A Colorado roadmap highlights how microgrids can enhance grid reliability and lower costs by avoiding expensive infrastructure upgrades and providing grid services, particularly benefiting rural communities vulnerable to outages. However, wider adoption faces challenges including limited awareness of microgrid benefits and unresolved issues around ownership and interconnection standards.
V2G law could grow California battery capacity 119 GWh in 2027: ClearView Energy
Dive Brief: The California Energy Commission may require “any weight class” of battery-electric vehicles to have vehicle-to-grid, or V2G, charging capabilities under a bill passed Aug. 31 by the California Senate. The […]
Engineers create truly green hydrogen gas using only seawater, soda cans, and caffeine
Most hydrogen is not green, but this one is. Plus, it can be produced on a moving vessel. Rupendra Brahambhatt https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/engineers-create-truly-green-hydrogen-gas-using-only-seawater-soda-cans-and-caffeine/ The global shipping industry is alone responsible for three […]
SDG&E’s pilot ‘Virtual Power Plant’ can take over customers’ power when grid is strained
San Diegans in a desert community are engaged in a pilot program with SDG&E, allowing the utility to control their energy systems to reduce strain on the grid. This “virtual power plant” initiative involves managing smart devices like thermostats and solar panels to optimize energy use and distribution.
National Observer: Bad guys and bombs: The nuclear risks of small modular reactors (SMR)
“Bad guys and bombs: The nuclear risks of small modular reactors By John Woodside | News, Energy | November 3rd 2023 “Nuclear proliferation experts are warning that 50 years of policy designed to limit the spread […]
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