Advancing Puerto Rico’s Grid Recovery & Modernization in 2023

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 16:26:12 +0000

Natural disasters in recent memory have posed significant challenges to Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and the more than three million … [continued]

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U.S. Department of Energy: $13 Million to Connect More Puerto Rico Communities with Residential Solar & Battery Storage

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:43:51 +0000

Funding Will Support Direct Outreach Efforts to Connect Up to 40,000 Vulnerable Households with Solar Panels; Part of a $1 … [continued]

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Success Story: New Tool Connects Multiple Microgrids to Increase Community Resilience

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 23:15:16 +0000

To ensure continual power during an outage, communities and local energy planners can install microgrids, which have their own power sources … [continued]

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Self-Tuning AI Strengthens Plant and Grid Reliability on Islands

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:21:35 +0000

Energy transition is progressively being adopted globally, pushing combined cycle power plants (CCPPs) to embrace flexible operation also on islands. CCPPs are, or will be, ramping loads up and down […]

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DOE Offers $3B Conditional Loan Guarantee to Virtual Power Plant Initiative

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:00:03 +0000

Sunnova Energy Corp., an energy-as-a-service (EaaS) provider, has snagged a first-of-its-kind conditional federal loan guarantee commitment of up to $3 billion for a project that could further future virtual power […]

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The Importance of Virtual Power Plants to Support America’s Energy Resilience

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:03:17 +0000

Extreme weather events, cybersecurity threats and volatility in energy markets at all levels puts intense strain on America’s power grid. Virtual power plants (VPP) are an important tool to secure the resiliency of this critical system. What is a VPP, you ask? As RMI puts it, VPPs are comprised of hundreds or thousands of households […]

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DOE & FEMA Release One-Year Progress Report on Joint Effort to Modernize Puerto Rico’s Grid With 100% Clean Energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:52:48 +0000

PR100 Update Provides Early Scenarios to Help Increase Renewable Energy Capabilities That Meet Electricity Demand, Improve Grid Reliability and Resilience, and Lower Energy Costs

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The Top 20 NREL Stories Of 2022

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 23:45:07 +0000

Throughout 2022, researchers, staff, and leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked together with collaborators and partners to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. As this busy year at NREL draws to a close, we look back at some of the laboratory’s most impactful accomplishments from 2022 […]

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