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DLR is More Than Optimizing Capacity; How Can Utilities Ensure Safety and Reliability?

June 20, 2024 admin dlr, dynamic line rating, ICELAND, International, laki power, news, power, Research and Development, slr, static line rating, T&D, Technology, transmission and distribution

Credit to Author: Osvaldur Knudsen| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:03:13 +0000

Dynamic line rating (DLR) enables utilities to unlock up to 40% additional capacity from existing infrastructure, allowing grid operators to rapidly increase energy throughput. This capability is crucial in today’s […]

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Drilling Into Magma For Renewable Energy

June 15, 2024 admin clean power, geothermal energy, ICELAND

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:35:48 +0000

A magma geothermal plant has the potential to produce at least 10 times the power of a traditional geothermal plant.

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Rio Tinto Enters Into Demand Response Agreement With Renewable Energy Suppliers In New Zealand

June 10, 2024 admin alcoa, aluminum, demand response, green economy, grid, ICELAND, Manufacturing, NEW ZEALAND, policy & politics, rio tinto

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 21:23:33 +0000

Demand response is starting to be a significant factor in industrial activities like aluminum smelters in countries around the world.

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Climeworks Wins Funding For Direct Air Capture & Storage In Norway

April 18, 2024 admin carbon removal and sequestration, climeworks, direct air capture (dac), enova, green economy, ICELAND, Norway

Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:10:23 +0000

Climeworks, the company responsible for the world’s first and largest Direct Air Capture and Storage (DAC+S) plant in Iceland, has been awarded €2.3 million by Enova, a state enterprise owned by Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment. The multi-million euro boon for the world leader in DAC facilities will fund … [continued]

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Iceland Geothermal Station Energizes an Entire Economy

September 1, 2022 admin district heating, geothermal, ICELAND, resource park, svartsengi, top plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:18:00 +0000

The Svartsengi plant in Iceland has operated for decades, and continues to build its legacy as the facility’s electricity generation and hot water support new businesses and provide a remarkable example of

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Upgrades to Line Sensors Support Reliability of the Power Grid

August 1, 2022 admin cameras, Canada, Greece, ICELAND, laki power, line sensors, T&D, transmission, Weather, Wildfire

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:16:36 +0000

New technologies to monitor power lines are emerging worldwide, part of continuing efforts to harden the power grid and increase reliability and resiliency. Utilities and other operators of electricity

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Innovation Fund: EU Invests €1.8 Billion in Cleantech Projects

July 13, 2022 admin Bulgaria, cement, clean power, EU, Europe, Finland, France, GERMANY, hydrogen, ICELAND, Norway, Poland, policy & politics, Sweden, The Netherlands, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:20:33 +0000

Today, the EU is investing over €1.8 billion in 17 large-scale innovative cleantech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring breakthrough technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key […]

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Iceland National Power Company Details New Carbon Capture Project

June 28, 2022 admin carbfix, Carbon Capture, carbon dioxide, geothermal, hellisheiði, hydrofen sulfide, ICELAND, landsvirkjun, mannvit, theistareykir

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:27:37 +0000

Landsvirkjun, the national power company of Iceland, on June 28 announced it intends to capture and reinject carbon dioxide (CO2) from Þeistareykir (Theistareykir) Geothermal Station, and at the same time reduce CO2 emissions from Krafla Power Station through enhanced well management efforts at that site. Construction of the project, called Koldís, is expected to begin […]

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Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution in 2021 — Part 1

May 7, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, Denmark, denmark ev sales, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev market share, ev sales, Finland, finland ev sales, GERMANY, germany ev sales, hybrid electric cars, ICELAND, iceland ev sales, market research, netherlands, netherlands ev sales, phev, research, Sweden, sweden ev sales, us ev sales

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 21:25:43 +0000

Welcome to the 8th Annual Top 10 EV Countries List! By Assaf Oron Sigh. Nowadays there’s always chance for breaking bad news to overshadow any substantive in-depth story. The story below is mostly good news, so I hope it is well received right now. This is a long post, but hopefully engaging and encouraging. Feel […]