Smart energy news and developments | Friday, October 11, 2019 | View in browser Next Week: 6th Demand Response & DER World Forum - Registration Still Open
Speakers include Southern California Edison, BGE, Pepco Holdings, Sempra, SDG&E, California Energy Commission, EPRI, and many others. Focuses on case studies and business strategies for optimizing demand response, energy efficiency, DER integration, and demand side management. Oct 16-17 in San Diego. more Update on PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff
Pacific Gas & Electric reports that there are still currently approximately 600,000 customers without power as a result of the PSPS event, which began on early Wednesday. more ICC Approves Commonwealth Edison's Time of Use Rate Pilot The Rate Residential Time of Use Pricing Pilot is designed to incentivize residential ComEd customers who are participating in the pilot to shift their energy use away from peak periods to times when energy and capacity costs are lower. more EIA Report Projects Nearly 50% Increase in World Energy Usage by 2050
EIA projects most of the expected growth will come from regions where the consumption of energy is driven by strong economic expansion, particularly in non-OECD Asia. more 2nd Utility Cyber Security Forum
This one-day Forum zeros in on issues of particular concern to electric utilities, such as ensuring the cyber security of grid SCADA and PLC grid control networks. Pre-conference networking dinner included with registration. Speakers to be announced shortly. more Hawaii Accelerates Past 10,000 Electric Vehicles
"The role EVs play in the future of ground transportation and our state's ambitious energy goals is widely recognized," said Greg Gaug, senior vice president of investments and analytics at Ulupono Initiative. "However, EVs still represent less than 1% of all passenger vehicles in the state." more NREL Publishes Science Journal Article Posing Three Challenges to Wind Energy Potential
Wind energy researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory are among a team of authors inviting the scientific community to address three challenges that will drive the innovation needed for wind to become one of the world's primary sources of low-cost electricity generation. more New $100M Innovation Hub to Accelerate R&D for a Secure Water Future
The goal is to advance a portfolio of novel technologies that will secure a circular water economy in which 90% of nontraditional water sources - such as seawater, brackish water, and produced waters - can be cost-competitive with existing water sources within 10 years. more 4th Smart Cities International Symposium, January 21-23, 2020
This in-depth Symposium explores the most recent technology advances, business models, and lessons learned in moving toward the Smart City objective -- including how smart microgrids are accelerating advanced energy communities. Schedule of sessions and speakers to be published shortly. more Singapore's First Virtual Power Plant to Optimise Energy Distribution
The Energy Market Authority and Sembcorp Industries have jointly awarded a grant to Nanyang Technological University to develop Singapore's first Virtual Power Plant. more EirGrid Group Launches Five-year Strategy to Transform the Irish Electricity System
The strategy will ensure that renewable energy accounts for 70% of all electricity use in Ireland by 2030 - more than double current levels. Key to the new strategy is upgrading the power system so that it can handle world-leading levels of offshore and onshore wind, along with solar energy. more FPL Announces Plans for the Largest Community Solar Program in the U.S.
Through this voluntary program, participating customers will help accelerate the cost-effective growth of solar in Florida by subscribing to a portion of new solar power capacity, and in return, they will receive credits that are expected to reduce their monthly bills over time. more Next Spring: Microgrid Global Innovation Forum-North America, March 10-11 in Chicago Brings together key N. America stakeholders to discuss maximizing the business case for microgrids, integration into the larger grid, and sharing real-world case studies of both grid-tied and off-grid / remote applications. Speaking proposals due by November 2, 2019. more Navigant Research: On Enabling the Circular Economy
Louis Mark of Navigant Research takes a look at five business models and three disruptive technologies that are pointing toward an escape from the take-make-waste linear model of consumption. more Editor's Note: Please take a moment to reconfirm your interest in receiving SGO's weekly newsletter and event updates. |