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Hitachi and Demansys to demo CrystEna Energy Storage System for grid frequency regulation and capacity services

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The capacity services market is an auction through which grid operators secure a sufficient supply of capacity several years into the future from supply and demand-side resources. Throughout the US, numerous new entrants, including storage resources, are demonstrating their ability to provide frequency regulation and capacity services.

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US Departments of Energy and Interior unveil national offshore wind strategy and major offshore wind initiatives

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Unveiling a coordinated strategic plan to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced steps forward in support of offshore wind energy in the United States, including new funding opportunities for up to $50.5

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NEESC releases 2015 hydrogen & fuel cell development plans for eight Northeastern states; power generation and transportation

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Broadly, NEESC observes, demand for new electric capacity is expected to increase, due in part to the replacement of older, less efficient, base-load generation facilities. Fuel cell technology can help meet electric grid needs as a high efficiency, distributed generation asset that can be located directly at the customer’s site.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

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Starting around the middle of 2024, the Shetlands—and also part of mainland Scotland—will be powered by the 443-megawatt Viking wind farm , consisting of 103 wind turbines on the main island of Shetland. This newer HVDC technology is opening up new opportunities. An inverter there can feed into the mainland AC grid.

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Why Hydrogen power is not the answer

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I truly believe hydrogen is the UK’s best opportunity to build a world-leading industry which creates UK jobs, cuts emissions and is the envy of the globe.” On May 6, 1937, the world’s largest hydrogen-floated dirigible airship went up in towering flames in New Jersey. Jo is just one of many pitching the benefits of Hydrogen.

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Discover Le Havre, Where Impressionism Was Born

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As the fog of dawn lifted one morning in mid-November 1872, Claude Monet looked out the window of his hotel room in the French city of Le Havre and furiously painted his vision of its industrial harbor. The wind was blowing from the west. He flung his brush with quick strokes and played with the water, stretching it with rays of color.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater).

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