Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:39:42 +0000
An undersea power cable will transport solar energy from sunny Australia to Singapore, helping the island nation transition to carbon-free electricity.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:57:21 +0000
Market Data Shows the Value of Transmission Remained High in Certain Locations Despite Overall Low Wholesale Electricity Prices In 2023 additional electricity transmission would have provided the most value for links that crossed between grid interconnection regions in the United States or crossed between system operator regions within the same … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 03:42:35 +0000
How Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems Can Reduce Transmission Line Traffic Jams A Navigation App for Electric Highways Just like busy roads, the U.S. transmission system can experience congestion, leading to inefficient travel of electricity. “Imagine some small transmission lines run between two cities and are always congested, like a … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 02:42:37 +0000
If you can imagine a world without internet connectivity, life-saving medical equipment, clean water, food production, and transportation, you can imagine a world without an electric grid. The U.S. grid, a vast network of interconnected power lines and infrastructure, is an engineering marvel. Dating back to 1882, when Thomas Edison … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 13:59:50 +0000
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, commonly known as FERC, issued a sweeping new rule last week that does something so daring, so bold, and so eminently logical that it’s a wonder it didn’t happen sooner. The new rule requires local utilities and regional grid operators to do the unthinkable — … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 00:52:26 +0000
FERC acted today to ensure the transmission grid can meet the nation’s growing demand for reliable electricity with a new rule that outlines how to plan and pay for facilities that regions of the country will need to keep the lights on and power the American economy through the 21st … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 18:47:44 +0000
Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:23:44 +0000
Meet Three Teams Competing To Build Better Power Lines and Conductors To Supercharge Our Clean Energy Future Power lines—those high-flying cables that transmit electricity all over the country—are far from invisible. They sweep along roads, cut through yards to deliver energy to homes, and transmit power from sunny solar farms … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:00:17 +0000
DOE Announces New Federal Permitting Rule To Slash Transmission Review Timelines in Half While Maintaining Integrity of the Environmental Review Process, New $331 Million Investment to Add More Than 2,000 Megawatts Across the Western U.S. Grid WASHINGTON, D.C.— In a continued commitment to bolster the U.S. power grid, today the … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:42:36 +0000
Revisions to DOE’s Environmental Review Rule Will Cut Costs and Delays for Key Grid Resilience and Clean Energy Projects WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending DOE’s list of categories of projects which, because they typically do not have significant environmental impacts, qualify for the simplest … [continued]
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