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Arctic Blast Roiling Reliability in TVA, MISO, SPP, PJM

December 24, 2022 admin Business, demand, ercot, full coverage, Markets, MISO, nerc, news, pjm, Power Demand, Power supply, reliability, SPP, TVA

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:09:33 +0000

An Arctic blast felt by a large portion of North America is causing reliability turmoil within some segments in its bulk power system, forcing reliability coordinators to declare emergencies, issue conservation warnings, or curtail load. TVA, Grappling With Demand Surge, Is Curtailing Load Temperatures averaging the single digits across the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) prompted […]

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Evolution and Continuation: How Distributed Control Systems Will Change and Adapt

December 7, 2022 admin abb, Commentary, dcs, distributed control systems, distributed power, Instrumentation & Controls, O&M, reliability, resiliency

Credit to Author: Johan Bjorklund| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:29:56 +0000

Are today’s Distributed Control Systems ready for what tomorrow could bring? Johan Björklund of leading global technology company ABB believes they are. Here he looks at how the DCS is adapting to meet the changing demands of users. Distributed Control Systems (DCS) have been around for nearly half a century. Of course, both industrial processes […]

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Transformer Failures Disrupted Water Supplies in Houston For Nearly Two Days

November 30, 2022 admin appa, boil water notice, Business, energy-water nexus, full coverage, houston, nerc, news, reliability, Technology, transformers, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:52:34 +0000

A nearly two-day-long boil water order that shuttered schools and businesses and affected as many as 2.2 million customers in Houston—the nation’s fourth-largest city— was caused by a power outage stemming from the failure of two city-owned transformers. The incident began on Nov. 27 at 10:30 a.m. when “a ground trip and current overload” tripped […]

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Germany Halts Closure of Two Nuclear Plants Until April 2023

September 8, 2022 admin Business, Coal, e.on, energy security, full coverage, Gas, GERMANY, isar 2, kernd, Markets, news, Nuclear, reliability, resource adequacy, stress test

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:12:22 +0000

Germany plans to keep two of its three last nuclear power plants on standby until mid-2023—beyond their year-end closure deadline—to bolster its energy security through the winter. However, the declaration has prompted confusion within Germany’s nuclear industry, which says nuclear plants aren’t suited to perform as operating reserve. Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action […]

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California Legislature Passes Bill to Support Reliability Reserve, Lifeline for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

June 30, 2022 admin Business, California, climate change, diablo canyon, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislation, news, Nuclear, PG&E, reliability, strategic reliability reserve, strategic reserve, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:52:21 +0000

California’s State Legislature has passed a bill that could extend the operating lives of existing generating facilities slated for retirement, potentially providing a new lifeline for the 2,240-MW Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), which has a premature closure date in 2025. Both houses on June 29 passed AB-205 Energy, an energy trailer bill that Gov. […]

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GE Debuts First 7HA.03 Gas Turbines at 1.3-GW Plant in Florida

June 8, 2022 admin affordability, Business, combined cycle plant, dania beach, efficiency, Environmental, flexibility, fpl, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas turbine, hydrogen, machine, Markets, news, plant, project, reliability, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 14:47:03 +0000

The first two GE 7HA.03 machines—the largest 60-Hz heavy-duty gas turbines in the world and the most efficient in GE’s fleet—are now operational at Florida Power & Light’s (FPL’s) newly inaugurated 1,260-MW Dania Beach Clean Energy Center (DBEC) in Broward County. FPL officially declared the Dania Beach Clean Energy Center near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, commercially […]

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Zinc Batteries Power Stationary Energy Storage

June 3, 2022 admin batteries, biogas, california energy commission, Energy Storage, Fertilizer, microgrid, power grid, reliability, Solar, Technology, zinc, zinc battery initiative, zinc manganese, zinc-air, zinc-bromine

Credit to Author: Josef Daniel-Ivad| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 12:28:20 +0000

As solar, wind and other renewable resources play a larger role on the power grid, renewables’ essential partner—energy storage—must keep pace to provide power at peak hours when the sun doesn’t shine, and the wind doesn’t blow. Rechargeable zinc batteries offer an ideal energy storage solution; they can release power back to the grid for […]

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California, Again Facing Summer Supply Vulnerabilities, Eyes 20-GW Offshore Wind Goal

May 12, 2022 admin assembly bill 525, Business, coastal resources, decarbonization, floating offshore wind, full coverage, infrastructure planning, Markets, maximum feasible capacity, news, offshore development, offshore energy, offshore wind, offshore wind energy, offshore wind planning goals, reliability, renewable energy, Research and Development, senate bill 100, transmission, Wind, wind energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 13:52:10 +0000

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is mulling a preliminary planning goal for 3 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and potentially expanding it to 10 GW to 15 GW by 2045. If finalized, California’s offshore wind goals would be the most ambitious in the U.S., surpassing even New York’s, which calls for 9 GW by […]

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ERCOT, MISO Warn of Potential Power Supply Shortfalls

May 5, 2022 admin Business, changing generation mix, Coal, competitive markets, ercot, full coverage, Gas, Hydro, Markets, MISO, news, Nuclear, O&M, regulatory, reliability, Renewables, Solar, supply shortfalls, Technology, thermal fleet, trends, wholesale power, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 16:49:05 +0000

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) over the past week separately expressed concerns about power supply uncertainties in the face of upcoming warmer-than-normal temperatures. MISO raised an alarm on April 28 when it said that it projects “insufficient firm resources” to cover the summer peak under typical […]

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Arizona Regulator Rejects SRP’s 820-MW Aeroderivative Gas-Fired Expansion

April 14, 2022 admin aeroderivative, Arizona, batteries, Business, coolidge, Environmental, environmenttal justice, flexibility, full coverage, Gas, gas power, Legal & Regulatory, news, Power Demand, reliability, Salt River Project, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:39:11 +0000

The Arizona Corporate Commission (ACC) has delivered a major blow to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District’s (SRP’s) urgent plans to expand the 575-MW gas-fired Coolidge Generating Station with 820 MW of fast-start capacity. The ACC in a 4–1 vote on April 12 denied approval of the public power utility’s Certificate of […]

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