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BC Hydro is leading an innovative new Peak Saver project under its Power Smart portfolio to transform homes in two B.C. communities into virtual power plants, offering uninterrupted power to customers while strengthening the flexibility of the electricity grid. ...
“Working together is essential to building a more affordable and reliable power grid that meets Connecticut’s energy, economic, and environmental needs,” said DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes. ...
Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced $12 million is now available to support innovative technologies in New York that help to improve the efficiency of delivering clean energy to the state’s electric grid. This week’s announcement will accelerate the development of new and emerging electric grid solutions that enhance grid performance, improve grid reliability and make it easier to integrate ...
As electrification accelerates, ensuring the cost-effectiveness, stability, and efficiency of the power grid will require managing how and when EVs are charged and using the electricity stored in the battery to provide valuable flexibility services to the power grid. A new report, "Plugging into potential: ...
In its 2024 Integrated Resource Plan filed this week with the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission, Dominion Energy Virginia laid out multiple portfolio options to meet rising power demand through significant investments in new power generation from every source, expansion and modernization of the ...
DOE carefully considered its experience with energy storage, transmission line upgrades, and solar energy projects before simplifying the environmental review process.Under the changes, DOE will continue to look closely at each proposed project while being able to complete its environmental review responsibilities in a faster and less expensive manner.Energy Storage SystemsEnergy storage systems ...
About USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies – including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps – according to the IEA’s latest World Energy Investment report. ...
Department of Energy this week (May 10) announced $26 million for eight selected projects to demonstrate how solar, wind, storage, and other clean energy resources can support a reliable and efficient U.S. power grid. Funded by the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the projects will deploy innovative clean energy technologies at 15 sites ...
Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, AutoGrid Systems Inc., is using its platform to deploy a large-scale residential battery VPP in the Southern California Edison's (SCE) Power Flex program to contribute to cleaner energy throughout the state, and help accelerate California's carbon neutrality goals. SCE, the state's second-largest investor-owned utility, which ...
COP26 President Designate the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, delivered a call to action to all countries to consign coal to history in Glasgow by phasing out existing coal power plants, committing to no new coal power plants, putting an end to international coal financing, instead working to scale up clean power alternatives. "Ahead of COP26 and at the ...
These investments are intended to provide customer benefits through a modern, robust, efficient electric grid. This is the initial step in AES Ohio's digital transformation designed to enhance reliability and allow its customers to experience personalized, innovative energy services.The order approves implementing Phase 1 of the AES Ohio Smart ...
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute (C3.ai DTI) recently announced the second round of C3.ai DTI awards, focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and digital transformation to advance energy efficiency and lead the way to a lower-carbon, higher-efficiency economy that will ensure energy and climate security. ...
Dillingham, Alaska - Barge shipments containing the fossil fuels needed to power Dillingham's islanded grid are a significant expense to the community. ...
"These funding opportunities will help manufacture the next-generation energy storage systems and power lines that support President Biden's climate goals, create and sustain U.S. jobs, and build a strong, secure, and efficient electric ...
Michigan's energy future will require a more resilient, efficient electric grid that adapts to distributed sources of power generation. ...
We seek to support the decarbonisation of the European power grid, through energy efficient power generation, renewables, grid flexibility support and energy storage ...
Itron, Inc., which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, this week announced that New Brunswick Power (NB Power) will deploy Itron's multi-purpose solution, including an IoT network and more than 350,000 Measurement Canada-approved distributed intelligence-enabled smart meters, to modernize its electricity grid. The ...
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) contributed to a major international report on the challenges and opportunities of energy storage in the shift to the clean power grid of the future. The ISO collaborated with European counterparts to publish a comprehensive paper, released in November, on the barriers of deploying energy storage worldwide, and ...
This announcement supports Governor Cuomo's Green New Deal proposal to achieve 70 percent renewable energy by 2030 and transition the state to a carbon-free power grid by 2040."New York is leading by example in the fight against climate change, and modernizing our electric grid is a critical component of our path to clean energy and carbon ...
In addition, Vivint offers a smart hub, smart locks, burglary detection, garage door control, smoke alarm, outdoor and indoor cameras and doorbell cameras. Georgia Power also offers a full suite of smart-home options, which includes easy access to products and services that can help make customers' homes more energy efficient and connected. ...