Distributed Energy
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Connected Plant
Tesla Virtual Power Plant Takes Shape in Australia
Tesla in July released more details of its virtual power plant (VPP) project in South Australia (SA), outlining the initiative as well as its resources and the benefits it will bring to the region. The company
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Renewables
Let the Sun Shine In: Where Is Solar Power Headed?
The Solar Energy Industries Association, the national trade association for the U.S. solar industry, reports that solar power has grown in the U.S. at a compounded annual rate of 59% since the solar investment
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Renewables
Australia Braces for Power System Transformation, Disruptions
The inaugural integrated system plan (ISP) released by Australia’s Energy Market Operator (AEMO) in mid-July warns that the country is in the midst of a “transformative and unprecedented” rate of change
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IIOT Power
A Reimagined Power Future Enabled by Digital Technologies
The power industry is changing and leading companies are turning to digital technologies to revolutionize their operations. Monitoring and diagnostics centers are leveraging vast amounts of data from around
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IIOT Power
Short-Term Financing for Microgrid Communication Systems Will Payoff Long-Term
Energy companies are currently taking a hard look at distributed energy and microgrid technologies. That’s a good thing. Microgrids also need advanced communications networks to operate at optimum efficiency. That’s a fact. Microgrids offer incredible potential benefits, including the ability to disconnect from the traditional power grid and deliver electricity during blackouts, natural disasters and […]
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Renewables
Power Market Is Changing — Distributed Energy Gaining Ground [PODCAST]
The power market is changing. It’s being driven more and more by the retail side of the business, according to Roy Palk, Esq., president of New Horizons Consulting. Palk will give a presentation titled “The Rise of Distributed Energy — New Challenges Bring New Opportunities” during the Distributed Energy Conference, which will be held at […]
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Press Releases
GE’s Distributed Power to Deploy Its myPlant Asset Performance Management Solution across Aggreko’s Power Solutions Fleet
Through Multiyear Supply Agreement, GE to Connect More than 10,000 of Aggreko’s Assets to Its Distributed Power myPlant* Asset Performance Management Solution over the next Five Years OEM-Agnostic, Readily Available myPlant APM Solution Provides Digital Tools and Advanced Functionalities That Help Improve Asset Availability and Reliability While Enabling Operations Productivity Project is the Largest to […]
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Distributed Energy
EVs Offer Significant Growth Opportunity for Power Utilities
Do you drive an electric vehicle (EV)? If you answered yes and live in the U.S., you’re among the roughly 1% of drivers doing so in this country. If not, how soon do you think it will be before you become
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Distributed Energy
EV Batteries Repurposed for Energy Storage
Daimler, the German automotive company best-known for the Mercedes-Benz line of vehicles, obviously knows a bit about cars. So perhaps it’s no surprise its subsidiary, Mercedes-Benz Energy, is using vehicle
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Coal
A Captive Power Plant’s Quest for Reliability
An aluminum smelter in Odisha, India, built a 900-MW coal-fired captive power plant for its own power consumption. Though the plant features new generation turbogenerator sets, it was completed on time and on