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Utilities, Grid Operators Grapple with Adding Renewable Energy

POWER Magazine

Power generators and transmission system engineers have to rethink their planning strategies, and must continue to develop tools to allow more solar, wind, and other forms of renewable energy to […] The post Utilities, Grid Operators Grapple with Adding Renewable Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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UK Pays Record Sums to Wind Power Generators to Switch Off

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The UK’s grid operator has seen its balancing costs jump as more wind farms in Scotland are being paid not to produce electricity to not overburden the constrained network in the region. Grids must have a constant balance between electricity supply and demand to avoid blackouts.

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Always Improving: The Safest Energy System in the World 

American Gas Association

AGA Newsroom True Blue Blog Where energy conversations come to life. PHMSA oversees the safe operation of our nation’s pipeline system, as well as approximately a million daily shipments of hazardous materials. Hydrogen is a promising avenue for lowering emissions and an excellent potential tool for energy storage.

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Historic Gemini Solar-Plus-Storage Project Now Fully Operational

POWER Magazine

has entered commercial operation. Primergy Solar and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners on July 18 announced that the Gemini Solar + Energy Storage […] The post Historic Gemini Solar-Plus-Storage Project Now Fully Operational appeared first on POWER Magazine. One of the largest solar-plus-storage installations in the U.S.

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Vesper Energy Launches 600-MW Solar Project in Texas

POWER Magazine

A Texas-based solar energy developer has inaugurated a utility-scale project in that state. Vesper Energy said the 600-MW Hornet Solar installation, which features some 1.36 million modules and covers more than six square miles in Swisher County, is now fully operational.

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Critical Minerals Fuel Geopolitical Competition

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The clean energy revolution will depend on a steady supply of critical minerals to support the manufacturing of a wide range of technologies, from wind turbines to electric vehicle batteries. The United States Energy Act of 2020 provided an operational definition of ‘critical minerals’ as those that are: essential…

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Fervo Energy Sets Record With New Enhanced Geothermal Well

POWER Magazine

Fervo Energy announced the successful drilling and logging of its Sugarloaf appraisal well, an operational achievement that the company said demonstrates the rapid advancement and scalability of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). The post Fervo Energy Sets Record With New Enhanced Geothermal Well appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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