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The Sun Shines in South America: Colombia & Brazil Give Large Boost to Solar Deployment

April 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments Brazil, brazil solar, chile, chile solar energy, chile solar power, clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Colombia, colombia solar power, grid, hvdc, hvdc transmission, Solar energy, solar power plants, South America

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:34:28 +0000

South America has a lot of sun and a lot of space, and solar energy has grown from a small player to the main driver of generation growth in several countries in the region (making their already clean grids even cleaner). Today we look at the grids of Chile, Brazil, and Colombia, all of which have already made solar a cornerstone of their generation or are working to do so in the near future.

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Can We Connect Renewable Energy Hubs With Electricity Consumption Hubs?

March 13, 2024 admin clean power, grid, high voltage transmission lines, hvdc, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, pacific northwest national, pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 03:20:57 +0000

New Approach to Transmission Planning Links Renewable Energy Zones to Major Load Centers via Longer, High-Voltage Transmission A new approach … [continued]

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Will Pipelines Be Repurposed For HVDC Transmission?

December 16, 2023 admin clean power, clean transport, climate change, Europe, Fossil Fuels, gas pipelines, green economy, grid, hvdc, investment, natural gas, Oil, oil pipelines, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:47:58 +0000

This question is asked regularly of me these days. After all, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) is the new pipeline, doesn’t … [continued]

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Transformative, Next-Gen Grid Control Technologies Get $42M in Federal Funding

November 21, 2023 admin advancements, arpa-e, Business, currents, devices, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, DOE, Electricity, electrification, Electronics, energy security, evs, full coverage, gallium nitride, grid, grid control, higher voltages, hvdc, news, power, power electronics, power flow, power system, Renewables, Research and Development, semiconductor, silicon, Smart Grid, switching, T&D, Technology, trends, ultra-wide bandgap, wide bandgap

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 02:11:32 +0000

On the grid level, interfaces typically consist of modules, which are made up of semiconductor-driven or semiconductor-controlled devices. Source: POWER/Generated with AI ∙ November 21, 2023 at 7:26 PM

The Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated a new “enabling” pathway to achieve and sustain a dramatic transformation of the nation’s evolving grid—through its power electronics fabric, with the realization […]

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HVDC’s Role in the Evolution of the Power Grid

July 21, 2023 admin Distribution, hvdc, International, news, power grid, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology, transmission

Credit to Author: Vincent Thornley, EngD| Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:00:33 +0000

The 19th century battle between Nikolai Tesla’s alternating current (AC) and Thomas Edison’s direct current (DC) technologies had an undisputed winner. The vast majority of the world’s transmission and distribution […]

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POWER Digest [May 2023]

May 1, 2023 admin Coal, EDF, Egypt, energy security, floating wind, France, Gas, gazelle, hitachi, hvdc, Hydro, newark, news, notebook, Nuclear, offshore wind, Solar, tennet, trends, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:11:41 +0000

European Grid Operator Secures 22 GW of HVDC Projects. European transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT will lead a charge to install 11 2-GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems by 2031. A long-term

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HVDC Is The New Pipeline

April 25, 2023 admin Australia, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, hvdc, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Smart Grid, Solar energy, Uncategorized, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 17:18:58 +0000

HVDC is the technology for energy links. Tubes of steel carrying molecules need not apply.

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Hitachi Energy Part of $14 Billion European Infrastructure Deal

March 30, 2023 admin GERMANY, hitachi energy, hvdc, International, netherlands, news, Offshore, offshore wind, petrofac, power, T&D, tennet, transmission

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:32:34 +0000

Hitachi Energy has been chosen by TenneT, a transmission system provider for Germany and the Netherlands, to supply several onshore and offshore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations and associated infrastructure for European power grids. Hitachi officials on March 30 said the agreement, which includes Petrofac—an international service provider to the energy industry—is worth about […]

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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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