RenewEconomy. As Australia’s dance of the seven RET Reviews continues, it seems like a good time to revisit one of the more persistent anti-renewables myths bandied about by fossil fuel types (and most of the Abbott government): that that renewable energy is unreliable in meeting electricity demand. As UNSW associate professor … [continued]
Renew Economy. Queensland network operator Ergon Energy last week said it would likely encourage some of its customers to go off-grid, because the cost of the network was so high in regional areas that localised renewable energy and battery storage would provide a cheaper option. While home owners in regional … [continued]
Originally published on ABB Conversations. By Bob Fesmire. The cost of severe weather incidents is staggering. Estimates range from $18 billion to $33 billion per year according to the latest White House report Editor’s note: ABB is sponsoring a policy discussion organized by The Hill newspaper in Washington, DC today … [continued]
DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has launched the Energy Systems Integration Facility, a revolutionary research facility dedicated solely to researching how distributed renewables can integrate to the grid at utility-scale.
Your first thought about microgrids might be that they’re only a tiny aspect of the overall energy system. But you’d be wrong – microgrids are an increasingly important factor for distributed generation, grid reliability, and the green economy.
Two new reports from Navigant Research reveal more than 400 microgrid projects are currently under development worldwide, and forecast the global microgrid market will pass $40 billion in annual revenue by 2020.
Germany’s electric grid recently set a personal record with a downtime of only 15.31 minutes in 2011, that’s significantly lower than the already impressive 17.44 minutes of downtime that occurred during the time period from 2006 the 2010. This basically crushes the common myth that renewable energy hurts grid reliability — it actually seems to have the opposite effect. […]
