by PNCECE | May 20, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Smart Grid, Trending Topics
ESS Tech Inc. of Oregon is using flow battery technology to meet the need for long-duration energy storage with batteries that can discharge electricity for up to 12 hours. Flow batteries have the potential to be an important part of the energy transition because they...
by PNCECE | May 6, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation, Smart Grid, Trending Topics
The Electric Vehicle Grid Readiness, Improvement, and Development Act (EV GRID Act) was recently introduced in the U.S. Legislature to meet the increasing electricity demand of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...
by PNCECE | May 5, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Smart Grid, Solar Power, Trending Topics
A project funded by a Clean Energy Fund grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce is bringing higher power reliability to a Seattle community by keeping a microgrid facility energized during a power outage. The Miller Community Center microgrid project...
by PNCECE | Mar 25, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Cybersecurity, Policy & Legislation, Smart Grid
The DOE’s Building a Better Grid initiative, launched early this year, intends to create a more robust transmission system that will restore the nation’s electrical grid through expanded access and greater resilience. The initiative includes strengthening...
by PNCECE | Mar 3, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Smart Grid, Solar Power, Trending Topics, Wind Power
From coal to natural gas, retrofitting aging facilities, and transitioning to hybrid power plants — all are occurring as new technologies make older facilities new again. Repowering involves replacing aging generating units at thermal plants with new, higher-capacity...
by PNCECE | Jan 28, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Hydro Power, Smart Grid, Trending Topics
TransAlta has asked for approval to build a 180 MW/360 MWh battery energy storage system on land that is part of the Ghost Hydro-electric facility near Cochrane, Alberta. The utility said it plans a two-phase approach to construction with Phase 1 constructed,...
