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On the Road to Increased Transmission: High-Voltage Direct Current

June 19, 2024 admin clean power, grid, hvac, hvdc, hvdc transmission, research, Solar energy, transmission, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:52:39 +0000

How High-Voltage Direct Current Lines Could Better Connect Solar and Wind to the Current Grid Comparing the Routes: HVAC Versus HVDC It is a question on the minds of grid planners throughout the United States: How can we tap into the nation’s best renewable resources at the lowest cost? That … [continued]

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HVDC, Reconductoring, & Smart Balls Supercharge Grids

May 13, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, electricity transmission, events, green economy, green jobs, grid, hvdc transmission, India, india solar power, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Smart Grid, transmission

Credit 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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U.S. DOE Reduces Regulatory Hurdles For Solar, Energy Storage, & Transmission Projects

April 28, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, electricity transmission, Energy Storage, hvdc transmission, Joe Biden, lithium-ion batteries, national environmental policy act (nepa), policy & politics, Solar energy, solar power plants, transmission, Transmission Lines, us department of energy (doe)

Credit 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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The Sun Shines in South America: Colombia & Brazil Give Large Boost to Solar Deployment

April 20, 2024 admin Brazil, brazil solar, chile, chile solar energy, chile solar power, clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Colombia, colombia solar power, grid, hvdc, hvdc transmission, Solar energy, solar power plants, South America

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:34:28 +0000

South America has a lot of sun and a lot of space, and solar energy has grown from a small player to the main driver of generation growth in several countries in the region (making their already clean grids even cleaner). Today we look at the grids of Chile, Brazil, and Colombia, all of which have already made solar a cornerstone of their generation or are working to do so in the near future.

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Green Energy: Let’s Do The Quickest, Smartest Things First

July 25, 2022 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, hvdc, hvdc transmission, hydroelectric, pumped hydro storage, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:45:14 +0000

What are the quickest, smartest things regarding green energy that society should do first? In short, the quickest, smartest, greenest, most economical way to produce electricity is now from wind, water, and solar. See: Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything by Mark Z. Jacobson. However, in developed countries, no additional large-scale hydroelectric dams can be […]