Credit to Author: Molly Jerrard| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:38:03 +0000
The energy grid is confronting unprecedented challenges, including surging demand, aging infrastructure, and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events. A deep freeze across the East Coast recently generated an […]
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Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:27:08 +0000
A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant, not too far from San Francisco, on January 16, 2025, prompting the evacuation of approximately 1,500 residents and the temporary closure of Highway 1. No one was harmed in the incident. Given the massive growth in grid storage battery systems, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 03:34:15 +0000
Four years ago, I published one of my first (absurdly arrogant) projection decades into the future, on three pathways for exploiting electric vehicle batteries for grid stability and cost efficiency. Today, it’s worth returning to it and seeing what’s happening in the space. The trigger for this was a conversation … [continued]
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Read moreCredit 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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