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Evolution and Continuation: How Distributed Control Systems Will Change and Adapt

December 7, 2022 admin abb, Commentary, dcs, distributed control systems, distributed power, Instrumentation & Controls, O&M, reliability, resiliency

Credit to Author: Johan Bjorklund| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:29:56 +0000

Are today’s Distributed Control Systems ready for what tomorrow could bring? Johan Björklund of leading global technology company ABB believes they are. Here he looks at how the DCS is adapting to meet the changing demands of users. Distributed Control Systems (DCS) have been around for nearly half a century. Of course, both industrial processes […]

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Hybrids Combine Technologies to Enhance Electricity Production

December 2, 2022 admin capstone, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, energy shares, Energy Storage, engineering, Fuel, geothermal, hybrid, hybrid power, Hydro, microgrid, news, power, psixe, Research and Development, Solar, Technology, vpp, Wind, yokogawa

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:16:00 +0000

Solar + wind, solar + storage, wind + storage—even fossil fuels combined with renewable energy—are supporting the growth of hybrid power plants that are breaking the norms of traditional power generation

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Mini-Grids Powering Energy Access in Africa

November 1, 2022 admin africa, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Energy Storage, husk power, hybrid power, microgrid, mini-grid, news, power, Solar

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:14:00 +0000

Governments and power generators continue to work to improve access to electricity on the African continent. Engie Energy Access, a subsidiary of French energy major Engie, recently signed a $60 million

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How to Prevent Downtime as the Temperature Heats Up

August 24, 2022 admin distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, downtime, extreme heat, Extreme weather, Heat, nerc, sun

Credit to Author: Mike Ting| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:54:22 +0000

Climate change is continuing to drive temperatures to unprecedented levels. In just a single day in late June, the United States set or broke at least 21 high-temperature records. So, what do we do to cool down? We crank up the air conditioner. But with each surge in energy demand, our aging grid is being […]

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How a Solar and Storage Portfolio Ramped Up a City’s Sustainability and Financial Outlook

July 1, 2022 admin Business, c&i, city of white plains, climate change, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, dsd renewables, Environmental, full coverage, Legislative, New York, news, portfolio distributed generation, Renewables, Solar, top plant

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:14:00 +0000

The City of White Plains, New York, enlisted DSD Renewables to design, engineer, develop, construct, and finance a nine-site, 6.8-MW community solar and 1.7-MW/8-MWh energy storage portfolio. The

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Turning Public Transit into a Solar Paradigm

July 1, 2022 admin distributed energy, distributed energy award, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Electric vehicles, enel x, Energy Storage, full coverage, Massachusetts, microgrid, news, Renewables, Solar, Solar power

Credit to Author: Kennedy Maize| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:13:00 +0000

An innovative project that combines solar power with electric buses is POWER’s Distributed Energy Award winner. The microgrid it created can help the community during emergencies, as well as during peak

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Vermont and ISO-New England Provide an Interesting Renewable Energy Transition Case Study

June 1, 2022 admin distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, duck curve, Energy Storage, full coverage, iso-ne, Markets, New England, news, Power Demand, Renewables, Solar, T&D, vermont, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:14:00 +0000

Vermont doesn’t get a lot of attention outside of Bernie Sanders, but the state’s power system is worth taking a look at as it has undergone a notable shift toward renewable energy. About 80% of

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Enel Launches Gridspertise Business to U.S. Market, Expects to Accelerate Digital Transformation of Power Grids

May 18, 2022 admin Business, digitalization, distributed energy, distributed power, Distribution, dso, enel, full coverage, gridspertise, International, network infrastructure, news, power grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 21:30:33 +0000

Enel, a multinational power company with operations in 30 countries and more than 90 GW of power generation capacity in its portfolio, is leveraging its global expertise as the world’s largest privately owned operator of digitally managed power distribution grids, by expanding its Gridspertise business to the U.S. market. First launched in Europe and Latin […]

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Green Light for Project Pele, Defense Department’s Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Demonstration

April 21, 2022 admin BWXT, Distributed Generation, distributed power, dod, DOE, engineering, full coverage, haleu, htgr, microreactor, news, Nuclear, project pele, Research and Development, Technology, triso, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:29:06 +0000

The Department of Defense (DOD) will push forward on Project Pele, a much-watched mobile microreactor prototype, and demonstrate its full operation for a minimum of three years at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. The DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) on April 15 formally released a record of decision (ROD) to proceed with the program, […]

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Are Traditional Power Companies Being Disintermediated? [PODCAST]

February 28, 2020 admin connected plant, decarbonization, digital, distributed energy, distributed power, electric mobility, Electric vehicles, iiot, iiot power, International, lf energy, news, power grid, power podcasts, renewable energy, Renewables, Research and Development, shuli goodman, Smart Grid, Solar, T&D, Technology, the power podcast, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:13:46 +0000

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How will the electric grid change as the world transitions to a power system with more renewable energy resources? Some experts foresee a shift from today’s grid-type architecture to a system of systems—from the current centralized design to a distributed energy scheme. While it’s hard to know exactly what the future holds, it’s commonly believed […]

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