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6. Load explorer. Using site-specific weather information, renewable forecasts, and historical
and real-time usage data, Stem's PowerScope software helps businesses predict when
their electric use will peak. It then responds to spikes in electricity demand by drawing on
stored power to reduce peaks in customer use without requiring operational changes. The software
is part of a pilot project recently tested in Hawaii. Courtesy: Stem Inc.
ABB Bags Contract for 800-kV UHVDC
Link in India. ABB will supply an
800-kV ultra-high-voltage direct-current
(UHVDC) transmission link for a $640 million
project spearheaded by India's national
electricity grid operator Power Grid
Corp. of India Ltd. The 1,830-km two-way
link connecting Raigarh in central India
to Pugalur in the southern state of Tamil
Nadu will have a capacity of 6,000 MW.
For ABB, the turnkey project is expected
to be completed in 2019. The contract
encompasses design, engineering, supply,
installation, commissioning, and supply
of major equipment, including complete
UHVDC stations, transformers, converter
valves, cooling systems, as well as control
and protection technology.
India Puts Online 648-MW Solar Facility.
The Adani Group has inaugurated
a 648-MW solar photovoltaic project in
India's southern state of Tamil Nadu. One
of the world's largest solar power plants
in a single location, the $661 million Ramanathapuram
plant, which extends over
10 square kilometers (km), was built by
8,500 workers over eight months. It comprises
2.5 million solar panel modules,
576 inverters, and 6,000 km of cables, the
company said.
mation with data from HECO's renewable
generation monitoring and forecasting so
the utility can schedule stored power at
the varied customer sites for added stability
during times of solar variability or
peak demand.
The " virtual power plant, " is providing
better real-time grid operations, HECO
added. " These customer-sited solutions
are an important piece of Hawaiian Electric's
strategy, " said Dora Nakafuji, HECO's
director of renewable energy planning.
" This shows we can scale behind-themeter
energy storage to create a more
stable and efficient grid as we provide
customers with higher levels of renewable
energy to reduce fossil fuel use and
greenhouse gas emissions. " Stem, which
said it pioneered the subscription-based
" storage-as-a-service model, " said interest
is poised to grow. The company has
secured more than $350 million in project
financing from partners that include
Generate Capital, Starwood Energy Group,
and Clean Feet Investors.
The project is also supported by Hawaii-based
startup funding company Energy
Excelerator and the Department of
Energy's Sustainable and Holistic Integration
of Energy Storage and Solar Photovoltaic
initiative.
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Rolls-Royce SMR Design Gets Research
Center's Technology Support.
Efforts to bring a proposed small modular
reactor (SMR) developed by Rolls-Royce
to the UK market will have the backing
of the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing
Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC), a collaboration
of
academic
and
industrial
partners
underpinned by the University of
Manchester, and other industry partners,
including Amec Foster Wheeler, Nuvia,
and Arup. Nuclear AMRC said on January
16 that it will carry out desktop studies on
potential methods of manufacture for the
new design as well as assess the UK supply
chain's capabilities to ensure the reactor
can be built to required standards. RollsRoyce's
SMR could have a capacity of between
220 MWe and 440 MWe depending
on configuration but would still be compact
enough to be transported by truck,
train, or barge. Over 75% of the design by
cost is modular, Nuclear AMRC said. In its
2016 budget, the UK expressed support for
SMRs and is reportedly seeking to identify
the best-value design through an open
competition. The 2016 budget also included
an allocation of at least £30 million for
an SMR-enabling advanced manufacturing
research and development program to develop
nuclear skills capacity.
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EnerNOC Signs First Commercial
Contract for Demand Response in Japan.
EnerNOC, a firm that provides energy
intelligence software and demand
response solutions, on February 2 signed
its first commercial-scale contract with
Kyushu Electric Power Co. for 60 MW of
turnkey demand-response capacity starting
this summer. The company said that
the deal follows " successful pilots " with
several Japanese utilities. The company
has partnered with Japanese conglomerate
Marubeni Corp. (their joint venture
company is EnerNOC Japan) to scale up
demand-response operations in Japan,
where the government in April 2016
implemented energy reforms that liberalized
electricity markets traditionally
dominated by 10 regional monopolies. EnerNOC
noted that revenues from the global
demand-response market are expected to
soar from less than $2.5 billion in 2017 to
more than $6.5 billion in 2025, driven by
activity in Asia Pacific.
GE Snags Orders in Iraq, Bahrain.
GE on January 28 struck lucrative deals-
valued at more than $1 billion-with
the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity for a set
of technological solutions and upgrade
projects to add 700 MW to the national
grid in time for the summer period. The
technology upgrades include, among others,
heavy fuel oil conversions (due to
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