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Alliant Energy Completes Battery Storage Microgrid in Small Wisconsin Village

A small step for Wisconsin, a giant leap for energy resiliency.In what many are calling a first for the state, construction of a community-scale microgrid has b…

Microgrid

ADMS or DERMS? What the Future of Grid Software Means for Asset Owners

As utilities strive to incorporate more Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) into the grid, the need for effective management platforms has become increasingly a…

Power Construction

New Grids Being Constructed: Chairman FESCO

FAISALABAD: Chairman FESCO (WAPDA) Malik Tahseen Awan has said that new Grids are being constructed and old grids are being upgraded to strengthen the electrici…

Microgrid

Tesla Receives Approval for 2 Virtual Power Plants in Texas

Tesla has received approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to launch two virtual power plants for Powerwall owners in Texas.Virtual power pl…

Microgrid

Smarter Grid Solutions Providing Derms for Nrel Energy Integration, Microgrid R&D Facility

A National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) research facility that works on utility microgrids is connecting new distributed energy resource management system…

Microgrid

New power grid rules could reduce battery funding and lifespan

New rules proposed by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) could reduce the revenue streams available to batteries and cut their lifespan.The proposed c…

Microgrid

Solaredge Joins Xcel's Virtual Power Plant Program in Colorado

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. announced the inclusion of the SolarEdge Home Battery in Xcel Energy’s new ‘Renewable Battery Connect’ Virtual Po…

Microgrid

US Grid Operator Pjm Extends Hot Weather Alert for Its Western Zone

PJM Interconnection, the biggest U.S. electric grid operator, extended a hot weather alert on Wednesday for the western region of its operational zone till Aug.…

Natural Gas

Australia's APA Group to Buy Local Energy Supplier's Pilbara Assets for $1.1 Bln

Australia's APA Group (APA.AX) said on Wednesday it would acquire Alinta Energy's power assets in the Pilbara region for a deal valued at A$1.72 billion…

Microgrid

Minnesota Power, Great River Energy Advance Joint 345-Kv Transmission Line Project With Application for Certificate of Need, Route Permit

Minnesota Power and Great River Energy today (Aug 4) are filing an application for a Certificate of Need and Route Permit from the Minnesota Public Utilities Co…

Renewable Energy

CEFC spends record $1.2 billion on renewables, as focus turns to the grid

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has spent a record $1.2 billion in the last financial year, but its focus in coming years will be on upgrading the grid &nd…

Power Construction

Germany's Sonnen Builds 250MWH Virtual Electricity Storage Facility

Germany-headquartered and Shell-owned sonnen has announced that its virtual power plant (VPP) has reached capacity of 250MWh, claimed to be the largest in Europ…

Electricity Transmission

Alcoa Renews Power Sourcing Agreement With AGL Energy for Portland Aluminium Smelter

On Friday, August 18, Alcoa Corporation, the world’s eighth-largest aluminium producer, announced the renewal of the agreement with AGL Energy Limited (AG…

Microgrid

Baker Hughes, Avports Sign MoU on Developing Hydrogen Microgrids for Airports

A company historically rooted underground in finding heavy emitting fossil fuels is aiming higher and lighter at carbon-free microgrids of the future.Oilfield s…

Solar Panel

AI Forecasting to Help Connect Solar to the Grid

12 AI projects looking to boost renewable energy generation will receive a share of £1 million of the funding. Image: Getty Images.The Department of Energ…