Tag: Demand Response
Power Systems Have More Flexibility Plans Than Flexible Grids
Grid flexibility is easy to mistake for a technology market. One jurisdiction announces several gigawatt-hours of batteries, another creates a new ancillary-service product, and a third launches a capacity auction, pumped-hydro program or demand-response target. Those are meaningful signs of activity, but they do not answer the harder question: can … [continued]
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Climate Change Is Rewriting Europe’s Nuclear Cooling Assumptions
Romania gave Europe the kind of energy-transition image that should make planners uncomfortable. On August 3, Romanian naval engineers used 180 kilograms of explosives to remove a rock outcrop in the Bala Canal, a branch of the Danube. The controlled blast cleared the way for a temporary dam intended to … [continued]
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Blocking New Imported Inverters Will Cost America
Last week, the FCC added foreign-produced inverters to its “Covered List.” Effective immediately, new inverter models cannot be imported. This applies “regardless of the nationality of origin” to all foreign countries. Even those countries that are considered allies. So, a new inverter by German company SMA cannot be imported into the … [continued]
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Partnership with EnergyHub, Sunrun, & The Mobility House to Test Massachusetts Residential Vehicle-to-Grid Program for Eversource & National Grid Customers
Partnership designed to enable EV drivers in Massachusetts to earn incentives while supporting grid reliability and affordability. NEW YORK — Eversource, National Grid, EnergyHub, Sunrun, and The Mobility House — leaders in grid flexibility and smart charging technology — today announced a joint effort to test vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities in Massachusetts. Under this effort, qualifying residential customers of … [continued]
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The Grid Needs Storage, Not Every Storage Idea
Grid-storage debates are usually framed as a contest among technologies. Lithium-ion batteries compete with flow batteries, compressed air, liquid air, gravity systems, iron-air and whatever new long-duration acronym has arrived with a funding announcement. That framing skips the more important system question: how much dedicated electrical storage is actually required … [continued]
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