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The importance of monitoring and diagnostics centers has become more prominent in the power industry, including among large power generation fleet owners. Many companies in the power industry work with monitoring and diagnostic centers like the prominent GE to improve performance and reliability.
Monitoring and ...
With the growing importance of renewable energy, major energy companies in oil and gas, and even utility companies, have increased their investment. The industry is seeing more diversified power generation projects, and this is leaning toward renewable energy.
A good example is France-based TotalEnergies which ...
The power industry has witnessed an increase in all types of hybrid projects, whether combining solar with wind, wind with storage, storage with solar, or fossil fuels with renewable energy. All of these are making the traditional ways of generating power outdated.
The discussion of energy transition in the power ...
Gas local distribution companies, or gas LDCs, have been witnessing a reduction in their competitiveness in the energy industry. With increased efforts to electrify end-use appliances, and state and federal governments trying to reduce the emission of carbon, it is not surprising that gas utility companies are facing ...
With the importance of clean power and green energy, the United States has set a goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2035. But there are different challenges that the country will face, like land use and reliability. For the country to achieve its goals, it needs to find enough land to grow the resources and find ...
Utility companies are stating that new system investments that were made before the levels of electricity became overwhelming will bring out the value of distributed resources. It is still unclear how distributed energy resources fit into the energy mix that will be needed to transition to clean power. But utility ...
Despite the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act, which is by all means a win, 2022 was wrought with challenges for the clean energy industry. From supply chain issues to trade disputes and unfavorable macroeconomic trends, it's no surprise the year saw a net decline in solar installations in the U.S.
Normally, ...
Intersect Power has reached the commercial operation of the Athos III solar project in Riverside County, California, as announced on December 22, 2022. The project was built by union labor and is expected to meet the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA's) domestic content and prevailing wage requirements. Moreover, ...
In 2022 California had the greatest installed solar power capacity of any state in the U.S. It also has the highest EV market share in the country. As such, it seems to ...
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Energy Vault have partnered to deploy and operate a grid-scale battery and BH-ESS, a green hydrogen long-duration energy storage system. According to the 10.5-year agreement, Energy Vault is expected to be the System's owner and operator, while PG&E will receive the ...
