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#News: The RESPONDENT Project features in Enlit Europe's new article titled "RESPONDENT – harnessing space data for renewables integration and smart grids" 🎇 Within, our Dissemination and Communication Manager Benjamin Moore highlights the project's focus on power generation forecasting, power demand prediction, and smart grid timing and synchronization, emphasising its potential to contribute to Europe's transition to a sustainable energy landscape. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eJivRN4P #HorizonEurope #SustainableEnergy EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme

Join us May 2 for this all-star panel discussion on FERC's upcoming regional transmission planning and cost allocation rule!

Why is solar power surging in Texas much faster than in climate-forward California? A couple of reasons. A recent study by Joshua Rhodes, PhD highlights strong support from rural communities who benefit from stable long-term revenues. This contrasts with a less rural and more difficult citing and permitting environment in California. Another major contributor is ERCOT's "connect and manage" interconnection process that quickly connects new generation resources to the grid. Under this system, projects can be interconnected within 2-3 years; often faster than just the interconnection study process in other regions. If coupled with wholistic proactive transmission planning, this connect and manage interconnection process is likely the most efficient path to accelerate #clean #energy. ISO/RTOs will need to lead and go beyond Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's recent orders to establish this. Report: https://lnkd.in/eDiRs7-t FT Article: https://lnkd.in/eMCrPMxM

It is common knowledge that high levels of #WindPower output are one the main drivers for #NegativePrices in Continental European countries. Can we find out more about this from studying the #BidOffer curves from the power exchanges? We have extracted bid/offer data for every hour in 2023 in Germany, and isolated the volumes offered in different price ranges. Not surprisingly, they correlate well with wind power generation, meaning that several wind farms offer specific quantities in different price ranges. In particular, we found out that the correlation is high in the -50 to -100 EUR/MWh price range, meaning that offers in that price range are almost exclusively coming from wind farms. For a comprehensive overview of the data, check LSEG Workspace > POWER > Continental Europe

Hot topic alert! Looks like a great free webinar about FERC and transmission. Heavy hitters.

Check out EnerKnol's latest Visual Primer: Virtual Power Plants Garner Attention to Meet Changing Grid Needs. Subscribe to EnerKnol Research for weekly updates on the latest in energy. https://lnkd.in/g7tdEBwB #renewableenergy #gridmodernization #energytransition

Check out EnerKnol's latest Visual Primer: Virtual Power Plants Garner Attention to Meet Changing Grid Needs. Subscribe to EnerKnol Research for weekly updates on the latest in energy. https://lnkd.in/g7tdEBwB #renewableenergy #gridmodernization #energytransition

Visual Primer: Virtual Power Plants Garner Attention to Meet Changing Grid Needs. Regulators and lawmakers across the U.S. are increasingly exploring the possibilities of deploying virtual power plants (VPPs) as a cost-effective means to provide grid services. VPPs have garnered attention as fossil fuel-fired power plants retire and renewable energy resources continue to grow amid increasing electricity demand. The post Visual Primer: Virtual Power Plants Garner Attention to Meet Changing Grid Needs appeared first on EnerKnol. https://lnkd.in/gDJBf6xp

The path to net-zero by 2050 is paved with practical solutions, not just aspirations. That's why GTI Energy's Net-Zero Infrastructure Program (NZIP) is diving deep into how we can leverage existing natural gas infrastructure to accelerate decarbonization. NZIP’s latest white paper, "Natural Gas Infrastructure in the United States: Evolving Towards a Net-Zero Emissions Future," explores the potential for repurposing and adapting this vast network for future energy systems. Want to learn more? Join Shadi Salahshoor, Ph.D., May Kwan, PE, PMP, and David Van Wagener from the NZIP team on Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. CT for a webinar about the report's key takeaways and the critical role natural gas infrastructure plays in the U.S. energy system. Register here: https://lnkd.in/giaF5SfC 

Missed Aegir’s latest #Wavelength Intelligence Briefing last week?  Here are some key take-aways from analyst Sebastian Kæmpe Hansen and Chief Executive Editor Darius Snieckus’ discussion on rethinking #LCoE for offshore wind’s post-correction industrialization: 🔹 The drive for ever-lower levelized cost of energy from offshore wind projects in the last decade has negatively impacted developers - rippling ‘downstream’ into the supply chain – and often led to miscommunication and false interpretation of cost/MWh. 🔹 There are a range of 'right ways' to calculate LCoE but if numbers are being shared without the accompanying assumptions behind the unit or metric then the final MWh figure can be reductionist and even misleading. 🔹Moving ’beyond LCoE’ - factoring in a range of inputs from the social value of a project (jobs, clean power and environmental benefits) through to whether adding an energy storage solution for low wind days would improve efficient delivery to the grid - will take the industry beyond a simple cost/MWh formula and increase a project's true value but will generally also mean a higher LCoE 'on paper'. Sign up here for the recording of our 15-minute Wavelength to learn more: https://lnkd.in/dzP3GCGB --- 🎙️Wavelength is Aegir’s digital briefing series where we delve into the key talking points and market developments in the offshore energy transition in a 15-minute, coffee-break format. Follow us to be the first to know when registration opens for the next Wavelength – coming soon! #offshorewind #energytransition #renewableenergy #Levelizedcostofenergy