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The POWER Interview: State of the Wind, Solar, Storage, and Hydro Markets

June 5, 2019 admin batteries, bonneville power administration, bpa, Business, California, distributed energy, drillinginfo, Energy Storage, Florida, Gas, Hydro, hydropower, news, pacific northwest, Renewables, rob allerman, Solar, texas, TVA, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 19:17:25 +0000

Increased power generation from renewable resources such as wind and solar also has created a growing market for energy storage. Generators want to harness that power and have it available when it’s needed, whether or not the wind is blowing or the sun is shining. Rob Allerman, senior director of Power Analytics for Drillinginfo, which […]

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POWER Notebook: GE Plant in France, Targeted for Job Cuts, Will Not Close

June 3, 2019 admin accelerated decommissioning partners, ALABAMA, amea, belfort, Business, crystal river, decommissioning, duke energy, France, ge, International, lightsource bp, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Solar

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:56:07 +0000

The head of GE’s operations in France told a Paris newspaper that a French factory targeted for more than 1,000 job cuts will not close. GE last week said it wanted to make its operations in France more efficient and said changes would come at the Belfort plant in eastern France, which handles technology for […]

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How Residential Energy Storage Could Help Support the Power Grid

June 3, 2019 admin battery storage, behind-the-meter, distributed energy, distributed power, Energy Storage, household, Markets, mckinsey & company, news, Power Demand, power grid, Renewables, residential, Smart Grid, Solar, solar-plus-storage, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:00:01 +0000

Household batteries could contribute to making the grid more cost effective, reliable, resilient, and safe—if retail battery providers, utilities, and regulators can resolve delicate commercial, operational, and policy issues. The growth of battery storage in the power sector has attracted a great deal of attention in the industry and media. Much of that attention focuses […]

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POWER Digest [June 2019]

June 3, 2019 admin ansaldo, Business, Coal, engie, eskom, Gas, hydrogen, International, netherlands, news, Nuclear, Ørsted, Renewables, Research and Development, rosatom, salinia impreglio, shin kori, snowy hydro, Solar, Technology, vver-1200, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Ansaldo Leads Research Initiative for Low-NOx High-Hydrogen Retrofit Solution. The Dutch government has awarded six partners—Ansaldo Thomassen, Delft University of Technology, OPRA Turbines, Vattenfall

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Blockchain Pilot Shows Promise for Grid Balancing

June 2, 2019 admin battery storage, blockchain, Business, connected plant, Energy Storage, grid, iiot, iiot power, International, news, Solar, sonnet, storage, Technology, tennet, virtual power plant, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A blockchain pilot wrapped up by European transmission operator TenneT and storage solutions provider sonnen Group this May showed “tremendous potential” when used to network decentralized home storage

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Vietnam Supports Solar and More Coal Generation

June 2, 2019 admin Business, International, ministry of industry and trade, mo duc, news, Renewables, Solar, thien tan group, Vietnam

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The first solar power plant licensed to operate in Vietnam came online in late April, another signal of the country’s increasing reliance on renewable energy. But analysts forecast that coal-fired power

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Power Company Business Models Are Evolving [PODCAST]

May 29, 2019 admin aaron zahn, Business, business models, distributed energy, distributed power, jea, Markets, news, power podcasts, Renewables, Solar, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 21:08:31 +0000

The power industry is changing and power companies must evolve to stay competitive. Many businesses are transitioning from vertically integrated, centralized utility structures to more-distributed models. JEA offers a good case in point. JEA is a not-for-profit, community-owned utility located in Jacksonville, Florida. It serves an estimated 466,000 electric, 348,000 water, 271,000 sewer, and 11,000 […]

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Power Marketer to Tri-State: We’ll Buy and Close Your Coal Plants

May 29, 2019 admin Business, Coal, craig generating station, Gas, guzman energy, Hydro, Legal & Regulatory, natural gas, news, Renewables, Solar, tri-state generation and transmission, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 16:19:05 +0000

A wholesale power provider in Colorado wants to supply the state’s largest electric cooperative with power from mostly renewable sources, saying it will pay Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to retire its coal-fired plants in Colorado and New Mexico. Tri-State, at least for now, said it will not consider the offer. Denver-based Guzman Energy on May […]

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Xcel Sets Closure of Minnesota Coal Plants

May 22, 2019 admin allen s. king generating station, Business, Coal, Gas, Minnesota, monticello, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, sherburne county generating plant, sherco, Solar, Wind, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 15:27:19 +0000

Xcel Energy on May 20 announced it would close its two remaining coal plants in Minnesota over the next decade, and the utility said it also wants to operate its Monticello nuclear plant in the state until at least 2040. Xcel, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and serves electricity and natural gas customers in […]

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GE Is Banking on Africa’s Burgeoning Power Market

May 16, 2019 admin africa, Business, climate change, Coal, financing, Gas, ge, geothermal, Hydro, International, ipps, Markets, news, offgrid applications, Renewables, Solar, solar pv, southern africa power pool, Technology, White Paper, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 13:43:35 +0000

Sub-Saharan Africa’s power generation capacity is projected to surge 4% annually through 2040, and its current energy mix—which is today dominated by hydro and coal—will likely be more diversified as interest rises in renewables such as solar and wind, General Electric (GE) said in a white paper released in May, surveying market opportunities in the […]

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