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11.08.2024. NRG and Renew Home expect to roll out their VPP program to Texas customers in the spring of 2025. TVA approves Elon Musk’s controversial data center plan for more power. 11.07.2024. The xAI facility powers X’s – formerly known as Twitter – AI chatbot, ‘Grok,’ and recently began operations.
Utilities are embracing AI, but grid applications remain in the ...
16 hours ago · Technology leaders are sprinting to serve seemingly every industry with AI-powered tools. The utility industry is complicated, however, due to its inability to fail forward faster when it comes to safety and reliability, on top of regulatory scrutiny.. Jason Strautman, vice president for data science and analytics engineering for Oracle’s utility division, told POWERGRID that deploying AI ...
ComEd's new hosting capacity map shares 'near real-time' data for …
16 hours ago · Additionally, the 1,976 distributed energy resource (DER) systems that ComEd completed in October represented 42 MW of DER generation capacity, a new one-month record. There are approximately 1,160 MW of DER interconnected to the ComEd system, including 460 MW from residential solar systems, 285 MW from community solar and …
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Thousands impacted by power shutoffs in California due to wildfire risk. High winds and low humidity in Southern California have heightened wildfire risk in the region, with full restoration not expected until at least Thursday night. People on the move: AEP, Oglethorpe Power and more. Recent job changes in the power and utilities sector.
Batteries are surging onto the grid. How are they being used?
Jun 26, 2024 · Utilities are increasingly using batteries for grid stability and arbitrage, or moving electricity from periods of low prices to periods of high prices, according to a new survey from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA published an early release of data from its EIA-860, Annual Electric Generator Report, which includes new ...
DOE: ‘Advanced’ grid solutions could add up to 100 GW in capacity
Apr 17, 2024 · A new report from the Department of Energy (DOE) finds that deploying “advanced” grid solutions available today can cost-effectively increase the capacity of the existing grid to support 20-100 GW of incremental peak demand when installed individually, while also improving grid reliability, resilience, affordability, and sustainability.
How data centers facilitate the clean energy transition and help …
Jul 6, 2023 · Going forward, even more innovation can be realized by rewarding efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability. Data centers already are supporting the clean energy economy, and they can play a more important role in grid reliability going forward. Policymakers and regulators can help by focusing on allowing data centers to access market price ...
'Low-hanging fruit': Inside the U.S.' largest grid-enhancing tech ...
May 13, 2024 · That was the case when LineVision, a provider of dynamic line rating sensors and software for transmission infrastructure, announced that the largest grid-enhancing technology deployment is now operational in the U.S. LineVision partnered with National Grid to bring dynamic line ratings to four, 115kV transmission lines in congested Upstate New ...
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POWERGRID International - Events. The leading annual transmission and distribution event for utilities, technology providers, and industry leaders New England has set ambitious clean energy goals and is well on its way to weaning off fossil fuels, but major obstacles remain along the path to 100% renewable energy, including the intermittent nature …
Electric Power Industry Whitepapers - POWERGRID International
Dec 8, 2020 · Whitepapers. 05.06.2024. Allete to become a private utility in $6.2B deal. A joint partnership led by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Global Infrastructure Partners will take the utility private…. 10.01.2021. Spacer Cable and Tree Wire Issues in Environments Containing Airborne Contaminants. Covered Conductor Systems (Spacer Cable ...