Charges for peak demand on the distribution system are an increasingly vexing line item for cooperative and public power utilities.

 The charges are rising, understandably, due to higher transmission and capacity costs. Yet customers still rely on you to keep their energy affordable.This eBook explains the factors behind peak demand charge hikes and how you can manage them effectively.

Para mayor información visitar el siguiente enlace:  

https://www.engiestorage.com/energy-storage-and-load-management-for-cooperative-and-public-power-utilities/

The Global solar PV market outlook update is a quarterly report that provides insight into major developments for the global solar landscape, offering an assessment of the trajectory and key trends in the global market and providing scenario-based demand forecasts, insights on project pipelines, financing conditions, and supply-chain dynamics at the regional and country level.

The analysis spans across market segments – residential, commercial, industrial and utility-scale – and includes deep-dive analyses on each regional market.

Para mayor información visitar el siguiente enlace:  

https://www.woodmac.com/our-expertise/focus/Power–Renewables/global-solar-pv-market-outlook-update-q1-2019/

This CEER report provides case studies on already-existing national solutions regarding the empowerment of consumer rights in the Directive.

The seven case studies address issues that arise throughout the consumer’s energy “life cycle”, beginning with pre-contractual information to contracting and billing to switching suppliers.

Para mayor información visitar el siguiente enlace:  

https://www.ceer.eu/1765

https://www.ceer.eu/documents/104400/-/-/76a60ae4-8584-aa39-b30b-42889c80ed4a

Based on input from a diverse set of sources gathered by Power for All,  this guide is a reference tool to help various stakeholders understand the importance of the global minigrid sector . 

The mini-grids messaging guide is a reference tool to help various stakeholders understand the importance of the global mini-grid sector. With this guide, sector stakeholders, including businesses, funders, government, and civil society, should be able to easily discuss mini-grids at a high level or in-depth, using clearly sourced evidence.

Para mayor información visitar el siguiente enlace:  

https://minigrids.org/resources/mini-grids-messaging-guide/

https://minigrids.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/MGP_Minigrid_Messaging_Guide_updated.pdf

In the hierarchy of grid needs, peaking power is often a priority in terms of providing resiliency and balance to the network.

This is usually provided by natural gas turbines, which come at a high environmental and economic cost. Andy Colthorpe charts the rise of the solar-plusstorage peaker plant.

Para mayor información visitar el siguiente enlace:  

https://www.energy-storage.news/resources/download/peak-time-to-take-action

EASE submitted a response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on Sustainability Requirements for Batteries.

Batteries have an important role to play in decarbonising the mobility and energy sectors. Therefore, EASE endorses policymakers’ efforts to ensure that the EU develops a strong battery value chain and to facilitate the deployment of energy storage technologies.

Para mayor información visitar el siguiente enlace:  

http://ease-storage.eu/european-commissions-sustainability-requirements-for-batteries/

http://ease-storage.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019.08.08_EASE-reply_Consultation-Sustainability-Requirements-for-Batteries_for-distribution.pdf 

What’s in the Report:    U.S. energy storage rankings by utility in megawatt hours (MWh) and watts per customer (Wh/C). Energy storage market deployment by utility type and market segment.

Also you will find: Highlights of the largest U.S. energy storage projects.  Market drivers including energy storage policy updates and programs.   Lithium Ion cost trends and future energy storage technology needs.

Para mayor información visitar el siguiente enlace:   

https://sepapower.org/resource/2019-utility-energy-storage-market-snapshot/ 

A lightning strike that caused two separate losses of generation – described by National Grid ESO as an “extremely rare and unexpected event” – has been revealed as the cause behind Britain’s power cut on 9 August 2019.

This morning the electricity system operator published its interim report into the incident, revealing that a lightning strike at around 4:52pm on Friday 9 August was the trigger for a cascade of events which resulted in around 1.1 million customers losing their power supply.

Para mayor información visitar el siguiente enlace:  

https://www.current-news.co.uk/news/lightning-strike-revealed-as-cause-of-9-august-uk-black-out

https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/151081/download

The electricity sector ATB website provides consistent, freely-available technology-specific cost and performance parameters across a range of R&D advancements scenarios, resource characteristics, sites, fuel prices, and financing assumptions for electricity generation technologies, both at present and with projections through 2050.

It contains projections for capacity factor, Capital Expenditures (CAPEX), Operations Expenditures (OPEX), and Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) as a summary metric for electricity generating technologies.

Para mayor información visitar el siguiente enlace:  

https://atb.nrel.gov/

https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2019/data.html