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With my colleagues we're currently working on a study for the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) titled 'Advancing cross-system solutions to address electricity network challenges', and we're presenting our draft results this Thursday - registration is still open for those interested! 💡 #electricitynetworks #systemsolutions #ancillaryservices #flexibility #digitalisation

Thank you IDCA - International Data Center Authority for your invitation to this very interesting discussion. Really worth addressing from the Data Centers' own perspective: Data Centers do meet with unprecedented piling-up challenges. ⚫Quantity DCs are already hard-negotiating grid access and supply with their local grid managers to cope with a forecast of x2 energy demand by 2028. AI adding to it further more, requiring more data, more firm power, and even more risk of delays in getting the power they need. ⚫Quality This power needs to be 24/7 firm power. That they provide data for casual streaming, critical strategic data of geopolitical relevance, AI training with intensive-energy consumption use over (relatively) short periods of time, or regular lower-level AI uses over time, the cost overrun of dispatching their operations is still far too great to be acceptable for their balance-sheet. ⚫Requirement This power needs to be clean = emission-free + environmentally friendly. ⚪ Hydrogen, ammonia, and other alternative fuels are energy vectors, not energy sources: no need to downgrade the yield by imposing successive transformations to a primary source. ⚪ Wind and solar will provide approx. 20% of your needs, complementing your main energy sources, but won't suffice, even in favorable locations (Google, Microsoft, Nucor and Amazon don't mention them anymore as a main source (though they now still get it wrong on large long term batteries and hydrogen) ⚪ Hydro and geothermal can suffice, but only if location-bound, massively available ▶ Nuclear is the only one able to achieve the DC' search for their own personal nexus: - reliable baseload power - stable competitive price, with visibility up the lifetime of your DC operations - availability in space (in regions where DC's mostly want to develop, already qualifying nuclear operations) + ability to answer national security requirements - to which many DC's are bound. 🔺 BUT as "time is of essence" ➡ For immediate availability? Connecting to a nuclear-powered grid, supplemented with renewables (non biomass), is your best short-term option. ➡ You plan ahead and want a dedicated supply? - Connect to large plants with offtake agreements (now or in 10-years for construction time), for ex. in an industrial zone around an NPP - Purchase your own dedicated Small Modular Reactor, or aggregate your needs with others and get yourselves one, either current designs LWRs, less efficient but there sooner (roughly 10-years), or new advanced (roughly 20 years) - (and no, not fusion, fusion is R&D, count 50 years) (I know I am deemed pessimistic by some - new nuclear venturers, and optimistic by many (nuclear opponents), but I prefer being called reasonable) Now, Data Centers have not one issue POWER, they have two: COLD. For that, floating off-shore nuclear power plants may be a rather attractive option --> dear Roger Strukhoff and Dikran K. do include this option in next month' edition on Cooling 🤗!

Great presentation summarizing European experience with "connect & manage" approaches used to speed up the interconnection of new generating resources. Note an important difference to U.S. power markets: without nodal prices and LMP-based congestion management, European markets tend to fully compensate generators with "firm" interconnection rights for any congestion-related curtailments. Thanks to mark norton for putting this together and ESIG (Energy Systems Integration Group) and G-PST for hosting the informative webinar. The slides are posted here: https://lnkd.in/eVcdp7BK #gridmodernization #cleanenergytransition #renewableresources https://lnkd.in/e5dRYV2x

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 🌍🤝 Exciting Event in the World of Clean Hydrogen! 🌿💰💧   📢 Thrilled to announce an upcoming panel discussion on #infrastructureinvestment for the clean hydrogen sector! Join us on December 4, 2023, from 13:00 to 15:00 CET for an insightful conversation organised by Mission Innovation's Clean Hydrogen Mission, in partnership with the European Commission and Hydrogen Europe. I am honored to moderate this discussion, and I look forward to exploring the challenges and opportunities ahead with our distinguished speakers. 💡 We will discuss infrastructure investment strategies, innovative approaches to serve the specific needs of the hydrogen investment market, economic policies influencing infrastructure investors’ choices, infra funds evolving risk rewards expectations and target applications. 🗣 Join the conversation with our expert speakers: ➡ Matthijs Soede, Director MI Clean Hydrogen Mission ➡ Harvey C.., Senior Policy & Public Affairs Manager, Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) ➡ Stein Birkeland, Head of Energy, Norges Bank Investment Management ➡ Alejandro Perellón, Head of Americas, Hy24 ➡ Uffe Winther, Director, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners 👇 Link and event page in the post below   #CleanHydrogen #decarbonisation #InfrastructureInvestments #Sustainability #CollaborationForChange #energyinvestment #cleaninfrastructure #hydrogeninfrastructure

📢 Interoperability is critical for driving consumer adoption of energy management solutions. That's why it is a key focus of our work! While providers of smart energy products and services have created impressive technologies for home energy management, we need to ensure: 1️⃣ They are connected in a way that can empower consumers and maximise savings 2️⃣ That devices and systems communicate with each other for their benefits to be fully realised To demonstrate how this can be done, our video details how we combine individual solutions from different vendors (our members) into one interoperable architecture for metering and demand-side management. Check it out 👇 Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZky_-HU #interoperability #smartenergysolutions #smartenergy #smartmetering

Interoperability. A critical topic for a critical infrastructure. How do you ensure proper communication between devices and systems? One solution is to support communication with technology which demonstrated their maturity and interoperability in an environment were myriads of devices had been working hassle free since decades. And if there is on top as well an improved system. An innovative system. Which allows device fleet owners to change connectivity. Which may be required due to commercial or service terms. That’s real bargain. #remoteSIMProvisioning #eSIM #weAreIdemia IDEMIA Edin Muminagic Stephane Jacquelin Jason Rousseau-Hall Greg Graver

A good opportunity to discover the importance and the relevant role that the evolution and progress of telecommunications have in the process of digitalisation of electricidad distribution networks. Teldat European Utilities Telecom Council (EUTC)

We can get much more capacity from our existing #transmission grid, probably 30%+ more with very little additional investment. Lots of structural reasons (cost allocation) why folks aren't unlocking this capacity. But with load growth and resiliency, electric utilities and their regulators are increasingly looking to Grid Enhancement Technologies and the additional ~$4B in GRIP funding from DOE as a way to accelerate the deployment of these mature technologies that have been extensively tested throughout the world. Join distinguished leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a webinar on December 12 from 1:30 – 2:30pm ET. This session will delve into early insights from the forthcoming Innovative Grid Deployment Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report, including four priority technologies identified for greater near-term deployment. This new Liftoff Report will explore strategies to accelerate deployment of innovative, but commercially available grid technologies, which are crucial for bolstering grid reliability, resilience, and efficiency. The full report is set for release in early 2024.

Check out this video for insights on how Field Operator together with Route Surveillance can revolutionize your #upstream #oilandgas operations by boosting well production, improving field efficiency, and reducing costs. Watch the video to discover more about data management, collaboration, and analysis. https://ifs.link/CsiAYZ