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Presented "Future of Renewable Energy Integration" during the Engineering Conference, Reengineering Our Energy Future: Utility in a Disruptive Age. The panel included:
The Green Energy Finance deep dive workshop was attended by more than 50 participants. Th
The IoT and smart grid deep dive workshop was attended by more than 50 participants. Ther
ADB Report by Pramod Jain.
With increased emphasis on reducing emissions from the power sector, grid-level energy storage can enable larger penetration of renewable energy into the grid.
At the Asia Clean Energy Forum, Asian Development Bank, Manila, IWE is organizing a deep-dive workshop on IOT and Smart Grid, with a focus on
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York, April 2016
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Grid Integration of Wind Power with Energy Storage
IPDP and Macquarie Bank
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Sustainable Energy Program for Guyana/Wind measurement and resource assessment
Government of Guyana, Inter-American Development Bank
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Winrock International, US Dept. of Energy, NREL
February 2015 - June 2015Learn More
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Uncertainty in wind measurement is one of the largest sources of uncertainty in a bankable resource assessment.
Wind developers rely on IWE Prospecting Services to significantly lower the risk of wind projects even before met-towers have been installed.
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In Kauai island of Hawaii, AES is installing 28 MW of solar PV with 20 MW/100 MWh of battery for $0.11/kWh. In 2015, 13 MW solar PV with 52 MWh battery from SolarCity was signed for $0.145/kWh.
GE has published a good website with all the resources related to enhancing asset performance.
US Energy Information Administration (US-EIA) reported that for the first time in about 40 years, transportation sector emitted more CO2 than the power sector.
We have always wondered if RE plants can provide frequency and voltage support to the grid, First Solar is making the case:
Yesterday, the Block Island wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island was commissioned and started powering homes in the island.
Gone are the days when turbine manufacturers were reticent to offer more than 3 to 5 years of bumper-to-bumper service contracts. Now we are seeing 15-year full service contracts.