Tag: Hydroelectric
Collaboration Could Be a Win-Win for Cascading Hydropower
NLR Modeling Shows Coordinated Operation of Mid-Columbia Hydropower Plants Could Boost Efficiency Systemwide By Karen Petersen, NLR Collaboration is essential to any successful river expedition. Turns out, it is no different in a cascaded hydropower system—especially one where different operators run dams, each with their own goals and needs. But … [continued]
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Gas Stations are Changing Globally. How Has It Changed in Your Town? (Part 3: Africa)
While Europe and Asia redesign their roadside service stations around high-powered charging plugs for passenger cars, the African continent is charting an entirely different course for the retail forecourt. In Nairobi, Kigali, Cotonou, and Johannesburg, the traditional petrol station is transforming not by merely copying Western grid-tied fast chargers, but … [continued]
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Gas Stations are Changing Globally. How Has It Changed in Your Town? (Part 2: Europe)
IN WESTERN markets, the transformation of legacy retail networks relies heavily on open-hardware procurement and large-scale software integration. Energy giant BP Pulse made waves by purchasing 100 million dollars worth of Tesla Supercharger hardware, equipping its retail sites with specialized adapters to support both North American Charging Standard and Combined … [continued]
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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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Zambia’s Government Delivers On Its Promise To Ramp Up Electricity Generation Capacity, With Solar Playing A Key Role
There may be a lot of denialists around the world, but millions of people are unfortunately bearing the brunt of climate change induced disruptions to their lives. Let’s look at Zambia, a country that made a conscious decision to have an electricity grid powered by renewable energy, mostly hydro. This … [continued]
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