An electric vehicle advocacy organization is sounding an alarm about utility market dominance over EV charging, as California's largest utility attempts to grow its services. Pacific Gas & Electric's (PG&E) wants to expand its EV charging in northern California. But the Electric Vehicle Charging Association (EVCA) warns that the utility … [Read more...]
ABB’s Bob Fesmire explains how energy storage is becoming more refined, and acting as an enabler for microgrids.
All power systems also require the capability to balance, in real time, differences between load demand and generator output. This balancing capability—which keeps system frequency at the level where it’s designed to operate—is critical to ensure the stability and reliability of the overall power system, for both centralized power grids as well as microgrids. In a centralized grid, fossil-fuel-fired generating plants typically will ramp up or down to ensure demand and generation output remains in balance.
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