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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 has buried more than 800 miles of power lines in high …
3 hours ago · PG&E plans to complete an additional 330 miles of undergrounding in 2025 and another 440 miles in 2026. This work will be targeted in the highest wildfire-risk portions of the company’s service area and should bring PG&E to a total of more than 1,600 total miles of undergrounding completed across 30 counties in Northern and Central California by …
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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 …
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Eversource Energy adopts new smart grid software to speed up ...
2 days ago · Sean Wolfe 11.13.2024. (Credit: envelio) Eversource Energy, New England’s largest energy utility, is partnering with German smart software company envelio to accelerate and streamline its grid interconnection process. Eversource is envelio’s first U.S. customer since expanding into the market with the formation of envelio Inc. in May.
A huge transmission project out West just secured $331 million in ...
Apr 26, 2024 · The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Deployment Office announced that it has selected a project owned by Great Basin Transmission (GBT), subsidiary of LS Power, to enter into capacity contract negotiations as part of DOE’s Transmission Facilitation Program.. The Southwest Intertie Project-North (SWIP-North) is a $1+ billion, 285-mile, 500-kV transmission line that will connect the ...
California ISO board votes to advance major transmission projects
May 24, 2024 · California ISO board votes to advance major transmission projects. The 2023-2024 plan approved by the board has an estimated cost at full buildout of $6.1 billion and recommends specific transmission upgrades based on reliability, policy and economic-driven concerns. Sean Wolfe 5.24.2024. Share.
Utilities are embracing AI, but grid applications remain in the ...
3 days ago · For now, PG&E has focused on using AI in back-office tasks, such as processing regulatory documents and managing internal communications—tasks that improve efficiency without directly affecting customer-facing operations. FULL INTERVIEW: AI is here, and utilities are ready to get out of the ‘sandbox’. AI is here, and utilities are ready ...
Building the control room of the future to ensure resilient power …
Feb 22, 2024 · Building the control room of the future to ensure resilient power grids. Each stage in the energy supply and demand lifecycle has traditionally been siloed, each with its own infrastructure, networking protocols, datasets, and schemas, writes Hitachi Energy’s Oscar Tillberg. Contributed by Oscar Tillberg, Head of Global Sales, Network Control ...
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.