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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Notrees Wind Storage. Deploy a wind energy storage demonstration project at the Notrees Windpower Project in western Texas. Premium Power Corporation (MA). These technologies are estimated to improve the reliability and efficiency of the distribution system 30-40%.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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billion, the largest single renewable energy asset finance deal ever, outside large hydro—that of the 600MW Gemini project in Dutch waters. billion, helped by the recovery in sector share prices between mid-2012 and March 2014, and by the popularity with investors of US “yieldcos” and their European equivalents, quoted project funds.

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Smart Charging Electric Vehicles and the Flexibility Market

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Then, the “flexibility” is aggregated to critical mass, reducing grid stress and congestion, eliminating the need for expensive grid upgrades, and preventing utilities from having to buy power from other energy providers at high-demand prices. The Role of Smart EV Charging.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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At current transportation battery prices, that is well beyond the cost of spinning reserve. On the other hand, the cost of a used transportation battery will be set by the next cheapest form of scalable dispatchable storage such as air pressure storage less the battery recycle value. Powered by Blogrunner Latest From Green Inc.

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