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UKREiiF Day 1. Interesting panel talk this afternoon on Energy Security in the UK! National Grid provided insight into the challenges they face with upgrading the HV transmission infrastructure. The complexities to overcome are significant but essential for decarbonization! #UKREiiF #EnergySecurity #Decarbonization

As we continue to pursue zero emissions goals, we should be promoting ALL avenues that move us closer to that goal. Pushing the EV agenda at the expense of other promising technologies (hydrogen, for example) and paths to reduce emissions (renewable diesel, for example) is short sighted and inefficient. We can do better.

The ESIG (Energy Systems Integration Group) released a great report on the importance of interregional transmission lines for grid resilience, given increasingly frequent extreme weather events and future load growth. "Interregional transmission facilitates a more resilient grid by increasing the availability of diverse energy sources to help serve load during critical periods. By prioritizing the expansion and enhancement of interregional connections, we can help ensure that the grid remains capable of meeting the emerging challenges of tomorrow." Check it out ⤵ https://lnkd.in/eGNAPvKD

Catching up with Aurelio Blanquet right before the EE-ISAC Power and #Energy (Grid #resilience) Sector Symposium at Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience Europe. How can we minimize outage and attack impacts and fortify Europe’s grids?

US government proposes 10 ‘national interest’ transmission corridors: Eight of the 10 transmission corridors proposed by the US Department of Energy (DoE) could facilitate transmission between grid regions. One would expand transmission within the Mid-Atlantic’s PJM grid region, and one would expand transmission in the Northern Plains. #GridsIntegration #Markets #UtilityScalePV

"FERC should do more to ensure that transmission planning is sufficiently robust and occurs quickly enough to meet the need and allocates costs to those who benefit from the infrastructure. America needs a grid to power America," says Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) Executive Director Christina Hayes in a new blog post. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/e2ZRUen7

NERC recommends adding 35,000 MW of interregional transmission capacity as "prudent additions" to address grid resiliency needs! Note that this assessment solely focuses on energy adequacy and the level of assistance likely available from neighboring regions during resiliency challenges, such as winter storms. The study does not, for example, consider: 1️⃣ Resilience support available from regions beyond the immediate neighbors (such as PJM's exports to SPP during winter storm Elliot). 2️⃣ A multi-value perspective that takes into account the added economic and public-policy benefits of interregional transmission, which often justify expanding interregional transmission beyond these NERC results (as DOE's National Transmission Planning Study has most recently shown). NERC report: https://lnkd.in/e_GuKkAk Utility Dive summary: https://lnkd.in/eW3U_E34 North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) #gridmodernization

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is currently accepting proposals for #transmission projects that would connect remote and isolated #microgrids to each other or to existing transmission corridors in Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. territories. What do you think about this $200M plan to improve #gridreliability? #sustainability #gridmodernization Peter Asmus Microgrid Knowledge Rod Walton https://lnkd.in/g3upA4yG

HIGH LEVEL POWER SECTOR ENGAGEMENT FORUM Power Security and Energy Transition: The Roles of Utilities, Power Pools, and Governments

The decisions made on transmission planning this year will largely dictate the next decade of transmission buildout. Which means if one is interested in seeing more clean energy deployed, faster, this is the year to make it happen, with momentum on several fronts. Join us to learn more about the following: - How large energy customers are encouraging utilities to upgrade the existing grid using grid enhancing technologies and high performance conductors. - The status of regional compliance with FERC's new regional planning rule, Order 1920. - The connection between national security and the need for new interregional transmission. - The status of interregional planning between the Great Plains (SPP) and the Midwest (MISO), as well as the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic (PJM). Plus yet-to-be-announced keynote speakers and the state of play for energy storage integration.