Clearway Energy’s Daggett Solar + Storage power plant in San Bernardino County is a model for producing renewable energy, and taking advantage of existing infrastructure, at the site of a…
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Pumped-storage hydropower is seen as a key technology in China to balance the grid and store excess energy from intermittent sources like wind and solar. The 1.2-GW Jinzhai pumped-storage project…
Every year, I look forward to attending several power industry events. Among my favorites is the big event POWER hosts, known as Experience POWER Week. The conference will be held…
Previous winners 2024: The Viking Link, connecting Bicker Fen substation in Lincolnshire, UK, with Revsing substation in southern Jutland, Denmark
Through its innovative virtual power plant (VPP), Arizona Public Service (APS) harnessed smart home devices to save 190 MW during a historic heatwave, shifting peak demand and proving critical capacity…
A marvel of modern engineering, Viking Link—the world’s longest onshore and subsea interconnector—began commercial operations in December 2023. The project garners POWER’s inaugural Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Award for its…
Previous winners 2024: Arizona Public Service's (APS's) Virtual Power Plant, Arizona 2023: BlockEnergy Microgrid at Southshore Bay Near Tampa, Florida 2022: Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority Solar-Plus-Storage Microgrid Powering Electric Bus…
Previous winners 2024: Flint Hills Resources' Pine Bend Refinery, Rosemount, Minnesota 2023: Lineage Logistics Cold Storage Facility, Colton, California 2022: The City of White Plains, New York, 6.8-MW Community Solar…
Previous winners 2024: Distribution Grid Automation System, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2023: Tampa Electric Co. Distributed Intelligence Project, Tampa, Florida 2022: PPL Electric Utilities' Grid Modernization Project, Allentown, Pennsylvania 2021:…
In 2018, Cooperative Energy, a generation and transmission co-op headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, had an issue to deal with. Several years earlier, it had joined the Midcontinent Independent System Operator…