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News
Japanese Conglomerates Rejigger Power Sector Strategies
Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), two giant Japanese companies with substantial stakes in the world’s power sector, are separately rethinking future business directions as sizable disruptions shake up prospects for traditional market growth. In recent months, Hitachi refined its business model to prepare it for explosive demand in digitalization solutions, focusing heavily on grid […]
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Energy Storage Resources: A Year in Review
From both a regulatory and development perspective, 2018 was a significant year for the expansion of energy storage resources (ESRs). From a significant ruling of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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News
NV Energy Accelerates Retirement of One of Nevada’s Last Coal Units
NV Energy plans to retire a 254-MW coal-fired unit in a power-constrained region of Nevada at the end of 2021, four years ahead of schedule. The company will instead purchase 1,001 MW from new solar photovoltaic projects equipped with 100 MW of long-term battery storage, effectively doubling its total renewable generation from 14% in 2017 […]
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Hitachi Acquires ABB Power Grids Business in $11 Billion Deal
Hitachi Ltd. and ABB on December 17 announced that Hitachi will acquire 80.1% of ABB’s Power Grids unit in an $11 billion deal. Reports of the possible acquisition surfaced December 16, with several media outlets including POWER discussing the agreement, citing sources familiar with the deal who asked not to be identified. Hitachi plans to […]
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Press Releases
GE Delivers Turnkey Grid Solution to DG Khan Cement Company to Power One of Pakistan’s Largest Cement Manufacturing Facilities
Karachi, Pakistan (November 29, 2018) — GE Power’s Grid Solutions business (NYSE: GE) has successfully delivered a turnkey solution to DG Khan Cement Company Limited (DGKCCL), for its new cement plant, one of the largest in the country to date. Located 30 kilometers northwest of Karachi, in Hub District Lasbella, Baluchistan, the new manufacturing facility […]
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ABB to deliver predictive maintenance solution as part of U.S. grid upgrade
ABB has won an order to supply its ABB Ability™ Ellipse Asset Performance Management (APM) solution to support Ameren Illinois’ multi-million dollar modernization of the energy delivery infrastructure across their service territory in Illinois. The software solution will allow the energy company to better predict and prevent the failure of mission-critical equipment that delivers electricity […]
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Renewables
New Zealand’s Largest Geothermal Plant Comes Online
New Zealand’s largest geothermal plant was synchronized to the country’s national grid in October. The project took just more than three years to complete. Eastland Group, a Gisborne, New Zealand-based
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Renewables
How Independence Power & Light Saves Ratepayers $100k a Year Using Artificial Intelligence Technology
At this moment, the lights are on around the country in homes and workplaces. Most don’t realize, perhaps take it for granted, that those lights come on because of the hard work of dispatchers operating one of the most important manmade systems ever built, the national electric power grid. Without oversimplifying the process too much, […]
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Southern California Edison Proposes Grid Safety and Resiliency Program to Address the Growing Risk of Wildfires
ROSEMEAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As part of its ongoing efforts to protect customers and communities from the growing risk of wildfires, Southern California Edison proposed additional wildfire safety measures in a filing today with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The proposed $582 million Grid Safety and Resiliency Program (GS&RP) aligns with the wildfire mitigation plans required […]
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Renewables
It’s Time for a Macro-Grid Overlay in the U.S.
The U.S. power system is separated into three major components—the Western Interconnection, the Eastern Interconnection, and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. The three operate almost independently