#electricgrid

Systemic Drivers of Electric-Grid-Caused Catastrophic Wildfires - Implications for Resilience in the United States
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#wildfire #electricgrid #ignitioncauses #wildfireprevention #mapping #spatial #spatialanalysis #risk #hazard #fire #wildfire #climatechange #Anthropocene #humanimpacts #infrastructure #massmovement #debrisflow #engineeringgeology #denudation #environment #ecosystems #ecology #loss #cost #economics #residential #waterquality #water #hydrology #electricty #energy #LahainaFire #CampFire #MarshallFire #SmokehouseCreek #fires #bushfire #vegetation #wind #weather #landuse #humanimpacts #utilitycompanies #utilities #resiliency

https://www.europesays.com/1950640/ After a High-Profile Fire, Battery Energy Storage Providers Shore Up Safety #batteries #BetterPlanet #CleanEnergy #ClimateChange #ElectricGrid #electricity #Energy #Environment

MATLAB Implementation of Neural Network Based MPPT for Solar PV System
Uses neural networks for optimal power point tracking in solar PV systems.
For Indian Customer: https://zurl.co/AduTF
For International Customers other than India https://zurl.co/JaqAR
https://zurl.co/LxIoI
#MATLAB #NeuralNetwork #MPPT #SolarPV #RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy #EnergyEfficiency #TechInnovation #SmartGrid #SolarPower #EnergyOptimization #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ElectricGrid #Engineering

The company CirclesX says it can prove widespread natural gas market manipulation. So far, its case has gained no traction in court.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/03/14/515983/lawsuit-alleging-massive-energy-fraud-during-2021-winter-storm-heads-to-appeals-court/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #News #Texas #2021WinterStorm #Blackouts #ElectricGrid #KUT

https://www.europesays.com/1662596/ Meta ‘taking an open approach’ with nuclear energy, small modular reactors for AI datacenters #AITraining #decarbonization #ElectricGrid #EnergyDevelopers #EnergyNeeds #Meta #nuclear #NUCLEARENERGY #NuclearTechnology #sustainability #UnitedStates

Russia stages first missile attack on Kyiv since August, Ukraine says https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/russia-stages-first-missile-attack-on-kyiv-since-august-ukraine-says/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ballisticmissiles #drones #electricgrid #Russianinvasion #Ukraine

"The Biden administration announced $2 billion in funding for projects to strengthen the resilience of the U.S. #grid against ExtremeWeather, an increasing concern following two consecutive major hurricanes in the Atlantic.

The funding, which will go to 38 projects in 42 states, will be provided through the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program, a $10.5 billion initiative in the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law."

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4941863-biden-admin-funds-grid-resilience/
#WhatBidenDid #ElectricGrid

Why the push for more #NuclearPlants? Blame it on #BigTech (and #AI and #cryptocurrency)

Tech companies want #NuclearPower. Some utilities are throwing up roadblocks

Story by Spencer Kimball
August 9, 2024

"Tech companies are increasingly looking to directly connect data centers to nuclear plants as they race to secure clean [sic] energy to power #ArtificialIntelligence, sparking resistance from some utilities over the potential impact on the #ElectricGrid.

"#DataCenters, the computer warehouses that run the Internet, in some cases now require a gigawatt or more of power, comparable to the average capacity of a nuclear reactor in the U.S.

[...]

Amazon's nuclear agreement

"Co-locating data centers next to nuclear plants already faces controversy.

"In March, Amazon Web Services [#AWS] bought a data center powered by the 41-year-old #SusquehannaNuclear plant in #Pennsylvania from #TalenEnergy for $650 million. But the agreement to directly sell power to the AWS data center from the nuclear plant already faces opposition from utilities American Electric Power and #Exelon, who have filed complaints at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tech-companies-want-nuclear-power-some-utilities-are-throwing-up-roadblocks/ar-AA1oyZCH

Many #TechBros are teaming up to get #TFG elected bc they want unfettered access to all kinds of power. They're helping to destroy #democracy &in the process.

Tech giants #Google & #Microsoft each consumed 24 TWh each of electricity during 2023, surpassing the consumption of >100 countries.

Analysis by Michael Thomas, claims both Google & Microsoft consumed the same amount of energy as Azerbaijan...

#Climate #USPol #Electricity #ElectricGrid #BigTech #Technology

https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-and-microsoft-now-each-consume-more-power-than-some-fairly-big-countries

Years-long wait for permits blocking European wind farms, industry says https://www.euractiv.com/section/electricity/news/years-long-wait-for-permits-blocking-european-wind-farms-industry-says/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #electricgrid #windfarms

Green Deal in Eastern Europe: still alive after EU elections https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/green-deal-in-eastern-europe-still-alive-after-eu-elections/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #carboncapture #EasternEurope #electricgrid #EUGreenDeal

Texas is no stranger to power grid anxiety. Between the heat that's only getting hotter, an aging fleet of power plants, and the challenges of integrating renewable energy, the system is fragile.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/06/25/491689/ai-could-strain-texas-power-grid-this-summer/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #ElectricGrid #Energy #Ercot #KUT #TexasLegislature

"Twenty-one states are joining a push by the #Biden administration to modernize America’s aging #ElectricGrid, which is under pressure from growing demand, a changing power generation mix. and severe weather.

In exchange for federal technical and financial assistance opportunities, participating states will “prioritize efforts that support the adoption of modern grid solutions to expand grid capacity and build modern grid capabilities on both new and existing lines.”"

https://alabamareflector.com/2024/05/29/21-states-join-biden-administration-in-bid-to-modernize-nations-aging-grid/

Baltic states in ‘final phase of work’ to desynchronise electricity grids from Moscow https://www.euractiv.com/section/electricity/news/baltic-states-in-final-phase-of-work-to-desynchronise-electricity-grids-from-moscow/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BalticStates #electricgrid #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania

"The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved the first major electric transmission policy update in over a decade that aims to speed up new interregional lines to move more #CleanEnergy to meet growing demand amid the explosion of electric vehicles, data centers and artificial intelligence."

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ferc-overhaul-us-electric-transmission-system-2024-05-13/
#FERC #ElectricGrid

"Under a separate program, DOE could buy up to half of the power flowing on new lines for resale to utilities, lifting some of the developers’ financial risk. "

https://www.eenews.net/articles/doe-unveils-critical-grid-corridors-for-biden-climate-goals/
#ElectricGrid

"The Department of Energy on Wednesday announced its initial selection of 10 federal corridors for the development of multistate, ultra-high-capacity electric transmission lines.

And acting under its own authority, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission could approve the right-of-way for a power line located within a national interest corridor, overriding the objections of state officials if necessary."

https://www.eenews.net/articles/doe-unveils-critical-grid-corridors-for-biden-climate-goals/
#ElectricGrid

US’s power grid continues to lower emissions—everything else, not so much - Enlarge (credit: US EIA)

On Thursday, the US Department of Ene... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020298 #carbonemissions #sustainability #electricgrid #naturalgas #science #energy #solar #coal #wind

Another accomplishment for the Biden admin, jobs, electric grid stability & economic growth:

"Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Transmission Permitting Rule and Latest Investments To Accelerate the Build Out of a Resilient, Reliable, Modernized Electric Grid."

#Bidenomics #ElectricGrid
https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-final-transmission-permitting-rule-and-latest