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Grid Infrastructure and Renewable Energy Projects Thrive, Workforce and Supply Chain Issues Continue in 2023

January 4, 2023 admin Coal, Distribution, energy security, full coverage, Gas, Hydro, industry forecast, inflation reduction act, International, news, Nuclear, power, Renewables, Solar, supply chain, supply chains, T&D, transmission, trends, Wind, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 05:18:18 +0000

The Inflation Reduction Act will spur growth in clean energy and upgrades to grid infrastructure, but workforce shortages and supply chain constraints are likely to challenge power companies for at least the

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Hitachi Energy Will Modernize HVDC System, Boost Delivery of Canadian Hydropower to U.S.

December 15, 2022 admin Canada, full coverage, hitachi energy, hvdc, hydro-quebec, New York, NEW YORK CITY, news, Power Demand, T&D, Technology, transmission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:57:00 +0000

Hitachi Energy will spearhead the modernization of a key high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system in Canada to support the transmission of 1,500 MW of renewable power between Quebec and New York state’s electrical networks. Hydro-Québec, Canada’s largest power utility, on Dec. 15, picked the global technology firm to supply a “back-to-back” converter station at Châteauguay, […]

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Hitachi Energy Will Modernize HVDC System, Boost Delivery of Canadian Hydropower to U.S.

December 15, 2022 admin Canada, full coverage, hitachi energy, hvdc, hydro-quebec, New York, NEW YORK CITY, news, Power Demand, T&D, Technology, transmission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:57:00 +0000

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Upgrades to Line Sensors Support Reliability of the Power Grid

August 1, 2022 admin cameras, Canada, Greece, ICELAND, laki power, line sensors, T&D, transmission, Weather, Wildfire

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:16:36 +0000

New technologies to monitor power lines are emerging worldwide, part of continuing efforts to harden the power grid and increase reliability and resiliency. Utilities and other operators of electricity

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The Vital Link: How HVDC Is Modernizing the Grid

June 1, 2022 admin abb, ac, asynchronous links, Business, DC, efficiency, engineering, full coverage, hitachi energy, hvdc, igbt, International, line-commutated converters, Markets, mmc, news, offshore wind, Power Demand, Research and Development, siemens energy, submarine cables, T&D, Technology, thyristors, transmission, vsc, war of the currents

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:16:00 +0000

Significant advances in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission are in step with rapid changes to energy systems worldwide. Shortly after POWER magazine began publication in 1882, the competitive

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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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DOE Launches $2.5B Fund to Upgrade and Build New Transmission Lines

May 12, 2022 admin biden, Business, finance, full coverage, grid expansion, grid modernization, iija, Legislative, news, T&D, Technology, tfp, transmission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 13:50:41 +0000

The Biden administration has launched efforts to shape the $2.5 billion Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP), a key Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) initiative dedicated to building out critical new transmission lines and related facilities across the country. The Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office on May 10 issued a joint notice of information (NOI) […]

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ACES Delta’s Giant Utah Salt Cavern Hydrogen Storage Project Gets $504M Conditional DOE Loan Guarantee

April 28, 2022 admin aces delta, advanced clean energy storage, Business, Coal, Energy Storage, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, loan guarantee, long-duration storage, magnum, mitsubishi power, natural gas, news, Policy, power-to-power, Renewables, Technology, transmission, Utah, western hub

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:00:20 +0000

The Advanced Clean Energy Storage Project, a much-watched project under development in Delta, Utah, that is shaping up to be the largest renewable hydrogen energy hub in the U.S., has garnered a conditional commitment for a $504.4 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) federal loan guarantee program. The conditional loan guarantee commitment […]

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CAISO Plan Calls for $30.5 Billion for Transmission—and More Renewable Energy

February 4, 2022 admin Battery, caiso, California, cec, cpuc, diablo canyon, electrification, Energy Storage, natural gas, news, Nuclear, offshore wind, PG&E, Renewables, Solar, transmission

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 19:09:07 +0000

California’s power grid continues to evolve and will look much different by 2040, according to a 20-year draft transmission plan released by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). The plan calls for significant additional renewable energy resources, along with a $30.5-billion build-out of the transmission grid. The outlook, developed by the grid operator along with […]

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FERC Approves New Cybersecurity, Transmission Reliability Standards

January 29, 2020 admin Business, cip, Cybersecurity, ferc, nerc, nerc history, news, Physical security, reliability, rulemaking, T&D, Technology, transmission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:01:58 +0000

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Jan. 23 approved two new reliability standards related to transmission system planning performance and cybersecurity. However, it also proposed to retire 74 reliability standard requirements, which it deemed duplicative or unnecessarily burdensome. Among the spate of actions it took on Thursday, FERC also green-lighted retaining the North American […]

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