charcoal. The projects are mostly common in developing countries where there is no sufficient number of energy sources. Bio-briquettes ...

Jul. 19, 2021

By Zhengzhou Fusmar Machinery Co.,Ltd
AMPLY Power Supplies California EV Fleet Customers with 100 Percent Renewable Energy

As the energy transition to electric transportation such as electric buses and trucks gains market momentum and political support, AMPLY Power is now delivering 100 percent clean energy to its electric fleet customers. The Charging-as-a-Service innovator now ensures only California-sourced renewable power from wind and solar sources is used by its California fleet customers in order to reduce the ...

Jul. 19, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
IEG: at Ecomondo and Key Energy 2021 focus on the green challenges of the African and Europe continent

Rimini (Italy) 19 July 2021 – A driving force for environmental business and an ecological transition accelerator: four days of business and know-how exchange with top experts from the European Commission, innovators, international and national authorities, the world of science and university, decision makers and investors. All gathered from 26th to 29th October, at Rimini Expo Centre in ...

Jul. 19, 2021

By Italian Exhibition Group SpA (IEG)
Secretary Granholm Announces New Goal to Cut Costs of Long Duration Energy Storage by 90 Percent

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm this week announced the U.S. Department of Energy's new goal to reduce the cost of grid-scale, long duration energy storage by 90% within the decade. The second target within DOE's Energy Earthshot Initiative, "Long Duration Storage Shot" sets bold goals to accelerate breakthroughs that store clean electricity to make it available anytime, anywhere ...

Jul. 15, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
RMI and Microsoft White Paper Examines Clean Energy Procurement Strategies

A new white paper by RMI in partnership with Microsoft assesses the costs and benefits of hourly clean energy procurement strategies that can help lay the groundwork for a decarbonized grid. Corporate renewable energy procurement has played a key role in decarbonizing global power. And the urgency for climate action has prompted leading firms to consider strategies like hourly load-matching to ...

Jul. 14, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
NREL 2021 U.S. Geothermal Market Report Released

The U.S. Department of Energy's Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) announced this week that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has published its much-anticipated 2021 U.S. Geothermal Power Production and District Heating Market Report, which highlights areas where the geothermal power sector is primed for technological innovation. The report identifies significant opportunities for ...

Jul. 14, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
TVA Replacing Natural Gas Units, Supports Solar Growth

The nation's largest public power utility continued its path to a cleaner energy future as the Tennessee Valley Authority completed its environmental review and is moving forward with building new lower-emission, natural gas-fueled combustion turbines at shuttered coal plants in Tuscumbia, Alabama and Paradise, Kentucky. The new units will replace capacity from retiring CT units elsewhere on the ...

Jul. 13, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
Eco Mons Vita joint Newsletter with the Association of Renewable Energy

We will keep you updated about global and regional news on climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy. We will also introduce you the global and regional organizations and their technologies and projects. ...

Jul. 11, 2021

By Eco Mons Vita
Nuvve Expands Vehicle-to-Grid Footprint

Nuvve Holding Corp., provider of a leading vehicle-to-grid (V2G) platform, announced this week that it has been selected as the energy technology provider that will enable school districts and utilities in San Diego, Calif. and Durango, Colo. to accelerate the electrification of their school buses. Nuvve's V2G technology is seen as creating value for the customers of these deployments by lowering ...

Jul. 8, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer
DOE Announces $52.5 Million to Accelerate Progress in Clean Hydrogen

The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced $52.5 million to fund 31 projects to advance next-generation clean hydrogen technologies and support DOE's recently announced Hydrogen Energy Earthshot initiative to reduce the cost and accelerate breakthroughs in the clean hydrogen sector. Clean hydrogen is a form of renewable energy that if made cheaper and easier to produce can have a major ...

Jul. 8, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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