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North Distribution Division of Mexico's Comisión Federal de Electricidad Selects OSI Technology for a New Unified Distribution SCADA System
September 1, 2017
CFE's new OSI SCADA system will handle more than 660,000 customers and serves as a first step toward providing the North Division with a truly modern and scalable system for the operation of the distribution network.
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Independent Power Grid as a Milestone for an Energy Transition Project
September 1, 2017
Siemens recently reported that for the first time, a portion of the low-voltage network has been decoupled from the main power grid. In the community of Wildpoldsried in the Allgäu region of Germany it was possible to provide uninterrupted and stable operation of the island grid.
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SolarWorld Americas Supplies 14.2 MW in Solar Panels for Innovative Nevada Project
September 1, 2017
The project at Patua, about 40 miles east of Reno, has set the solar array side by side with a binary geothermal production plant to take advantage of solar's peak performance periods at times when the geothermal is comparatively less efficient - during the daytime and summer. The combined result provides constant power generation.
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NRG Energy and Reliant to Provide Over $2 Million in Relief for Hurricane Harvey
August 31, 2017
As Hurricane Harvey emergency response continues across Texas and Louisiana, NRG Energy and its subsidiary Reliant today announced broad preliminary efforts to assist millions of Texans impacted by devastating rains, floods and winds. NRG and Reliant will provide more than $2 million of disaster relief resources, comprised of $1 million in cash donations, as well as in-kind relief efforts valued at more than $1 million in community support and customer assistance. The funding goes toward charitable contributions including a relief fund for impacted employees, deploying disaster-response power generation solutions to assist first responders, providing Houstonians backup power and phone chargers, and offering enrollment and billing assistance to impacted customers.
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Schneider Electric is Contracted To Supply Back Up Power For 3200 Ah Lithium Iron Battery For California Solar Project
August 31, 2017
This project utilizes Schneider's Conext XW+ inverters in a system that will provide a residence with 61.2kW of continuous backup power and 166kW-hours of total energy storage capacity. The 61.2kW Conext XW+ Multi-cluster consists of nine Conext XW+6848 inverter/chargers configured to 120/208V 3-phase, which happens to be the same as the utility feeder for this 45,000 square foot residence.
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NREL, Swiss Scientists Power Past Solar Efficiency Records
August 31, 2017
Collaboration between researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), and the École Polytechnique F éd érale de Lausanne (EPFL) shows the high potential of silicon-based multijunction solar cells.
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Rocky Mountain Institute: Changes in the Power Sector Are an Opportunity, Not a Threat
August 30, 2017
On August 23, 2017 the U.S. Department of Energy released the findings and recommendations of its highly anticipated study on grid resilience and reliability. Secretary Perry commissioned the study in April, in a memo leading with the thoroughly debunked proposition that "baseload power is necessary to a well-functioning electric grid."
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Hawaiian Electric Companies Submit Plan To Modernize Island Grids
August 30, 2017
The Hawaiian Electric Companies filed their Grid Modernization Strategy with the Hawai?i Public Utilities Commission (PUC) earlier this week, providing a roadmap for building more resilient and renewable-ready island grids.
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NREL Updates Baseline Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies
August 25, 2017
"In addition to aggregating the most reliable, timely cost and performance data spanning the full range of energy technologies, the Annual Technology Baseline highlights key trends and makes projections out to 2050," said NREL Senior Analyst Maureen Hand. "For energy analysts and others tasked with communicating relevant electricity technology cost and performance trends that have a bearing on energy markets, the ATB serves as an indispensable go-to resource that greatly facilitates and streamlines the work involved."
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CPUC Sets New Time-Of-Use Periods For SDG&E To Reflect Changing Energy Market
August 25, 2017
In adopting an uncontested settlement agreement that allocates SDG&E's revenue among its different customer classes (residential, small business, commercial, industrial), the CPUC also adopted an on-peak time-of-use period of 4-9 p.m.
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NREL Analysis Identifies Where Commercial Customers Might Benefit from Battery Energy Storage
August 25, 2017
"Declining costs for energy storage products have created opportunities for commercial customers to deploy batteries to manage peak demand and lower their electricity bills," said Joyce McLaren, lead author of the study and a senior energy analyst at NREL. "However, prior to this analysis, no one had performed a comprehensive survey of demand charge levels across the country and how many customers might be subject to them. Our research seeks to fill that information gap."
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Tantalus Acquires Demand Management Company Energate
August 24, 2017
The acquisition expands Tantalus' smart grid application portfolio to include a comprehensive solution designed to empower utilities and energy service providers to control load at the edge of the distribution network.
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Energy Department Announces $13.4 Million Investment in Community-based Advanced Transportation Projects
August 24, 2017
The U.S. Energy Department recently announced $13.4 million in support of five new cost-shared, community-based projects focused on energy efficient mobility systems including connected and autonomous vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure including natural gas, propane, biofuels, hydrogen, and electricity.
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Demand Energy Strengthens Energy Storage Market Leadership in New York City with 11 New Projects
August 24, 2017
Demand Energy, an Enel Group subsidiary, announced that it has been selected by New York City's distribution grid operator to build a total of 2.5 MW/10 MWh of energy storage projects that will deliver behind-the-meter benefits to C&I customers and provide support to the City's electricity grid.
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Renewables, Distributed Energy Resources Driving Investments in Power Transmission Assets
August 23, 2017
At the residential level, customer adoption of solar and other behind-the-meter options are challenging business plans of old, a new report from Black & Veatch finds. Even long-held models for power flows to large business or industrial customers are shifting as brick and mortar retail increasingly cedes to online commerce and centralized distribution hubs.
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Growth Seen in Market for Rugged Electronics
August 23, 2017
The global rugged electronics market was valued at close to US$9.4 bn in 2017 and is expected to rise to US$17.46 bn by 2025, exhibiting a solid CAGR of 8.1%. While military applications are the primary market driver, smart grid initiatives are also a significant investment factor.
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S&C and Ameren Conduct Successful 24-hour Islanding Test on Microgrid
August 18, 2017
The test focused specifically on the 50kW microgrid at the site, which powers an Ameren research facility. The complete microgrid includes 225kW of renewable generation (PV solar and wind) and 250kW / 500kWh of battery energy storage.
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Equinix to Install Largest Deployment of Fuel Cells for the Colocation Data Center Industry
August 18, 2017
Equinix, a global interconnection and data center company, has announced the signing of a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between a subsidiary of Southern Company and Equinix in which Bloom Energy fuel cells will be installed at 12 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in the U.S. The project will provide a total capacity of more than 37 megawatts of power with a phased installation that begins in late 2017 through 2019.
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SMUD and GridX to Roll Out Industry's First Bill Scenario Analysis Tool
August 18, 2017
SMUD and GridX, Inc. will partner to roll out a new bill scenario analysis tool that will allow SMUD's customer service representatives (CSRs) to help customers learn more about how the transition to time-of-day rates (TOD) will impact their bills.
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Duke Energy Renewables Purchases One of the Largest Solar Projects in New York
August 15, 2017
Duke Energy Renewables is acquiring the 24.9-megawatt (MW) Shoreham Solar Commons project on Long Island from Invenergy. The energy generated from this project is estimated to displace 29,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually and create nearly 1 million megawatt-hours of renewable energy over its lifetime.
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Report Examines Cybersecurity Spending for Smart Grid
August 15, 2017
Navigant Research expects the market for smart grid cybersecurity spending to show
robust growth over the forecast period as grid operators respond to increasing security
threats with new waves of investment. Navigant Research expects overall revenue to grow
from approximately $1.8 billion in 2017 to nearly $3.2 billion in 2026 at a compound annual
growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6%.
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Bipartisan Group of 69 Lawmakers Urge Feds To Oppose Punitive Tariffs That Would Gut U.S. Solar Industry
August 14, 2017
The American solar industry is growing 17 times faster than the rest of the economy, and created 1 out of every 50 new jobs in the U.S. last year. Implementing trade barriers would double solar prices, grinding growth to a halt and forcing 88,000 Americans one-third of the U.S. solar workforce today to lose their jobs just next year, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
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ABB Wins $30 Million Order to Support Integration of Renewables in Germany
August 14, 2017
Germany's "Energiewende" energy transition roadmap aims for a renewable energy target of at least 80 percent by 2050. The contribution of wind and solar to the energy mix is progressing rapidly and now accounts for over 4o percent of Germany's electricity supply. However, as Germany's power supply changes from a reliance on steady, centralized sources - like nuclear and thermal power - to more volatile and decentralized renewable power supplies, such as wind and solar, the country needs to address stability and fluctuation issues that affect power supplies.
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Stem and CPower Announce Energy Management Partnership
August 11, 2017
The partnership will combine Stem's energy storage services with CPower's demand response and curtailment services to offer customers an integrated solution for managing electricity demand.
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U.S. Energy Department: Wind Energy Continues Rapid Growth in 2016
August 10, 2017
America's wind industry added more than 8,200 megawatts (MW) of capacity last year, representing 27 percent of all energy capacity additions in 2016. In 2016, wind supplied about 6 percent of U.S. electricity, and 14 states now get more than 10 percent of their electricity from wind.
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APS Brings Battery Storage to Rural Arizona
August 10, 2017
Instead of rebuilding about 20 miles of transmission and distribution poles and wires, Arizona Public Service (APS) will install two battery storage systems in rural Punkin Center, Arizona, making it one of the first electricity companies in the nation to use batteries in place of traditional infrastructure.
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SMUD, NEC and SpaceTime Insight to Deliver Smart Energy Solutions to Japanese Electric Companies
August 8, 2017
The collaboration is designed to offer electric power companies in Japan an advanced asset management solution that will help them achieve higher levels of operational reliability, safety and efficiency. The companies will also offer emerging retail energy providers in Japan bundled smart energy products and services such as storage, energy management and electric vehicle charging controls.
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Schneider Electric and Claroty Partner to Address Safety and Cybersecurity Challenges
August 8, 2017
Under the terms of the agreement, Claroty will market its real-time OT/ICS network monitoring and detection solution to Schneider Electric's customers through the company's Collaborative Automation Partner Program (CAPP).
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Landis+Gyr and Mueller Systems to Develop Water AMI Module
August 3, 2017
The project will provide utilities using Landis+Gyr's Gridstream AMI solution another choice for advanced water metering, featuring a robust communications and distributed intelligence platform for billing, leak detection and remote monitoring of water distribution assets, according to the company.
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Aclara to Acquire a Majority Interest in General Electric Philippines Meter & Instrument Company
August 3, 2017
Aclara has acquired GE's majority equity position in General Electric Philippines Meter & Instrument Co., Inc. (GEPMICI), the market leader for electric meters in the Philippines. GEPMICI is a joint venture between GE and Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the largest electric distribution company in the Philippines.
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