The future is a fascinating subject. When it comes to digital technology, however, the crystal balls and Ouija boards are having a hard time keeping up with the latest developments. When it comes to ...
A group of researchers in Australia has outlined a new methodology to determine the minimum power rating of energy storage systems (ESSs) used for emergency under-frequency response. The ESS size must ...
Elewit, the tech platform of Spain’s Red Eléctrica de España (REE), has revealed plans to build a hybrid storage project in the Canary Islands, featuring an 18.8 MVA virtual synchronous compensator ...
A Gamesa Electric PV converter of the Proteus product family – Image Gamesa Electric. Gamesa Electric’s latest white paper explores the advanced functionalities that solar and battery inverters should ...
Grid-forming inverters can operate independently, maintaining voltage and frequency during grid outages, unlike grid-following inverters that rely on external signals. Adoption of GFM technology ...
General Electric (GE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrated grid-forming technologies in the Type-3 wind turbine, a step in long-term grid modernization efforts as the rapid ...
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Spain’s grid operator, Red Eléctrica, proudly declared that electricity demand across the country’s peninsular system was met ...
Energy Exploration & Exploitation, Vol. 39, No. 6 (November 2021), pp. 2103-2125 (23 pages) The high-level penetration of intermittent renewable power generation may limit power system inertia, ...
Tesla’s white paper argues that grid-forming battery inverters can provide critical grid services at a lower cost than traditional spinning machines. Grid-forming batteries are capable of delivering ...
Australia’s biggest transmission company, Transgrid, is preparing to launch the first stage of what will be the biggest tender for grid-forming batteries in the country, deemed essential to protect ...