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Erie County to Deploy Microgrid at Rath Building with e2Companies R3Di® System

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Mittwoch, Mai 22, 2024

This initiative begins with the need for a more reliable, cost-effective alternative for backup power generation at the Edward A. Rath County Office Building, a 16-story building that houses many of the county’s public offices.

Key Points: 
  • This initiative begins with the need for a more reliable, cost-effective alternative for backup power generation at the Edward A. Rath County Office Building, a 16-story building that houses many of the county’s public offices.
  • e2Companies will install its patented R3Di ® System to provide uninterruptible, conditioned power for the building.
  • In addition, the R3Di ® System will incorporate a new rooftop solar array, making it a turnkey microgrid, further enabling flexibility for the utility during times of emergency grid conditions.
  • Erie County Public Works Commissioner William Geary said the Microgrid and Resiliency Solutions Project is an innovative partnership that sets a foundation for the county to continue being good stewards to the community during this global energy transition.

RWE expands U.S. development portfolio with new project acquisitions across three states

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Montag, Mai 20, 2024

The move positions RWE to meaningfully expand into new Pacific Northwest markets and grow its existing footprint in New York.

Key Points: 
  • The move positions RWE to meaningfully expand into new Pacific Northwest markets and grow its existing footprint in New York.
  • The collocated solar and energy storage project will help meet growing demand and provide regional grid support consistent with PacifiCorp’s resource planning forecasts.
  • Champlain: a 100 MWac solar PV project located in Washington County, New York.
  • We are thrilled to start and build on this partnership with RWE to advance this PacifiCorp project portfolio and future projects.”
    RWE currently has 36 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in its U.S. development pipeline.

Voltus and Resideo Launch New Residential Thermostat Virtual Power Plants in PJM ComEd and NYISO PSEG-LI Territories

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Dienstag, Mai 14, 2024

U.S. electricity demand is expected to reach record highs, growing by 4.1 trillion kWh by 2025 (EEI 2023).

Key Points: 
  • U.S. electricity demand is expected to reach record highs, growing by 4.1 trillion kWh by 2025 (EEI 2023).
  • VPPs offer a reliable, sustainable, and cost-effective solution to grid operators to help meet this growing demand.
  • According to the Department of Energy (DOE) Liftoff Report (Sept. 2023) , tripling VPP capacity could address 10-20% of this growing peak demand.
  • Resideo Grid Services will then intelligently manage the comfort settings of enrolled homes across the ComEd and PSEG-LI territories to seamlessly deliver energy-efficiency savings while keeping homes comfortable.

Advantage Capital Names Steven Lichtin as CEO of Advantage Renewables

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Dienstag, Mai 21, 2024

Advantage Capital, a leading impact investment firm, today announced it has named energy executive Steven Lichtin as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Advantage Renewables.

Key Points: 
  • Advantage Capital, a leading impact investment firm, today announced it has named energy executive Steven Lichtin as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Advantage Renewables.
  • In this capacity, Lichtin will lead and oversee the firm’s growing renewable energy development platform.
  • A seasoned clean energy developer, Lichtin brings nearly 15 years of experience developing solar and energy storage projects in various markets across the U.S.
  • Lichtin earned his MBA in Sustainability from Bard College and his BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University.

PJM, Penn State and ISO-NE Awarded DOE Grant To Improve Market Design

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Dienstag, April 30, 2024

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A collaborative project among PJM Interconnection, Penn State and ISO New England has won funding from a U.S. Department of Energy program designed to develop and improve wholesale electricity markets.

Key Points: 
  • Penn State was awarded up to $815,959 in a three-year grant to identify market design changes to efficiently integrate batteries and other nontraditional resources that operate with changing real-time constraints on a grid that is experiencing more uncertainty in electricity demand, or load.
  • The project will use a realistic market simulation model with PJM and ISO-NE to achieve the best performance across the objectives of reliability, efficiency and investment incentives.
  • "We look forward to collaborating with Penn State and ISO New England on this important program," said Stu Bresler, PJM Executive Vice President – Market Services and Strategy.
  • "ISO New England is proud to partner with Penn State and our colleagues at PJM on this exciting project."

CPower Brings Customer Flexibility to New York's First-in-the-Country Distributed Energy Resource Integration Program

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Montag, April 29, 2024

BALTIMORE, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CPower Energy ("CPower"), the leading, national distributed energy resource (DER) monetization and virtual power plant (VPP) provider, today announced that it is the first registered aggregator for the country's first program to integrate aggregations of DERs into wholesale markets, the DER and Aggregation Participation Model program offered by the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the state's grid operator.

Key Points: 
  • This landmark program allows DERs to be aggregated as VPPs to provide both wholesale services to the grid operator and retail services to utilities and load servers simultaneously.
  • The study will also identify near-term actions likely to increase the deployment and use of flexible resources and the improved integration of flexible resources into grid planning and grid operations.
  • CPower will be participating in the Grid of the Future process to further unlock additional opportunities for its customers.
  • Customers interested in earning grid services revenue and reducing energy costs by helping NYSO improve grid flexibility can contact CPower to learn more: cpowerenergy.com/contact/ .

TeraWulf Announces March 2024 Production and Operations Update   

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Dienstag, April 2, 2024

 EASTON, Md., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  TeraWulf Inc. (Nasdaq: WULF) (“TeraWulf” or the “Company”), owners and operators of vertically integrated, domestic bitcoin mining facilities powered by more than 95% zero-carbon energy, today provided an unaudited monthly production and operations update for March 2024.

Key Points: 
  • “In addition to replacing older generation miners, during March, Lake Mariner implemented third-party firmware across a significant portion of our mining fleet, with initial results indicating a potential 10% efficiency improvement,” said Sean Farrell, SVP of Operations at TeraWulf.
  • Farrell further stated, “Additionally, Lake Mariner continues to actively engage in demand response programs.
  • On average, the mining facilities operated at 95% of their installed nameplate capacity, attributed to proactive demand response participation, performance optimization efforts, and systematic maintenance procedures.
  • Construction of Building 4 (35 MW) at the Lake Mariner facility remains on track to be completed by mid-2024, which is expected to increase TeraWulf’s total operational capacity to approximately 10 EH/s.

Final Days to Register | Fundamentals of Grid Batteries Course: Valuation, Design, Procurement, and Operations (Houston, United States - April 2-3, 2024)

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Freitag, März 15, 2024

DUBLIN, March 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The "In-Depth Seminar: Grid Batteries: Valuation, Design, Procurement, and Operations" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • DUBLIN, March 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The "In-Depth Seminar: Grid Batteries: Valuation, Design, Procurement, and Operations" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The instructor runs a consulting practice and has many examples of the items in the training to show.
  • Where applicable the Acelerex Grid Analytics planning tools will be used for examples for BESS modeling and simulations.
  • Available financing options for ESS plants with application mapping - added with case studies - for utilities, commercial industrial, and residential.

Fundamentals of Grid Batteries Course: Valuation, Design, Procurement, and Operations (Houston, United States - April 2-3, 2024) - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Mittwoch, Februar 28, 2024

The "In-Depth Seminar: Grid Batteries: Valuation, Design, Procurement, and Operations" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "In-Depth Seminar: Grid Batteries: Valuation, Design, Procurement, and Operations" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The instructor runs a consulting practice and has many examples of the items in the training to show.
  • Where applicable the Acelerex Grid Analytics planning tools will be used for examples for BESS modeling and simulations.
  • Available financing options for ESS plants with application mapping - added with case studies - for utilities, commercial industrial, and residential.

NuEnergen Announces Partnership with OBM Foreman to Automate Energy Curtailment for the Southwest Power Pool

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Dienstag, Januar 23, 2024

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Demand response services provider and energy management consultant NuEnergen announced today a partnership to bring automated demand response to users of the Southwest Power Pool ("SPP") through a collaboration with OBM Foreman ("Foreman"), an industry leading miner management and curtailment software provider. This integration allows for rapid response to grid constraints by adjusting crypto mining operations with high precision to the demand response needs of the SPP.

Key Points: 
  • When the SPP experiences constraint on the energy grid, NuEnergen signals Foreman's software to trigger crypto miners to drop their loads to the exact amount needed.
  • "Foreman's precision load management ensures a balanced grid without resorting to rolling blackouts or brownouts," said Daniel Lawrence, CEO of OBM Foreman.
  • With the use of Foreman, NuEnergen's customers can more precisely automate their energy usage in response to energy supply shortages, high demand, price increases, and other stresses on the SPP electric grid.
  • "We are delighted to be able to offer our customers a fully integrated, streamlined and affordable solution to energy curtailment," said Kevin Hamilton, Founder and CEO of NuEnergen.