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Grid Battery Benefits are emerging in RMI's analysis as energy storage systems reduce peak energy costs, support grid reliability, and create tax revenue and health gains for local communities across America.   What You Need to Know Batteries reduced peak energy costs during California grid tightness. Storage supported supply during the most constrained ERCOT hours. Host communities gained tax revenue from utility-scale battery projects. Replacing peakers with batteries could lower local health costs. Grid-scale battery storage is demonstrating a growing ability to lower power-system costs while improving reliability during periods of tight supply, according to a new RMI analysis. The…

Microgrid Operations are moving beyond emergency backup as utilities examine distributed energy resources for peak management, voltage support, data center load flexibility, grid reliability, and routine distribution-system planning.   Breaking Down the Details Microgrids could support peak management during normal operations DER availability and grid impacts must become more predictable Large data centers are increasing microgrid scale and complexity Standardized designs could speed utility interconnection reviews Testing controls and power electronics can reduce deployment risk Microgrid operations must evolve beyond a narrow emergency-backup role if utilities are to capture the full value of distributed energy resources, panelists said at an…

UK Power Networks Smart Grid access will extend DERMS capabilities to IDNO-connected renewable projects, aiming to speed connections, lower upfront costs, and support distributed energy resources across the network.   Inside the Issue DERMS access is being extended to IDNO-connected projects. The service targets faster connections for renewable energy. The upgrade is intended to reduce upfront project costs. Developers gain access to smart grid system capabilities. UK Power Networks Smart Grid access is being extended to energy projects connected through independent distribution network operators, opening the utility's distributed energy resources management system to a wider group of generators and developers.…

EU data center ratings would give operators resource transparency on energy use, water efficiency, grid flexibility, waste heat and clean energy integration across Europe's expanding digital infrastructure and electricity system.   Essential Takeaways Proposed ratings would cover EU data centers above 500 kW. Ratings would disclose energy, water and grid-support performance. Initial sustainability labels are expected to appear in 2027. The European Union has proposed a common rating scheme for data centers intended to make their energy and resource performance more transparent and support their sustainable integration into the electricity system. The proposal responds to rising computing demand while seeking…

EUPVSEC Grid Congestion brought AI, solar curtailment, inverter data and renewable integration to Rotterdam, where conference sessions examined grid complexity, overvoltage events and power system management needs for rapid PV growth.   Breaking Down the Details Grid congestion and solar curtailment shaped opening-session debate. AI tools were discussed for managing complex power systems. PV data access and management emerged as another priority. The European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference opened in Rotterdam with grid congestion emerging as a central concern for the rapidly expanding solar sector. In its 43rd year, the event's opening sessions placed photovoltaics within a wider energy-system context,…

Finland Grid Connection Priority would rank demand and standalone storage requests in constrained areas, steering flexible loads toward available network capacity while retaining statutory connection rights for customers across the country.   What You Need to Know Four priority groups would apply when network capacity is scarce. Flexible large loads could move into a higher connection group. Standalone grid-charged storage would fall into the fourth group. Finland is proposing a new priority procedure for electricity network connections in areas where grid capacity is scarce. The planned amendment to the Electricity Market Act would require network operators to rank requests from…

Interprovincial Interties report finds wider provincial grid connections can reduce outage risks, lower system costs and strengthen resilience during extreme weather through diverse generation resources, coordinated planning and electricity-system cooperation.   The Main Points Expanded ties could reduce outage risks during extreme weather. Modelling points to lower system costs and stronger resilience. Provincial cooperation could improve use of diverse generation. A new report on Interprovincial Interties makes the case that stronger electricity connections between provinces could improve the resilience of Canada's power system when extreme weather places networks under stress. The analysis examines how expanded interprovincial connections can support a…