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Resilient Systems, Q&A With Jordan Cox: Expect the Unexpected With Resilient Systems

February 4, 2022 admin clean power, grid, national renewable energy laboratory, nrel, policy research, research, resilience, resiliency, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 22:05:59 +0000

A resilient system can withstand disruptions, mitigate potential losses, and recover rapidly. Planning for an unexpected event is a significant challenge, but one that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) researchers in the Resilient Systems Design and Engineering Group within the Energy Security and Resilience Center are working to address. In this interview, resilience researcher […]

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NY-Funded Solar One Program Empowers Vulnerable Communities With Solar + Storage, Emergency Resilience

December 9, 2019 admin batteries, battery cost, blackouts, buildings, clean power, climate change, community solar, consumer technology, emergency resilience, emergency responders, Energy Storage, environmental justice, grid, grid storage, Harlem, HEALTH, heatwaves, lithium-ion batteries, New York, NEW YORK CITY, new york solar energy, NYC, nyc solar power, policy & politics, resilience, rmi, rooftop solar, s.u.n., Smart Grid, Solar energy, solar one, solar prices, Storms, superstorm sandy, u.s. department of housing and urban development (hud), United States, US, we act, we act for environmental justice, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:35:56 +0000

Solar One is an organization that I’ve experienced first hand. An active force in clean urban transition, in particular aiding low-income households, it deserves support. Both organizations I met with in NYC — Solar One and WE ACT — had individuals reflecting the relaxed as well as energetic personalities necessary to make something work, really work

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How the DOE Plans to Modernize the Grid in the Near Term

November 14, 2019 admin AI, blockchain, Coal, connected plant, Cybersecurity, distributed energy, DOE, Energy Storage, flexibility, Gas, grid modernization, grid modernization initiative, hybridization, iiot, iiot power, new technology, news, Nuclear, reliability, Renewables, Research and Development, resilience, T&D, Technology, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:33:41 +0000

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Twenty-three projects chosen by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to its 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call provide a broad look at the critical issues that are roiling the nation’s power sector, as well as the tools and technologies that it has determined will best bolster the grid of the future in the near […]

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PJM: Fuel Supply Resilience Is Sound—For Now

November 6, 2018 admin DOE, ferc, Fuel, fuel supply, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, pjm, reliability, resilience

Fuel delivery systems in PJM Interconnection’s vast footprint can generally withstand an extended period of stress and remain reliable, though extreme scenarios could impact the grid, the nation’s largest system operator concluded in a high-profile study. PJM, whose system covers 13 states and 65 million people, launched the study this May as the federal government, […]

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A Satellite View of Hurricane Michael’s Power Outages

October 30, 2018 admin general, hurricane, juxtapose, Markets, michael, nasa, news, power outages, reliability, Research and Development, resilience, Satellite, Technology

After Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, as a category 4 storm on October 10, it moved across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and southeastern Virginia on October 11, and finally out into the Atlantic on October 12. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration office, the storm […]

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Official: FERC, Other Agencies Identifying ‘Critical’ Coal, Nuclear Plants

August 9, 2018 admin Coal, dod, DOE, federal power act, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, natural gas act, nsc, Nuclear, Renewables, resilience, Sierra Club, Trump

An official with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) told a nuclear industry group this week that the agency and Trump administration officials are trying to identify power plants they consider critical to the nation’s grid. The move is seen as part of the White House effort to prop up the struggling U.S. coal and […]

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