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A Renewed Vision for the Energy Grid: Turning Challenges into Opportunities

February 6, 2025 admin Business, Commentary, data, grid, International, Markets, news, power, power grid, siemens energy, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Thomas Kiessling| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:29:42 +0000

As the world accelerates toward an electrified future driven by renewable energy, electric vehicles (EVs), and industrial electrification, energy distribution grids face unprecedented challenges. From grid overloads and delays in connecting distributed […]

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Could Space Solar Power Play a Key Role in Disaster Relief?

February 4, 2025 admin Business, Commentary, disaster recovery, Disaster response, energy security, full coverage, International, news, Plant Design, power, Renewables, Research and Development, Smart Grid, Solar, space power, space-based solar power, sustainability, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Srikanth Raviprasad| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:09:34 +0000

The Los Angeles wildfires of January 2025 highlight a critical vulnerability in disaster response: power failure. With insured losses potentially reaching $45 billion and more than 170,000 residents displaced, reliable […]

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Cisco, Gridspertise Join to Support Grid Digitization

January 28, 2025 admin Business, cisco, digitization, grid edge, gridspertise, Instrumentation & Controls, news, power, power grid, Research and Development, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:13:38 +0000

Cisco, a global technology company, and Gridspertise have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and deploy new solutions for the digital innovation in electricity grids. The companies announced […]

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Annual Stocktaking: Empowering Future Power Systems with fgOTN

January 23, 2025 admin Business, communication protocols, communications, fgotn, full coverage, Huawei, International, news, power, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:26:37 +0000

As you enjoy the comforts of air-conditioned homes, chilled watermelons at outdoor gatherings, or a cold beer at a barbecue, or perhaps as you charge a new electric vehicle, have […]

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US DOE Invests $32 Million for Grid-Edge Technology and Smart Charge Management

January 17, 2025 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, grid, office of energy efficiency and renewable energy (eere), policy & politics, Smart Grid, us department of energy (doe), utilities

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:49:32 +0000

Six connected communities will demonstrate technology solutions to manage growing electric loads on the grid. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $32 million for six selected pilot projects that will support new load growth through grid-edge innovations and the ability of energy providers to right-size grid investments for … [continued]

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Why Utilities Can’t Afford to Wait to Deploy DLR

January 7, 2025 admin ampacimon, Business, congestion, curtailment, dlr, dynamic line ratings, full coverage, news, power, Power Demand, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology, transmission

Credit to Author: Brian Berry| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:38:14 +0000

Transmission congestion currently affects approximately 70% of the U.S. grid. Bottlenecks delay the interconnection of cost-effective clean energy sources, limit the transfer of electricity between regions, and raise operational and […]

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EV Demand Management Aggregation Is Commercializing

January 7, 2025 admin batteries, Canada, clean transport, demand management, demand response, electric trucks, electric utility, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, green economy, grid, investment, Smart Grid, usa, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 03:34:15 +0000

Four years ago, I published one of my first (absurdly arrogant) projection decades into the future, on three pathways for exploiting electric vehicle batteries for grid stability and cost efficiency. Today, it’s worth returning to it and seeing what’s happening in the space. The trigger for this was a conversation … [continued]

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The Solid-State Shift: Reinventing the Transformer for Modern Grids

January 2, 2025 admin full coverage, Plant Design, power, power grid, Research and Development, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology, transformers

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:10:15 +0000

Transformers have been the backbone of power grids for over a century, but today’s demands for renewable energy, electric vehicles, and smarter grids are exposing their limits. Enter solid-state transformers—compact, […]

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Superconducting Transmission Of Electricity Is Here And It’s Supercooled

December 24, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, electricity transmission, Energy, energy efficiency, Europe, events, green economy, green jobs, grid, hvdc transmission, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Smart Grid, superconductivity

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:35:23 +0000

A couple of months ago, I was in Brussels speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution: A Handbook for Energy Independence and a Europe Free From Fossil Fuels. I’d participated in tuning the second edition, written by European renewables giant Eddie O’Connor with Kevin O’Sullivan, … [continued]

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HVDC Transmission Between Europe & North America Makes Fiscal Sense

December 18, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electricity transmission, Energy, Europe, green economy, green jobs, grid, hvdc, hydroelectric, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Smart Grid, Solar energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:29:02 +0000

As someone who spends a lot of time looking at HVDC electricity interconnectors globally, and holding the position that HVDC is the new pipeline, I’m very pleased with the latest Ember report, Security and efficiency: The case for connecting Europe and North America. Let’s step back. I’m sure many of … [continued]

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