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Can the Power Grid Handle More EVs?

September 26, 2022 admin 0 Comments Commentary, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, Electric vehicles, electrification, ev charging, evs, Power Demand, power grid, power load, s&c electric

Credit to Author: Anders Sjoelin| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:58:24 +0000

Only about 1% of the 250 million cars, SUVs, and light-duty trucks on American roads are electric vehicles (EVs). But that’s about to change. While it’s difficult to estimate future sales, an analysis by IHS Markit projects that up to 30% of new car sales could be electric by 2030, rising to up to 45% […]

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U.S.’s Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Set Daily Production Records in July Despite High Fuel Prices

August 25, 2022 admin full coverage, Gas, Markets, natural gas, news, Power Demand, power generation

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:26:11 +0000

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that electricity generated by natural gas–fired power plants in the lower 48 states reached 6.37 TWh on July 21, setting a new record high for a day. In fact, the previous high, set on July 27, 2020, was broken three times during that week in July, first on […]

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Australian Energy Crisis Prompts Suspension of National Electricity Market

June 16, 2022 admin aemo, Australia, Business, Coal, forced outages, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, International, market incentives, Markets, national electricity market, news, Power Demand, Renewables, spot markets, wholesale markets

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:35:38 +0000

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) on June 15 indefinitely suspended spot markets in all regions of its National Electricity Market (NEM), citing critical power generation supply shortfalls that it said made it “impossible to continue” operations under national electricity rules. AEMO—the independent system operator (ISO) that operates the competitive market serving New South Wales, […]

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Massive Utah Hydrogen Storage Project Garners Finalized $504M DOE Loan Guarantee

June 9, 2022 admin Business, climate change, DOE, electrolyzers, Energy Storage, Environmental, finance, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, hydrogen, hydrogen hubs, hydrogen shot, loan guarantee, Markets, news, Power Demand, Renewables, salt caverns, Technology, Utah

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:36:08 +0000

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) first official loan guarantee for a new clean energy technology project since 2014 will go to the Advanced Clean Energy Storage 1 project in Utah—one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen energy projects. The DOE on June 8 announced it closed on the $504.4 million loan guarantee for the first […]

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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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Vermont and ISO-New England Provide an Interesting Renewable Energy Transition Case Study

June 1, 2022 admin distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, duck curve, Energy Storage, full coverage, iso-ne, Markets, New England, news, Power Demand, Renewables, Solar, T&D, vermont, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:14:00 +0000

Vermont doesn’t get a lot of attention outside of Bernie Sanders, but the state’s power system is worth taking a look at as it has undergone a notable shift toward renewable energy. About 80% of

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NERC Warns of Mounting Reliability Risks, Urges Preparation for Challenging Summer

May 19, 2022 admin Business, caiso, California, Coal, Cybersecurity, drought, ercot, fuel concerns, full coverage, Gas, generator performance, Hydro, inverter-based generation, Markets, MISO, nerc, news, Power Demand, Solar, SPP, supply chain, supply chains, trends, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 20:10:17 +0000

An unprecedented array of risks—ranging from capacity shortfalls, extreme weather, extended drought, supply chain issues, cybersecurity, solar PV tripping, fuel constraints, to wildfires—could imperil the reliability of nearly every North American bulk power system (BPS) region west of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) this summer, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) warns in […]

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First Hydrogen Burn at Long Ridge HA-Class Gas Turbine Marks Triumph for GE

April 22, 2022 admin 7ha.02, 9ha.02, Business, climate change, decarbonization, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas turbines, ge, ha, hydrogen, hydrogen blending, lm6000, long ridge, Markets, news, Plant Design, Power Demand

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 18:29:50 +0000

Hydrogen combustion has begun at the 485-MW Long Ridge Energy Terminal combined cycle power plant—a flagship GE HA-class project that is purpose-built to transition from natural gas to hydrogen blends and ultimately be capable of burning 100% hydrogen. While the sprawling multimodal facility in Hannibal, Ohio—which sits on the Ohio and West Virginia border—achieved commercial […]

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First Hydrogen Burn at Long Ridge HA-Class Gas Turbine Marks Triumph for GE

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 18:29:50 +0000

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Grid Interconnection Queue Filled with Solar and Energy Storage Projects

April 14, 2022 admin berkeley lab, Energy Storage, Gas, hybrid power, interconnection queue, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, news, Power Demand, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:42:08 +0000

A study conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) shows more than 1.1 TW of solar and energy storage capacity were in the U.S. power grid’s interconnection queue at the end of 2021. Notably, that total is more than the currently existing capacity in the U.S. power fleet. Additionally, Berkeley Lab researchers found […]

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