Just How Unreliable Is The U.S. Electricity Grid? Not only does the U.S. suffer more blackouts than any other developed nation… The number of U.S. power outages lasting more than an hour has increased steadily for the past decade. That’s according to federal databases at the Department of Energy (DOE) and the North American Electric … Continue reading Just How Unreliable Is The U.S. Electricity Grid?
Electricity Storage & Smart Grid Research Programs Launched By Indiana & New York Renewable energy technologies using wind or solar have long stirred questions about electricity storage for those times when it is either dark or windless. Add demand for a smart grid and a lot of work still needs to be accomplished. To this … Continue reading Electricity Storage & Smart Grid Research Programs Launched By Indiana & New York
ComEd smart grid bill signed into law by Rauner A bill that could outcome in electric price increases through the end of the decade as two main energy organizations move forward on a sweeping grid modernization program was approved Friday by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. The measure allows Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois to keep … Continue reading ComEd smart grid bill signed into law by Rauner
How forward-thinking utilities are adopting the Internet of Things Most utility companies have a plan to utilize technologies that are key ingredients of the Internet of Things (IoT). As an example, the Smart Grid Sensor market will expand rapidly in the coming decade, with revenues growing nearly ten-fold, according to the latest worldwide market study … Continue reading How forward-thinking utilities are adopting the Internet of Things
Industrial Internet Consortium Announces Smart Grid Testbed RESTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Industrial Internet Consortium® announces its first energy-focused testbed: the Communication and Control Testbed for Microgrid Applications. Industrial Internet Consortium member organizations Real-Time Innovations (RTI), National Instruments, and Cisco, are collaborating on the project, working with power utilities CPS Energy and Southern California Edison. Additional industry … Continue reading Industrial Internet Consortium Announces Smart Grid Testbed #IIoT
Energy Storage Emerges as the Smart Answer to Big City Power Needs PRINCETON, NJ–(Marketwired – Mar 24, 2015) – Princeton Power Systems, a leading global designer and manufacturer of technology products and embedded software for energy management, micro-grid operations, and electric vehicle charging, is providing technologies at the heart of breakthrough energy storage projects that … Continue reading Energy Storage Emerges as the Smart Answer to Big City Power Needs
Further advances in battery technologies are needed for smart grid A factor of five reduction in cost will be necessary if batteries are to become commercially viable for grid-scale electricity storage, according to the head of the Department of Energy’s battery research center. George Crabtree, director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) … Continue reading Further advances in battery technologies are needed for smart grid
FPL unveils new smart grid technology center – a state-of-the-art diagnostics hub for improving reliability JUNO BEACH, Fla., March 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) today announced the launch of its new, high-tech Power Delivery Diagnostic Center, which is designed to leverage advanced smart grid technology to better manage the electric … Continue reading FPL unveils new smart grid technology center – a state-of-the-art diagnostics hub for improving reliability
GE unit to auction transmission capacity from its smart grid project General Electric unit GE Energy Financial Services announced today that it will auction 315 MW of bi-directional electricity transfer capacity across its Linden Variable Frequency Transformer smart grid project, which uses GE technology to enable a simple and controlled transmission path between electrical grids. … Continue reading GE unit to auction transmission capacity from its smart grid project
Big Data, Analytics Energize Electric Utilities For utilities, a perfect storm is just that: a rare confluence of various weather elements that coalesces to create an event of unusual magnitude. A perfect storm can often mean huge costs and losses to the company from damage to its infrastructure. But utilities are among the industries best-positioned … Continue reading Big Data, Analytics Energize #Electric_Utilities
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