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Many of us that have been involved with UVIG over the past decade have been witness to and involved in the start of one of the most remarkable and ongoing transformations in human history – the rapidly accelerating global switch from fossil fuels toward clean and renewable sources of energy. In the early days of…

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) — a Regional Transmission Organization that serves all or part of fourteen states in the central United States — runs next-day and current-day markets that provide energy and ancillary services to its region’s load. Our service territory has been nicknamed the “Saudi Arabia of Wind”. It encompasses some of the…

The Control Center for Renewables (CECRE) was officially inaugurated in 2007 to supervise and, if necessary be able to control, renewable energy facilities larger than 10 MW in Spain.  The purpose was to assure the integration of renewable energies in the Spanish peninsular system, maximizing their output, while maintaining the same high security of supply standards.…

With an increasing share of variable generation on the grid, traditional power generation resources equipped with automatic generation control and automatic voltage regulation controls are being displaced. To support grid stability and reliability, deployment of PV power plants that incorporate advanced grid services capability becomes increasingly essential. Recognizing this need, CAISO with support from NREL…