National Geographic has an interesting article discussing how innovators of renewable technologies are looking at nature for ways to improve upon the design of renewable energy systems. The concept called biomimicry is fairly simple, over billions of years of evolution, plants and animals have developed better and more efficient ways of capturing energy and we [...]
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Microgrids 2.0: New Technologies Require a Second Look at an Old Concept
Talk about the importance of microgrids has reached a fever pitch in recent years. Many have discussed the need for industrial campuses, military bases, universities, and many other critical loads to operate when isolated from the utility grid—or, in other words, as a microgrid. Is this some fancy new smart grid concept? Hardly. A microgrid [...]
Optimising Energy in the UK
At S&C we work with organisations across the world and have offices in different regions. As such we get to see who is leading, who is following and who is about to surpass other markets with sudden investment. In the UK, the government has committed to renewable energy making up 15% of the UK’s energy [...]
Renewable Energy and the Energy Efficiency Puzzle
The Brattle Group’s recent study on Energy Efficiency and Demand Response in 2020 (featured in Smart Grid News) shares an interesting prediction: U.S. electricity consumption will drop 5-15% by 2020 relative to forecast trends, while peak demand will drop 7.5-15% compared to forecasts. The push to reduce energy costs and consumption will no doubt be [...]
What is Keeping Utilities Up at Night
The electric utility industry is changing – and it faces numerous challenges. Here are four hotbed issues that utilities are prioritizing today: Renewable energy integration. Nations around the world have established laws and regulations to increase deployments of renewable energy resources. In California, for instance, 1/3 of the state’s electricity is required to come from [...]
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