Energy Distribution Articles & Analysis
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Resource Innovations and The Mobility House to Lead Massachusetts V2X Demonstration Program
Resource Innovations, a leading provider of clean energy solutions, and The Mobility House, a global leader in vehicle-grid integration technology, have been selected by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to spearhead a first-of-its-kind statewide vehicle-to-everything (V2X) demonstration program. This two-year initiative will deploy bidirectional charging infrastructure to enhance grid ...
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DOE Invests $32 Million for Grid-Edge Technology and Smart Charge Management
This week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $32 million for six selected pilot projects that will support new load growth through grid-edge innovations and the ability of energy providers to right-size grid investments for future load growth. These Connected Communities projects in eight states will also provide new strategies and tools for utilities, grid planners and operators, ...
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Modernizing Power Markets Key to Achieving Universal Access, Reach Climate Goals: IFC Report
With over 685 million people still without electricity, there is an urgent need for innovative approaches to increase access and meet global clean energy targets, according to a new report by IFC. "Repurposing Power Markets: The Path to Sustainable and Affordable Energy for All" outlines how countries can tap private sector capital to drive progress toward access and sustainability.The findings ...
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Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen Signs Cooperative Agreement with DOE, Moves into Phase 1
This week, the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MachH2) and the U.S. Department of Energy officially announced the signing of a cooperative agreement with the DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for Phase 1 award status, ushering in the next generation of clean energy and clean manufacturing across the Midwest, powered by clean hydrogen. MachH2 is part of the Regional ...
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NRG, Google Cloud and Renew Home to Create a 1 GW Virtual Power Plant in Texas
NRG Energy Inc. this week announced it is partnering with Renew Home, a leading virtual power plant (VPP) company to boost its residential VPP capabilities. Together, NRG and Renew Home aim to distribute hundreds of thousands of VPP-enabled smart thermostats by 2035 and create a nearly 1 GW AI-powered VPP - enabled by Google Cloud technology - to improve the Texas grid's resiliency and help ...
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USDA New ERA Award to Finance $2.5 Billion in Tri-State Clean Energy Investments
Tri-State’s members and rural communities across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming will benefit from a reliable, affordable and responsible energy transition supported with $2.5 billion in low-cost financing and grants through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program. In an announcement at Tri-State’s headquarters in Westminster, ...
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Biden-Harris Administration Invests in Clean Affordable Energy for Seven Rural Electric Cooperatives
This week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced more than $3 billion through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program to lower electricity costs as part of President Biden and Vice President Harris’ Investing in America Agenda.USDA is awarding nearly $2.5 billion in financing for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and has ...
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“Go Back” Battery VPP Model has the Potential to Upend the National Rooftop Solar industry
sonnen, a leader in smart energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) technology and ES Solar, a contractor renowned for their leadership in establishing a grid harmonized VPP business model for solar and energy storage, this week announced initial results following the launch of their “Go Back” program, an innovative new VPP business model enabled by Rocky Mountain Power (RMP), targeting ...
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Aeromine Technologies Raises $9M for Innovative Distributed Power Wind Energy Solution
Rooftop wind energy innovator Aeromine Technologies announced in May of this year that it closed an approximately $9 million funding round to accelerate the roll out of its breakthrough, motionless, on-site wind energy solution. Veriten, the energy research, investing, and strategy firm, is the lead investor in the Series A funding round. Additional investors in the round include global ...
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The Grid Can Handle More Renewable Energy, But It Needs Some Help
By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy, NRELThe grid needs to change.To electrify everything from vehicles to heating systems to stovetops, the U.S. grid must expand by about 57% and get more flexible, too. Solar and wind energy are the renewables most likely to dominate a future clean energy grid. But they are found primarily in remote areas, far from the hubs that need their power.And that is a problem. ...
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NYISO Implements Nation’s First Market Empowering Distributed Energy Resources
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) this week launched a first-in-the-nation program to integrate aggregations into the wholesale electric markets of distributed energy resources (DER), such as small-scale solar arrays, residential batteries, and electric vehicles. This follows approval of new market rules by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to implement the ...
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DOE Releases Report on Accelerating Grid Solutions to Lower Costs and Improve Reliability
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (April 16) announced the release of its latest Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report, focused on unleashing the potential of advanced grid solutions. "Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Innovative Grid Deployment," marks the tenth installment in the Liftoff series which launched in March 2023. This report demonstrates how commercially available advanced grid ...
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New Hampshire Utility is Using Residential Batteries to Create Virtual Power Plant
Caterpillar Inc. announced this week that Liberty - New Hampshire, a local electric provider, has selected Caterpillar to supply turnkey virtual power plant (VPP) solutions for Liberty’s battery storage pilot.Under the initiative, Liberty has installed 2,600 kWh of lithium-ion battery storage at 100 homes to charge overnight when demand and rates are low, reduce peak load during times of high ...
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NARUC Releases New Cybersecurity Baselines for Electric Distribution Systems and DER
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, in collaboration with the U. S. Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, recently (Feb 22) released a set of cybersecurity baselines for electric distribution systems and distributed energy resources that connect to them. This joint initiative recognizes that cybersecurity is an integral ...
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Biden Administration Invests $2.3 Billion in Projects to Expand Clean Power in Rural Communities
As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week (March 6) announced that USDA is moving forward on clean energy investments in 23 states to reduce pollution and strengthen rural America's power grid. The announcement includes the first five awards totaling $139 million under the Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) ...
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Revolutionising Data Centre Energy
In an era where data centres are the backbone of global digital infrastructure, ensuring energy resilience is more critical than ever. With the demand for data processing capacity soaring and electricity networks under strain, developers and operators face the challenge of relying on local energy distribution systems. Data centres depend on electricity for essential processes such as cooling, ...
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SMUD Announces $50 Million Grant to Support Advanced Smart Grid Technologies
This week (Oct 18), SMUD announced it's been awarded a $50 million grant from the Department of Energy Grid Deployment Office's Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership program (GRIP) for new technologies to increase reliability, efficiency and flexibility of the electric grid. SMUD's Connected Clean PowerCity project includes a cost share of $100 million and encompasses a number of ...
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Fort Moore EV Charging Project Provides Another Example of EVSE Solution
Fort Moore and Georgia Power, a Southern Company subsidiary, recently entered into a contract to install 63 electric vehicle chargers at 23 locations across the base, allowing up to 126 vehicles to be plugged in on the base simultaneously. The project is underway and expected to be complete by the first quarter of 2024. Georgia Power was awarded a task order to provide a turnkey electric vehicle ...
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PG&E Launches Microgrid Incentive Program with $79 Million in Project Funding
Pacific Gas and Electric Company this week (Oct 11) announced the launch of its Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP) and handbook, providing funding, expertise and guidance for building community, local and tribal government-proposed multi-customer microgrids. The MIP is a new, statewide $200 million competitive grant program which will fund clean-energy community microgrids in disadvantaged and ...
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$11 Million Now Available in New York for Solutions Addressing Grid Challenges
Governor Kathy Hochul this week (Aug 11) announced the availability of $11 million in funding through the fourth round of the Future Grid Challenge for projects that identify solutions to the technical challenges of integrating a changing energy resource mix into the electric grid. The announcement also included more than $5 million in project awards under the third round of the challenge. ...
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