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High-voltage power transmission line. Energy pillars. At sunset, dawn. high-tension. U.S. dollars In this week’s edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief revisits National Grid’s £66 billion ($76.5 billion) networks investment plan as shares plunge and whether it will serve as a watershed for future energy sector financing schemes. Last week I was pleased…
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Image courtesy 123rf Duke Energy, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nucor have signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to develop Accelerating Clean Energy (ACE) tariffs to lower long-term costs of investing in clean energy technology. The proposed tariffs would enable large customers of Duke Energy, such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nucor, to directly support carbon-free energy…
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Image courtesy Volue Customers of Norwegian grid company Norgesnett may receive lower power grid fees if they charge their EVs with surplus solar energy in their neighbourhood under a partnership with green tech company Volue. The intention of the new service is to facilitate the influx of increasingly more solar energy from rooftops and increased…
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Image courtesy 123rf Climate analytics non-profit TransitionZero has launched Solar Asset Mapper (TZ-SAM), an open-access global dataset of commercial- and utility-scale solar facilities that can be integrated into systems models for electricity grid operations and planning. The dataset, which utilitises satellite imagery and machine learning, is the first to be made available at this level…
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The world’s first LNG tug powered by a hybrid system has gone into operation at the port of Singapore with mtu gas engines from Rolls-Royce. JMS Sunshine Rolls-Royce has supplied two 16-cylinder mtu Series 4000M55RN gas engines and the gas regulating unit (GRU) for the harbor tug JMS Sunshine. Chew Xiang Yu, head of Rolls-Royce…
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Image courtesy 123rf ENTSO-E has released its draft research, development and innovation roadmap 2024-2034 for Europe’s transmission system for consultation. The roadmap, which is a mandated requirement for ENTSO-E on a four-yearly update basis, is aimed to identify the most important research and innovation areas for the electricity transmission sector over the next ten years.…
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Image courtesy 123rf The Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative has been launched to accelerate adoption of new solutions that expand grid capacity. The initiative, which is aimed to bring together states, federal entities and other power sector stakeholders to modernise the grid, launches with commitments from 21 states to prioritise efforts to meet the challenges…
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Image courtesy 123rf EDF and Terna, transmission system operators (TSOs) in France and Italy respectively, are working together on a power refurbishment project between Corsica, Sardinia and Tuscany. The two transmission operators are collaborating to refurbish the SACOI2 power line in a project known as SACOI3, which will increase and secure the power supply system…
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Vessev has launched what it claims to be the first fully electric hydrofoiling vessel for passenger transportation to operate in Auckland and the first hydrofoiling tourism vessel to operate in the world. The VS-9, was designed and built by Vessev (formerly Seachange). It is undergoing sea trials out of Auckland, New Zealand, and the first…
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Image by Couleur from Pixabay CAISO (California Independent System Operator) has announced a transmission expansion plan of 26 new projects to support the addition of 85GW of capacity by 2035, all to the tune of $6.1 billion. CAISO’s 2023-2024 transmission plan recommends specific transmission upgrades based on reliability, policy and economic-driven concerns. Two of the…
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