News & Blog
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Blog: Opportunities for exporting wind outside SPP
Read More: Blog: Opportunities for exporting wind outside SPPSouthwest 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…
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Blog: The CECRE and market-based congestion management with renewables
Read More: Blog: The CECRE and market-based congestion management with renewablesThe 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.…
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Blog: Did you know that “PV Plants Can Rival Frequency Response Services from Natural Gas Peakers?”
Read More: Blog: Did you know that “PV Plants Can Rival Frequency Response Services from Natural Gas Peakers?”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…
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Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group Elects Four New Board Members
Read More: Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group Elects Four New Board MembersReston, Va. – The Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG) has elected four new members to its Board of Directors. These individuals serve as industry ambassadors for UVIG and collectively oversee and ensure the association’s operations and strategic growth plan. The newly elected board members are: Mike Casper, President and CEO, Jo-Carroll Energy; Will Kaul, Vice…
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Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group Publishes Wind Operating Practices Guidebook
Read More: Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group Publishes Wind Operating Practices GuidebookReston, Va. – The Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG) announced today it has published the Wind Operating Practices Guidebook (OPG). The guidebook is the industry’s first, and authored by actual wind turbine and wind plant operating professionals. The OPG is a principle-based document written by UVIG’s Operations & Maintenance User Group. It focuses on principles, processes…
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Blog: Zero Inertia Power Systems
Read More: Blog: Zero Inertia Power SystemsWith the increased penetration of renewable resources, and the available flexibility in terms of control provided by converter interfaced generation and load, it is not far-fetched to envision a future electric grid in which all sources of power and load are interfaced to the network through power electronic converters. Consequently, the system has zero inertia. …