Hybrid Power
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	InterviewThe POWER Interview: District Energy Embraces InnovationDistrict energy systems are evolving across the power generation sector. Downtown business districts, college and university campuses, hospitals and healthcare facilities, airports, military bases and more are utilizing these systems to create economies of scale that reduce energy costs, and promote energy efficiency. These systems, used to provide power, hot water, heating, air conditioning and […] 
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	Energy StorageRWE Boosts Battery Storage with Three New ProjectsGerman energy giant RWE has added three large battery energy storage (BESS) projects to the company’s U.S. portfolio. The group on Feb. 14 announced the completion of two installations in Texas and one in Arizona, and said energy storage systems now comprise more than one-third of the company’s U.S. renewable energy and storage development pipeline. […] 
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	CommentaryHoltec Bets on Nuclear Paired with Solar to Support DecarbonizationThe decarbonization of power generation is fostering research and development of new energy technologies, and some companies are reimagining what’s possible when it comes to power plant design. That includes pairing nuclear power with solar power, in a system that could repurpose a brownfield site—for example, a closed or soon-to-retire thermal power plant with transmission […] 
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	SolarNigeria Group Announces More Mini-Grid DeploymentsNigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency (REA) touted its success at the recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), with the group noting it has deployed more than 100 
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	NewsEnergy Storage, VPPs Accelerate Growth in Hybrid PowerThe need for flexibility, sustainability, reliability, and resiliency in the electricity sector is bringing varied technologies together in the power generation mix. Hybrid power plants are increasingly part Tagged in:
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	Hybrid PowerNew Zealand Utility Eyes Cloud Computing to Support Renewables, EVsA New Zealand utility is piloting two software solutions to gauge their efficacy at handling grid constraints. Raglan is a beachside community of just under 4,000 people, about a two-hour drive from Auckland Tagged in:
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	ElectrificationVirtual Power Plants: The Next Operational Model for Electricity GenerationThere are a few great reasons that utilities and the energy industry, in general, are looking for the next big thing. Whether that’s in distributed energy generation or demand flexibility to free up existing resources, utilities are challenged more than ever to meet evolving customer needs. While this will prove costly in the short term, […] 
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	ElectrificationUndersea Cable Projects to Transmit Renewable Energy Move ForwardGovernment officials in the UK have shown further support for a plan to bring renewable energy from a massive project in Morocco to Britain, one of at least three projects worldwide in which miles-long subsea 
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	ElectrificationPOWER Notebook: Deriva Energy Launches; Arizona Gets New Battery Factory; Mini-Grids For Africa, AsiaBrookfield Asset Management announced the launch of Deriva Energy, the new name for Duke Energy’s former unregulated commercial renewables business that Brookfield acquired earlier this year. Deriva, which considers itself a leading operator and developer of clean power projects in the U.S., is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brookfield on Oct. 25 said it had […] 
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	Hybrid PowerMajor Solar-Plus-Storage Project Online at Retired Gas-Fired Power PlantA California-headquartered energy company announced the start of commercial operation of one of the nation’s largest solar-plus-storage hybrid power plants. Officials with Clearway Energy Group, along with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, on Oct. 18 said the Daggett Solar + Storage project in San Bernardino County is now online. The installation features 482 MW of solar […] 
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					