Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:07:39 +0000
The beleaguered Texas power grid could get some much-needed help from the proposed Southern Spirit transmission line, except for a monkey wrench thrown into the works by state legislators in Louisiana.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 04:44:22 +0000
We are pleased to announce a new study that examines the value of adding batteries to wind and solar plants located in areas that face transmission congestion. We examine two types of areas facing transmission congestion. These areas represent portions of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) or Independent System Operators (ISO) territory selected … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 03:50:27 +0000
Power sector regulators hold the keys to unlock the trillions of rupees of battery storage investment necessary to ensure the growth of a flexible, affordable, and reliable grid. Although the summer of 2024 is now behind us, it stands as the hottest summer on record. During the last week of … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:13:29 +0000
The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:37:08 +0000
China’s electrification, renewables, and infrastructure trajectories mean coal demand is going to plummet, and emissions with it. The USA? Not so much.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:41:50 +0000
The free rider problem in climate action arises when some countries or actors benefit from the efforts of others to mitigate climate change without contributing their fair share. Since the atmosphere is a global common good, actions taken by one country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions benefit the entire world, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 03:55:39 +0000
A regular feature of my life is having long-term friends, co-workers, collaborators and even complete strangers reach out to me to ask how they can pivot or start their careers to help with climate change or the environment more generally. Most recently, a recent sciences graduate from Cambridge, Hari Kukreja … [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: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:29:09 +0000
I just wrote about how battery energy storage is massively helping to extend the usefulness of solar energy into the evening in California. It is quickly transforming the California electricity grid. Then I saw this news from ENGIE, thanks to one of our content curators. ENGIE has now reached more … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:25:29 +0000
As solar energy became a larger and larger portion of California electricity generation, there were rising concerns about the infamous “duck curve.” Solar energy was starting to dominate midday electricity generation, forcing curtailments even, while peak electricity demand in the evening was a tad too late for solar to be … [continued]
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