Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:42:15 +0000
The humble electric hot water system, hidden usually in a corner of the garage, or even sometimes stuck outside the house in Australia, is being repurposed to balance the grid. For years, we have used tariff 33 to switch on our hot water systems at night for lower-cost electricity from … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:21:14 +0000
The demand for electricity is generally at its peak during summer afternoons, when many people use their air conditioners. Until this year, the bulk power system — the network of generators and transmission lines — met this demand through hydropower and fossil fuel generation. What a shift this past summer … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:20:00 +0000
Elon Musk has announced that he is building the world’s largest supercomputer. The problem is that it will require the same amount of electricity as would power 100,000 homes. Musk’s potential supercomputer power usage has many regional community members in the southwest Memphis area concerned, who say the artificial intelligence … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 01:13:42 +0000
Thermal energy storage company Ice Energy has a 25.6 MWh utility-scale energy storage program in the Southern California Edison (SCE) utility district. It’s been in operation for five years and is spread out across 100 customer sites. It’s part of the Southern California Virtual Power Plant (“VPP”) Thermal Storage Project. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 12:26:58 +0000
Can the electric grid handle all the electric vehicles (EVs) we need to address the climate crisis? Most people now accept that EVs are companions to solar and wind generation. The electricity system is built for the most demanding hour of the year, but during every other hour there’s excess … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:00:12 +0000
The global urgency to decarbonize is captured by the rapid growth in new low-carbon infrastructure throughout the energy economy. As power systems around the world rapidly evolve to achieve decarbonization objectives, it is crucial that power system planners and operators use appropriate models and tools to analyze and address the … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:40:29 +0000
Virtual power plants can help us use electricity more wisely and reduce the need for expensive new generating resources.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 22:26:32 +0000
If you own or lease a Ford electric vehicle, you can now get paid to support the electricity grid in Southern California, and you don’t even need vehicle-to-grid technology. This is specifically in the Southern California Edison utility district, and it is initially only an option for Ford EV owners … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:48:12 +0000
Through its innovative virtual power plant (VPP), Arizona Public Service (APS) harnessed smart home devices to save 138 MW during a historic heatwave, shifting peak demand and proving critical for grid
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Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:44:09 +0000
Recently I sat down virtually with energy policy expert Jan Rosenow of RAP on my podcast “Redefining Energy — Tech” to discuss how residential and commercial building heat solutions. In the theme of providing transcripts of presentations I’m giving in various places for people who prefer the written word, this … [continued]
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