CAISO (California Independent System Operator) has announced a transmission expansion plan of 26 new projects to support the addition of 85GW of capacity by 2035, all to the tune of $6.1 billion.

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.EDF 🇬🇧 and TernaSpA, transmission system operators (TSOs) in France and Italy respectively, are working together on a power refurbishment project between Corsica, Sardinia and Tuscany.

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Swedish startup Eneryield, which has developed an AI-based grid maintenance solution to help operators reduce unplanned outages, has successfully closed a seed funding round with investment from ABB and Chalmers Ventures.
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A committee of British members of parliament have warned that slow grid connections and a lack of clear planning for energy storage have to be fixed to enable the electrification of the UK’s energy system.

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The Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative has been launched to accelerate adoption of new solutions that expand grid capacity.

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.Capgemini and Schneider Electric are collaborating on the Energy Command Center solution to help organisation with smarter and greener facility management and energy efficiency.

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New York’s Consolidated Edison, one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the US, has invested $2.3 billion in infrastructure projects across New York City and Westchester County to keep power grid service reliable.
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The EU’s first network code on cybersecurity for the electricity sector is expected to improve the cyber resilience of this critical infrastructure and the associated services.

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Batteries in ERCOT played an essential part in keeping the lights on during extreme 2023 summer heat, freeing up more than 3GW of natural gas power plants during critical hours, finds research from Aurora Energy Research.

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In this week's edition of Tech Talk, Jonathan Spencer Jones discusses a new survey from Eurelectric which has revealed that Europe’s DSOs show varying levels of maturity across the value chain.

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.Ameresco, Inc. and green tech company Envision Energy have been chosen by Atlantic Green to build the Cellarhead project, a 300MW battery energy storage project with a maximum energy capacity of 624MWh in the UK.

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#ICYMI : Hitachi Energy has been selected by Marinus Link to supply a high-voltage direct current project in Australia, which will augment the connection between the mainland and Tasmania’s grid.

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.Solnet Group, a European project planner of commercial & industrial solar installations, is launching virtual power plant services for solar companies in the balancing markets.

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Modelling has been developed to estimate the impacts of shading on PV output during hurricanes and how a US-Caribbean-South America super grid could minimise these.

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The Minnesota legislature has passed a bill adding grid enhancing technologies (GETs) to the state’s transmission planning process.

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NeuConnect, the first direct power link between Germany and Great Britain, has marked the start of major construction work in Germany.
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Yusuf Latief discusses Octopus Energy’s business strategy, as discussed during the International Energy Agency’s 9th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency and evidenced by their recent $9 billion valuation announcement.

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.Siemens Infrastructure has signed a six-year framework agreement with Norgesnett to deliver SF6-free switchgear in the form of the 8DJH 24 – blue GIS switchgear, alongside compact substations.

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.National Grid is planning to invest £66 billion over five years into its power networks to help unlock economic growth while enabling digitalisation and decarbonisation of the power system.

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