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NERC: Summer Grid Outlook Improved But Still Vulnerable to Extreme Weather, Demand Growth Spikes

May 16, 2024 admin demand-side management, energy grid stability, energy security, extreme weather impact, full coverage, Gas, grid reliability, Markets, natural gas reliability, nerc assessment, news, power system vulnerabilities, renewable energy integration, Solar, solar power growth, summer energy demand, transmission challenges, Wind, wind energy performance

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 20:01:56 +0000

All regions across the bulk power system (BPS) are generally prepared to meet resource adequacy criteria to meet normal peak demand this summer, but ongoing concerns about extreme weather events, […]

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SPP Set to Become First RTO Straddling Eastern and Western Interconnections

September 28, 2023 admin Business, eastern interconnection, electricity market, energy grid, full coverage, grid expansion, grid reliability, Markets, news, power generation, regional transmission organization, rto, SPP, tariff, transmission, western interconnection

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:37:23 +0000

The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is poised to become the first regional transmission organization (RTO) to provide coordinated operation across the Eastern and Western Interconnections, bridging a historic gap to […]

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NERC Identifies Energy Policy as Key Risk to Grid Reliability Amid Evolving Challenges

August 24, 2023 admin bulk power system, Business, Coal, collaboration, critical infrastructure, Cybersecurity, energy policy, energy security, ero reliability risk priorities report, extreme events, full coverage, Gas, grid reliability, Hydro, industry perceptions, Markets, nerc, news, Nuclear, policy-driven transitions, Power Demand, Renewables, resilience, resource adequacy, resource mix, security risks, Solar, Technology, variable energy resources

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:05:57 +0000

The North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) will for the first time consider “energy policy” among five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability. In its latest biennial ERO Reliability […]

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BMW, V2X, And The Death Of The Gasmobile

May 24, 2023 admin BMW, bmw group, bmw i brand, California, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, grid, grid reliability, grid resilience, grid stability, pacific gas and electric company (pg&e), Smart Grid, usa, utilities, v2x, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 18:30:38 +0000

BMW is stepping up from vehicle-to-grid EV charging to kick vehicle-to-everything (V2X) into gear, with an assist from the California utility PG&E

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Gas Generators Get Caught With Their Plants Down

April 12, 2023 admin clean power, federal energy regulatory commission (ferc), ferc, Fossil Fuels, grid reliability, natural gas, onshore wind farms, pjm, pjm interconnection, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2023 02:07:57 +0000

While natural gas plants underperform, wind farms outperform.

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How To Keep The Lights On In Extreme Winter Weather

December 28, 2022 admin clean power, demand response, electricity transmission, Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, grid, grid reliability, grid reliability renewables, research, Solar energy, utilities, wind energy

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 02:54:44 +0000

Clean energy and demand-side resources have proven track records of both reducing peak demand and keeping the lights on during extreme conditions.

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California Declares Stage 3 Emergency Alert, Warns Rotating Outages Possible

September 7, 2022 admin brownouts, California, Coal, emergency alert, energy security, Gas, grid reliability, Hydro, Markets, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Solar, stage 3

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 03:30:15 +0000

California’s grid operator issued a Stage 3 energy emergency alert (EEA) at 5:17 p.m. PST on Sept. 6, warning it would order rotating power outages to lower soaring power demand and stabilize its grid, if necessary. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) cautiously raised the emergency alert from Stage 2, which it had declared earlier […]

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Transitioning the World to 100% Renewable Energy — Part 2

February 17, 2020 admin 100% renewable energy, batteries, clean power, cleantech talk, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, Energy Storage, green new deal, grid, grid parity, grid reliability, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, mark z. jacobson, nuclear energy, podcasts, policy & politics, policy research, pumped hydro storage, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, Stanford, wind energy

Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:51:47 +0000

In the second half of this special two-part episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, take’s Zach Shahan’s place as host to talk with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and cofounder of The Solutions Project, about transitioning the world to 100% renewable energy