30 Apr 2012
UK’s new system will connect wind power faster and cheaper … Netherlands Essent and Tendril develop “first-of-its-kind” smart energy application crowdsourcing project … EU Energy Ministers meet to discuss 2050 plan … UK’s E.ON Deploys Elster Meters … UK’s energy efficient Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Smart Grid News: UK project points way to faster, cheaper wind integration
Jesse Berst of Smart Grid News writes about the UK’s “innovative” "flexible, plug-and-play” system that could see wind power integrated onto the grid “easier, faster and cheaper.” The connection of additional wind farms will result in voltage and thermal constraints, as well as reverse power flows as the UK grid is already operating beyond its capacity.
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23 Jan 2012
Smart grid venture capital funding plunged in 2011; Duke-Progress merger delayed and ABB Nissan testing new use for old Leaf batteries.
Smart Grid News: Smart Grid Venture Funding Plunges
Mercom Capital Group released its annual report on merger and acquisition and funding activity for 2011. Jesse Berst of Smart Grid News reports on the dramatic decrease in venture capital (VC) funding in 2011. ...
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