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EV-Based Virtual Power Plants Shift Peak Load and Save Money

October 17, 2019 admin 0 Comments Business, distributed energy, distributed power, electric vehicle, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev, jackson associates, Markets, news, peak shift, Power Demand, research, Smart Grid, study, T&D, Technology, virtual power plant, vpp

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:45:10 +0000

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A recent study found that electric vehicle (EV) batteries used as a utility virtual power plant (VPP) could shift the entire residential peak load to nighttime hours with only 10% EV market saturation. The research was conducted by Jackson Associates, an Orlando, Florida-based firm that does energy forecasting, data development, and energy-related analysis. The study […]

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What Can You Do with a Superconductor? A Lot! [PODCAST]

September 12, 2019 admin amsc, Business, daniel mcgahn, distributed energy, distributed power, Interview, news, Power Demand, power podcasts, superconductor, T&D, Technology, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:14:16 +0000

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What is a superconductor? One definition says, “a material that can conduct electricity or transport electrons from one atom to another with no resistance.” “At the base physics level, what a superconductor does is it moves a lot more power per unit volume or per unit weight, so you have a very high energy-dense material […]

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California’s Largest Battery Storage Installation to Be Installed in Mojave Desert

September 11, 2019 admin 8minute solar energy, barren ridge switching station, battery energy storage system, battery storage, bess, Business, Energy Storage, Instrumentation & Controls, ladwp, Legal & Regulatory, mojave desert, news, Plant Design, Renewables, Smart Grid, Solar, solar pv, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:09:53 +0000

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On May 16, 2019, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and Glendale Water and Power, through the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), received SCPPA’s approval on agreements with 8minute Solar Energy (8mSE) for the installation of a 300-MW/1,200-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) located at 8mSE’s Eland Solar and Storage Center. […]

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Power Companies Advance Voluntary Avian Protection Without Threat of Liability for Incidental Take

September 10, 2019 admin avian protection, baker botts, Environmental, Legal & Regulatory, mbta, migratory bird treaty act, migratory birds, news, Renewables, T&D, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 18:54:57 +0000

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With shifts in political winds come shifts in agency legal interpretations. In January 2017, the solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a formal legal opinion interpreting the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) to prohibit the incidental take (accidental injury or death) of migratory birds. This “midnight” legal opinion was widely viewed […]

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Large Public Power Systems Are Evolving [PODCAST]

August 29, 2019 admin connected plant, Cybersecurity, distributed energy, distributed power, Electric vehicles, electrification, iiot, iiot power, john di stasio, large public power council, lppc, news, power podcasts, public power, Smart Grid, T&D

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:49:11 +0000

The power grid is changing across the U.S. More distributed energy resources are being added every day. That brings challenges for power utilities, but also opportunities. John Di Stasio, president of the Large Public Power Council (LPPC), which represents 27 of the largest locally governed and operated not-for-profit electric systems in the U.S., was a […]

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New York Enacts 100% Clean Energy Law, Secures 1.7 GW of Offshore Wind

July 19, 2019 admin Business, clcpa, climate change, empire wind, equinor, ghg, green new deal, Legal & Regulatory, New Jersey, New York, news, offshore wind, Ørsted, Renewables, sunrise wind, supply chains, T&D, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:15:53 +0000

New York on July 18 enacted the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), law that requires the state to produce 100% of its power from renewables and nuclear by 2040. The legislation includes agreements to build two offshore wind projects worth a combined 1.7 GW by 2025, the single largest renewable energy procurement in […]

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POWER Digest [July 2019]

July 1, 2019 admin abb, Alberta, Business, Carbon Capture, carbon taxes, carbon-negative plant, China, Coal, drax, Energy Storage, EPR, ethiopia, Gas, geothermal, International, minesto, news, Nuclear, Power Demand, Renewables, South Africa, T&D, Technology, tidal energy, uhvdc

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Taishan-2 EPR Achieves Criticality. A second EPR unit in China’s Guangdong province attained a sustained chain reaction on May 28, marking another major milestone for Framatome, EDF, and China General

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Chile Presents a Coal Exit Plan

June 30, 2019 admin acciona, Argentina, Business, chile, climate change, Coal, coal retirements, engie, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, International, Markets, news, Power Demand, Renewables, Solar, solar thermal, T&D, Technology, transmission, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Chile, a country that relied on coal for about two-fifths of its power generation in 2016, in June announced it would mothball eight coal plants, totaling 23 GW, of its existing 28-plant coal fleet over the

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Energy Infrastructure on Tenuous Winning Streak in the Courts

June 25, 2019 admin Business, Commentary, court, courts, energy infrastructure, Environmental, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, permit, remand, T&D, vacatur

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:47:26 +0000

Federal courts have been pretty kind to energy infrastructure in recent weeks, particularly in cases involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). For starters, this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit removed one of the hurdles to construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The court decided that a new presidential permit—issued […]

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Apagón: A Blackout Sweeps South America

June 25, 2019 admin apagon, Argentina, blackout, Business, Coal, Gas, grid disturbance, Hydro, hydropower, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, paraguay, Power Demand, reliability, Renewables, T&D, Technology, Transmission Lines, Uruguay

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:33:26 +0000

Authorities have initiated a far-reaching investigation into an unprecedented blackout that on June 16 hit a wide swath of South America—most of Argentina and Uruguay, and parts of Paraguay—affecting tens of millions of people. The massive blackout—apagón—is thought to have originated in a disturbance that affected two high-voltage lines, Colonia Elia Y Mercedes and Colonia […]

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