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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.
PG&E unveils plans for a 200 MW, net-zero data center community
7 hours ago · PG&E says the proposal would transform downtown San Jose by responding to demand for both artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data centers and housing. PG&E will power the area, providing approximately 200 megawatts of clean energy for the three data centers. A district energy system will connect the data centers and the surrounding community.
Utilities are looking at battery storage in a whole new way
By John Engel 7.15.2024. Share. Powin's 50 MW/66.2 MWh battery storage project in Texas. (Courtesy: Powin) Only a few years ago, electric utilities were still kicking the tires on the potential applications of energy storage. Lithium-ion batteries had already emerged as the market leader with rapidly declining costs and myriad use cases.
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 ...
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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.
Utilities are embracing AI, but grid applications remain in the ...
1 day 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 …
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 ...
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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 ...
Toward a modern grid: The transitioning utility business model
Jun 28, 2022 · Step #2: Monitors single points within the grid with less attention to low-voltage networks. There is no optimization of grid performance with increasing DER interconnections. Step #3: Implementation of a full impedance grid model and monitors the power flow on each network connection.