Hitachi Energy invests $1.5B to make more transformers for grid upgrades
Hitachi Energy is investing $1.5 billion to ramp up transformer production to support electrification efforts worldwide.
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The US now has an actual plan to connect clean energy to the grid
The US Department of Energy has just released its first-ever roadmap to speed up the connection of more clean energy to the grid.
Expand Expanding CloseElectric cars are saving Americans billions — even people who don’t drive them
A new study shows that drivers of electric cars are saving everyone billions of dollars on their monthly electricity bills — even the people who don’t drive EVs!
Expand Expanding CloseWatch the solar eclipse impact the US grid in real time
A total solar eclipse will bring complete darkness to 12 US states today – watch live to see its effect on solar power and the grid across all 50 US states.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s longest land and subsea interconnector just came online
The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector – between the UK and Denmark – started commercial operations today.
Expand Expanding CloseNew Jersey is going to get a nearly $1B power grid upgrade
Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L), which serves over 1 million customers in central and northern New Jersey, is going to make its largest power grid upgrade in company history.
Expand Expanding CloseCalifornia’s PG&E just deployed its first renewable remote grid
PG&E, California’s largest utility, just brought its first renewable remote grid online, in a nature preserve in Sonoma County.
Expand Expanding CloseThis is what the electricity grids need now to support clean energy
A first-of-its-kind study from the IEA finds that the world must improve or expand the equivalent of the entire existing global electricity grid in order to make the clean energy transition.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s what US utilities need to do to prevent faults on the grid
Department of Energy researchers have figured out a way to help keep the grid resilient as the US rapidly electrifies.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a ‘watershed moment,’ interconnecting the US grid just got a lot more efficient
In a much-anticipated move, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) passed a new rule today that’s finally going to streamline the backed-up US grid interconnection process.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s how extreme heat can impact the grid and renewables – and what’s being done to protect them
Electrek spoke with Kam Mahdi, CEO of renewable engineering firm Clean Energy Technologies in Costa Mesa, California, about how extreme heat can impact the power grid and renewables, as well as what’s being done to keep them online.
Expand Expanding CloseA landmark US clean energy transmission line just broke ground
The TransWest Express, a landmark transmission project that will carry clean energy from North America’s largest wind farm in Wyoming to the US Southwest, has broken ground.
Expand Expanding CloseAs the US heats up, here’s how you can help prevent blackouts
Extreme record heat is expected in the US this summer – here’s how you can help keep the electrical grid balanced to avoid blackouts and brownouts.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest clean energy transmission project just hit a major milestone
The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced a Record of Decision for SunZia, the massive clean energy transmission project in the US Southwest.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s what the US needs to do right now to upgrade the grid
Electrek spoke with former FERC commissioner and PG&E chair Nora Mead Brownell about how the US can quickly and efficiently upgrade its grid in order to get rapidly incoming wind and solar projects online faster. Here’s what she said.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’ largest clean energy infrastructure project is kicking off construction
SunZia, a massive wind power and transmission line project in the US Southwest, is now ready to start construction.
Expand Expanding CloseA new 3 GW power line will carry clean energy in the US Southwest
Construction has started on a power line between California and Arizona that’s going to have the capacity to carry 3.2 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy.
Expand Expanding CloseEV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand – study
EV batteries alone could support the grid in the short term as the world transitions to renewables, according to new research published yesterday.
Expand Expanding CloseThis device can unlock electrical data from whole neighborhoods
Copper Labs just launched a neighborhood-level detector that wirelessly unlocks data from utility meters at scale, without the need for retrofits. Consumers will be able to access that data in near real time so they can tailor their electricity use as they charge their EVs and increasingly electrify their homes in order to save money.
Expand Expanding CloseHitachi Energy debuts wireless grid tech that prevents wildfires
Hitachi Energy just launched wireless Spark Prevention Unit indicators that help prevent wildfires by enabling remote monitoring.
Expand Expanding CloseIreland and France will connect their electricity grids – here’s how
France and Ireland signed contracts on Friday to advance the Celtic Interconnector, a subsea electricity link to allow the exchange of electricity between the two EU countries. It will be the first interconnector between continental Europe and Ireland.
Expand Expanding CloseHow Ukraine’s power system is coping in the face of Russian strikes
On October 14, Maksim Timchenko, the CEO of DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private power generator, updated Economichna Pravda on the status of Ukraine’s electrical grid in the face of Russian strikes against the country’s power installations. He also talked about what the company’s future plans are for implementing renewables, despite the Russian attacks. DTEK shared that interview today with Electrek, and we have edited the English translation sent to us below for length and clarity.
Expand Expanding CloseWithout a grid upgrade, US electrification can’t go forward. This company is helping to fix it [Update]
LineVision, based in Somerville, Massachusetts, provides “electric utilities with the real-time monitoring and analytics needed to accelerate the net zero grid.” Here’s how this company is playing a crucial role in helping to upgrade the US and international grids to ensure that the electrification revolution is a success.
Expand Expanding CloseHitachi Energy will expand its Virginia power transformer factory to meet soaring US demand
Global sustainable energy giant Hitachi Energy today announced that it will spend more than $37 million to expand and upgrade its power transformer factory in South Boston, Virginia. This is in response to soaring demand for power transformers from utility companies that are scrambling to accommodate the renewable energy boom after the Biden administration passed the Inflation Reduction Act in August.
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