Grid and Renewable

ORNL researchers use blockchain to increase electric grid resiliency; Grid Guard

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

A team led by Raymond Borges Hink at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed a method using blockchain to protect communications between electronic devices in the electric grid, preventing cyberattacks and cascading blackouts. Grid Guard attestation framework and Anomaly Detection Module.

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Improving Energy Security, Increasing Renewable Energy Integration Into The Grid — V2G From Nissan

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 14, 2024

continued] The post Improving Energy Security, Increasing Renewable Energy Integration Into The Grid — V2G From Nissan appeared first on CleanTechnica. The arrival of a Rivian owner on a bicycle brought welcome news. “I’m using my Rivian to power my house,” he.

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Revel, Fermata Energy, NineDot Energy launch first V2G system on NYC’s grid

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2022

Revel, NineDot Energy and Fermata Energy announced that the first Vehicle to Grid (V2G) program connected to NYC’s grid is now live at Revel’s Red Hook, Brooklyn warehouse. The three bidirectional chargers can export approximately 45kW back to the grid. Revel, Fermata Energy and NineDot Energy V2G program in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

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California’s PG&E just deployed its first renewable remote grid

Electrek

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

PG&E, California’s largest utility, just brought its first renewable remote grid online, in a nature preserve in Sonoma County. more… The post California’s PG&E just deployed its first renewable remote grid appeared first on Electrek.

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Grid Renewable California

Elli and MITNETZ STROM publish concept for smart grid integration of EVs

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2022

Elli, a brand of the Volkswagen Group, and MITNETZ STROM have launched a nationwide pilot project for smart grid integration of electric vehicles. An algorithm uses price incentives to compare the cars’ charging plans with regional electricity output from renewable energies and the available capacities in the distribution grid.

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New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

The new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to a study just published in Energy Storage Materials. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. hours under laboratory conditions.

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Molten Salt Grid Design Sodium

Study finds GWP of electrolyzed hydrogen to meet ORD’s fuel needs would be 2.5x that of fossil fuels with 2020 grid mix

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Phil Ansell, an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, modeled the life cycle carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of liquid hydrogen production required to meet the fuel needs of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) with today’s electric grid mix. Ansell presented his findings at AIAA Aviation 2023 in June.

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Renewable energy generation operations begin at 75MW Electrify America Solar Glow 1

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2023

Electrify America has begun commercial operation of the new 75MW Electrify America Solar Glow 1 solar photovoltaic renewable energy generation project in San Bernardino County, CA, announced last year. This new construction contributes to additionality by producing new renewable energy that may not otherwise be available.

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Solar America Renewable Energy

New CA smart grid law will help solar and fix the grid by… simply replacing wires

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law directing the state to upgrade its electrical transmission system through use of new smart grid technologies and by replacing old wires with newer, high-tech ones in order to get the state ready for increased renewable electricity generation.

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Grid Solar Renewable California

Renewable energy sources for off-grid EV charging

Charged EVs

AUGUST 21, 2024

In the previous article on off-grid EV charging , the focus was on the energy storage battery and the DC-AC inverter that supplies the EV charger (and all of the other AC loads). This time the focus will be on the renewable energy sources themselves.

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Cyclum Renewables Truck Stops Offers EV Charging for Trucks & Light Duty Vehicles without Connection to the Local Electric Utility Grid, Solar, or Batteries

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 18, 2024

Cyclum utilizes RNG-fueled microturbines to generate clean green electricity, making the truck stops carbon negative at less cost & space of electric grid or solar power Cyclum Renewables, a pioneering force in building Renewable fueled truck stops with Traditional & Transitional Fuels, is revolutionizing the future of electric vehicle (EV).

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Grid Solar Renewable Connected

Montauk Renewables signs LOI with European Energy to provide CO2 for e-methanol production in Texas

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2023

Montauk Renewables captures methane, preventing it from being released into the atmosphere, and converts it into either RNG or electrical power for the electrical grid. The company has current operations at 15 operating projects located in California, Idaho, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Texas.

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Texas Renewable North America Pennsylvania

Distributing renewable energy into the power grid

Innovation News Network

JANUARY 25, 2023

The iPLUG project is developing power electronics solutions to integrate renewable energy and energy storage systems in to the distribution grid. The post Distributing renewable energy into the power grid appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Power Grid Grid Renewable Energy

Renewable energy sources provide 66 GW boost to global power grid in 2022

Innovation News Network

MARCH 6, 2023

The global operational expenditure report has revealed that renewable energy sources added 66 GW to the global power grid in 2022. The post Renewable energy sources provide 66 GW boost to global power grid in 2022 appeared first on Innovation News Network.

Power Grid

Power Grid Grid Renewable Global

EPRI, NREL, and U of Washington form UNIFI consortium to advance grid-forming inverters to support renewables

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Maintaining grid reliability amid increasing renewable energy penetration involves fundamental changes to power system operation and the resources leveraged to provide grid services. Funded through a $25-million DOE award, the public-private consortium aims to enable power-sector decarbonization through 2035.

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Ford Has A Huge, Honking Renewable Energy Trick Up Its Sleeve

CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Ford has a plan to hook up EV and hybrid EV drivers in the US with low-cost renewable energy, through a new vehicle-to-grid platform called ChargeScape in partnership with BMW and Honda. The post Ford Has A Huge, Honking Renewable Energy Trick Up Its Sleeve appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Renewable Ford Energy Honda

Smart EV charging won’t hurt the grid – and could be vital in shift to renewables: study

The Driven EV News

OCTOBER 15, 2023

A report from Melbourne University has looked into the potential benefits to the grid – as well as possible downsides – of the EV transition. The post Smart EV charging won’t hurt the grid – and could be vital in shift to renewables: study appeared first on The Driven.

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Siemens’ Russelectric adds EV charging to Massachusetts renewable microgrid

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2021

In 2017, Russelectric installed a renewable, hybrid microgrid at its Hingham location, consisting of grid power, a solar photovoltaic power generation system, an energy storage system, and a diesel generator.

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Massachusetts Renewable Charging North America

CoBank report finds that troubled US grid may need to use EVs for grid balancing

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Since its inception, the US electric grid has mostly operated smoothly as one synchronous machine with a one-directional flow of electricity to meet the nation’s predictable power needs. The US electric grid is experiencing something of a mid-life crisis.

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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? Our grid is changing, and so must the way we operate it.

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Could EVs Of The Future Really Balance Grid Flow Fluctuation?

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 17, 2024

The advancement of smart grid technologies and renewable energy sources has transformed the automobile and power industries. continued] The post Could EVs Of The Future Really Balance Grid Flow Fluctuation? Then again, there’s concern about the amount of electricity that EVs consume — and whether that.

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Grid Future Automobile Renewable

Statkraft to install GE Rotating Stabilizers in grid-stabilization project in Scotland

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2020

Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, has agreed to a deal to help further decarbonize the UK’s power sector and deliver a new approach to managing the stability of the grid. Statkraft was awarded four stability contracts (2 at Keith and 2 at Lister Drive) by National Grid ESO (NGESO) earlier this year.

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Electrify America reaches 30MW in installed battery energy storage at 140 DC-fast charging stations across the US; behind-the-meter grid services

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The battery energy storage systems store power when electricity costs are low and supplement power during high points of consumption, minimizing impact on the electrical grid and mitigating demand surges to help Electrify America maintain consistent pricing.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage DC Grid America

Rolls-Royce to supply 60 MWh battery storage to Semper Power to stabilize the Dutch power grid

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Semper Power develops and operates energy storage systems for wind and solar farm developers, distribution grid operators and industrial customers. They are mainly used for grid services, energy trading and the integration of renewable energies. The mtu EnergetIQ control platform ensures optimum performance and flexibility.

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Grid Power Grid Supplies Powered

Getting the Grid to Net Zero

Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2024

An emerging technology, grid-forming inverters, are letting utilities install more renewable energy facilities, such as solar photovoltaics and wind turbines. The inverters are often connected to utility-scale battery systems at solar-plus-storage facilities.

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Grid Solar Wind Renewable

Renewables have overtaken fossil fuel as Italy’s main power source

Teslarati

JULY 21, 2024

According to a statement last week from Italy’s grid operator, renewable energy overtook fossil fuels as the lead source of electricity generation in the first six months of the year. The increase in renewables was driven largely by hydroelectric power, which saw a record production increase of 64.8 percent and 18.2

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Renewable Powered Power Italy

IRENA report says tripling renewables investment required to reach 2050 climate goal

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at US$351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). Renewable energy investment slightly declined in 2018, with modest growth through 2019.

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Climate Renewable Financing 2018

Volkswagen’s Elli and Elia Group partner to integrate EVs into the grid

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

The signatories Elli, Elia and re.alto say that the batteries of electric vehicles can help stabilize grids as the share of volatile, renewable energies increases. An essential key to achieving climate neutrality lies in linking of the energy and mobility sectors.

Grid

Grid Connect Connected Belgium

Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy. V2G technologies allow us to unlock the potential of EVs for cleaner transit and a cleaner grid.

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Grid Texas Connect Connected

DOE releases Request for Information on EV-grid integration

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2021

This RFI is being jointly issued by EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office and OE’s Advanced Grid Research and Development Division. This RFI is being jointly issued by EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office and OE’s Advanced Grid Research and Development Division. The impact of grid integration on EVs.

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Grid Congress Charging Electric Vehicles

DCC Energy and Oberon Fuels to boost renewable DME production to reduce emissions of European LPG market

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2023

DCC plc, an international sales, marketing and support services group, has partnered with Oberon Fuels, the leading producer of renewable dimethyl ether (DME) ( earlier post ), to advance the design, construction and operations of multiple renewable DME production plants in Europe.

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Renewable Market Energy Emissions

Electrify America enters into 15-year VPPA for 100% renewable energy for network

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Electrify America entered into a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with developer Terra-Gen to build a solar photovoltaic renewable energy generation project in San Bernardino County, California called Electrify America Solar Glow 1. The solar project is targeted to be operational by mid-2023.

Renewable

Renewable America Energy Solar

Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to co-develop the first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system in US

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2019

a provider of long duration energy storage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system. Highview Power Storage, Inc.,

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Renewable Energy Vermont

SHV Energy and LanzaTech partner to develop renewable propane solutions

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2022

SHV Energy and LanzaTech are partnering to employ LanzaTech’s Carbon Capture and Transformation (CCT) technology to bring renewable propane and other sustainable fuels to the market via existing and novel pathways. —Bram Gräber, SHV Energy CEO.

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Renewable Energy Grid Carbon

Rio Tinto plans to invest $600M more in renewable energy in the Pilbara

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Rio Tinto is planning to invest a further $600 million in renewable energy assets in the Pilbara as part of the company’s efforts to decarbonize its Western Australian iron ore operations. The investment will fund the construction of two 100MW solar power facilities as well as 200 MWh of on-grid battery storage in the Pilbara by 2026.

Renewable

Renewable Energy Solar Grid

H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The project is supported by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The project partners will generate zero-carbon hydrogen onsite via electrolysis with solar and wind power and reformation of renewable natural gas from a Texas landfill. Frontier Energy, Inc.,

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Hitachi ABB Power Grids launches EV charging system for large-scale e-mobility: Grid-eMotion Fleet

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

Hitachi ABB Power Grids has launched Grid-eMotion Fleet, a scalable, modular and fully customizable solution for large-scale EV charging of smart public and commercial transport. Grid-eMotion Fleet comes in standard containers that integrate the grid connection and charging systems.

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Rolls-Royce mtu Kinetic PowerPack approved for renewable diesel

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2023

Rolls-Royce has approved its mtu Kinetic PowerPacks, based on the mtu Series 4000 and 1600 diesel engines, for use with renewable diesel (HVO/Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil) and the other synthetic diesel fuels of the EN15940 standard.

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Diesel Renewable Energy Storage Belgium

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

Despite the much-vaunted megatrend involving the global electrification drive and shift to renewable energy , the most ambitious pledges by Big Oil to pursue net-zero agendas remain weak at best. But Total is not just content to compete in the traditional renewable energy arena of wind and solar but is also giving Tesla Inc.

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Oil Renewable Wind Gas-Electric

Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. grids demands public scrutiny and accountability. Big Benefits One of the main values of connecting regional networks is that it enables, and is in fact critical for, incorporating renewable energy.

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NREL review explores potential value of EV managed charging for realizing effective vehicle-grid integration

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

A team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has completed a literature review on the potential value of EV managed charging. Their findings, published in Energy & Environmental Science , provide a comprehensive look at how EVs and the grid could work together as the electric and transportation sectors become intertwined.

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The US’ largest solar panel maker will make millions of panels for National Grid Renewables

Electrek

DECEMBER 15, 2022

First Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, announced today that it will supply clean energy company National Grid Renewables with 1.6 The post The US’ largest solar panel maker will make millions of panels for National Grid Renewables appeared first on Electrek.

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Grid Solar Renewable Cleaning

Giant Tesla Megapack project turns on to stabilize the grid

Electrek

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A giant new Tesla Megapack project with 300 MWh of energy capacity has come online in Australia to help stabilize the grid and make better use of renewable energy. more… The post Giant Tesla Megapack project turns on to stabilize the grid appeared first on Electrek.

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Georgia Tech and Smart Wires to upgrade Georgia’s grid with grid-enhancing tech

Baua Electric

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Padriñán on Pexels.com Georgia utility Southern Company is teaming up with Georgia Tech and Smart Wires to roll out a US Department of Energy (DOE)-backed project aimed at boosting Georgia’s electric grid. The DOE chose it in November 2021 as one of four projects for grid-enhancing technology (GET) funding. Get started here.

Georgia

Georgia Grid Solar Installation

ORNL researchers use blockchain to increase electric grid resiliency; Grid Guard

Improving Energy Security, Increasing Renewable Energy Integration Into The Grid — V2G From Nissan

Revel, Fermata Energy, NineDot Energy launch first V2G system on NYC’s grid

California’s PG&E just deployed its first renewable remote grid

Elli and MITNETZ STROM publish concept for smart grid integration of EVs

New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Study finds GWP of electrolyzed hydrogen to meet ORD’s fuel needs would be 2.5x that of fossil fuels with 2020 grid mix

Renewable energy generation operations begin at 75MW Electrify America Solar Glow 1

New CA smart grid law will help solar and fix the grid by… simply replacing wires

Renewable energy sources for off-grid EV charging

Cyclum Renewables Truck Stops Offers EV Charging for Trucks & Light Duty Vehicles without Connection to the Local Electric Utility Grid, Solar, or Batteries

Montauk Renewables signs LOI with European Energy to provide CO2 for e-methanol production in Texas

Distributing renewable energy into the power grid

Renewable energy sources provide 66 GW boost to global power grid in 2022

EPRI, NREL, and U of Washington form UNIFI consortium to advance grid-forming inverters to support renewables

Ford Has A Huge, Honking Renewable Energy Trick Up Its Sleeve

Smart EV charging won’t hurt the grid – and could be vital in shift to renewables: study

Siemens’ Russelectric adds EV charging to Massachusetts renewable microgrid

CoBank report finds that troubled US grid may need to use EVs for grid balancing

Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

Could EVs Of The Future Really Balance Grid Flow Fluctuation?

Statkraft to install GE Rotating Stabilizers in grid-stabilization project in Scotland

Electrify America reaches 30MW in installed battery energy storage at 140 DC-fast charging stations across the US; behind-the-meter grid services

Rolls-Royce to supply 60 MWh battery storage to Semper Power to stabilize the Dutch power grid

Getting the Grid to Net Zero

Renewables have overtaken fossil fuel as Italy’s main power source

IRENA report says tripling renewables investment required to reach 2050 climate goal

Volkswagen’s Elli and Elia Group partner to integrate EVs into the grid

Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

DOE releases Request for Information on EV-grid integration

DCC Energy and Oberon Fuels to boost renewable DME production to reduce emissions of European LPG market

Electrify America enters into 15-year VPPA for 100% renewable energy for network

Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to co-develop the first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system in US

SHV Energy and LanzaTech partner to develop renewable propane solutions

Rio Tinto plans to invest $600M more in renewable energy in the Pilbara

H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

Hitachi ABB Power Grids launches EV charging system for large-scale e-mobility: Grid-eMotion Fleet

Rolls-Royce mtu Kinetic PowerPack approved for renewable diesel

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

NREL review explores potential value of EV managed charging for realizing effective vehicle-grid integration

The US’ largest solar panel maker will make millions of panels for National Grid Renewables

Giant Tesla Megapack project turns on to stabilize the grid

Georgia Tech and Smart Wires to upgrade Georgia’s grid with grid-enhancing tech

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