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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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Enel Launches Gridspertise Business to U.S. Market, Expects to Accelerate Digital Transformation of Power Grids

May 18, 2022 admin Business, digitalization, distributed energy, distributed power, Distribution, dso, enel, full coverage, gridspertise, International, network infrastructure, news, power grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 21:30:33 +0000

Enel, a multinational power company with operations in 30 countries and more than 90 GW of power generation capacity in its portfolio, is leveraging its global expertise as the world’s largest privately owned operator of digitally managed power distribution grids, by expanding its Gridspertise business to the U.S. market. First launched in Europe and Latin […]

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Why Smarter Grids Start with Mesh Networks and Open Standards

February 17, 2022 admin Cybersecurity, Distribution, Fan, field area networks, full coverage, iiot, International, mesh network, news, open standards, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Phil Beecher| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:15:14 +0000

Smart grids have been with us for over a decade. But for many power industry stakeholders, they’re associated almost exclusively with smart meters. Remote meter reading is certainly a compelling use case, and one which justified many initial deployments, especially in the U.S. where end-customer sites are spread out over large distances. But there’s much […]

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NERC: Long-Term Reliability Uncertain Amid Rapid Changes to Bulk Power System

December 19, 2019 admin Business, Coal, ders, distributed energy, Distribution, Energy Storage, ercot, Fuel, Gas, International, long-term reliability assessment. california, Markets, MISO, nerc, news, Nuclear, Ontario, Power Demand, reliability, reliability risks, Renewables, Solar, T&D, Technology, texas, transmission, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:29:46 +0000

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Significant and rapid changes that are reshaping North America’s power sector will likely leave Texas and Ontario, Canada, with supply shortfalls over the next decade, and energy deficiencies could also occur during off-peak conditions in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) area and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) region, the North American Electric Reliability […]

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Despite Financial Hurdles, Utility Capital Spending to Remain Elevated

December 27, 2018 admin AEP, Business, capital spending, Distribution, duke, environmental projects, finance, grid modernization, Investments, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, moody's, news, southern, transmission

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:34:36 +0000

Despite higher taxable income and pressure on balance sheets, capital spending by regulated utilities will remain elevated—and much of it will be dedicated to replacing aging infrastructure, hardening or efficiency-boosting measures, and on renewables and environmental projects, said Moody’s Investors Service in a recent sectoral briefing. The credit ratings agency for the first time this […]

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Innovative Narrowband Solution for SCADA Communications

July 2, 2018 admin communications, Distribution, FCC, geothermal, great river energy, Instrumentation & Controls, mimomax wireless, narrowband, news, O&M, Plant Design, Renewables, scada, Solar, Technology, transmission, Wind

Great River Energy rolled out an extensive 700-MHz point-to-multipoint communications project within its 56,000-square-mile service area. Using high-order modulation, combined with full-duplex

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Innovative Narrowband Solution for SCADA Communications

Great River Energy rolled out an extensive 700-MHz point-to-multipoint communications project within its 56,000-square-mile service area. Using high-order modulation, combined with full-duplex

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