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Fears that it’s rapidly expanding electricity infrastructure may be vulnerable to security and cyber attacks prompted China to announce plans of staggering increase in smart grid security spending.
Representing an annual compound growth rate (CAGR) of almost 45%, grid defense spend will grow from US$1.8b in 2011 to US$ 50b by 2020.
Morocco currently has only one solar plant, located in Ain Beni Mathar, east of Morocco. The hybrid plant, using both gas and solar, has an installed capacity of 20MW.
The government wants to increase this figure to 2000MW by building five new solar plants in the country’s southern desert regions. These plants will operate using the sun only.
Efficiency to Aid Egyptian Energy Crisis
As Egypt suffers through lengthy electricity outages, officials and environmentalists suggest small-scale energy-saving solutions to alleviate the crisis, reports Egypt Independent.
Egypt is no stranger to power outages, but outages have been particularly severe this summer as soaringtemperatures lead to an increase in electricity demand.
A massive outage, at the beginning of August,saw passengers stranded on the subway and affected trading on Cairo’s stock exchange. Coupled with that, power cuts are occurring more regularly and lasting for many hours.
http://www.engerati.com/article/efficiency-aid-egyptian-energy-crisis
New Zealand state-owned grid operator, Transpower plans to upgrade the country’s outdated power grid, pledging US$4bn and seven years to deliver a modernized, smart grid. But fears of rising power prices and resistance to the company’s monopolistic business practices follow the grid company’s efforts at selling it to country.
Australia and Europe move to link carbon trading schemes … grid communication leader heads down to New Zealand … New Zealand wind farms: up on revenue, down on profits!
Designing America’s Future Power Grid
The DoE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has identified microgrids as the solution for America’s ageing and technologically dated power grid.
Phys.org reports that America’s ageing electricity grid is in dire need of a first-in 50 years technological upgrade and the country’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has come up with at least part of the solution: microgrids.
Why the Utility C-Suite Needs to Pay Attention to Data Analytics
Utilities are beginning to understand the critical role that data analytics plays in smart grid technology and initiatives, which promise greater energy efficiency, grid resilience and customer satisfaction.
Once you have started a discussion in your country, renewable energy integration poses a number of regulatory, economic and technical challenges
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South Africa’s Energy Projects Get US$2bn
But the money can only be spent on US firms...
Australian PM Kicks Up Power Price Debate
Australia’s PM, Julia Gillard, has demanded that the country’s state governments find solutions to take pressure off household power bills before the end of 2012 – or else! While opposition agents accuse the PM of political opportunism, others say Gillard may be right on point – reform is long overdue.
Brazil’s electric utility and wind power developer, Eolicas do Sul, has placed a US$55m order with ABB for three new substations and power lines to connect wind farms to the grid
“In India, the move from the 'Hindu' rate of growth, before the 1990s, to an era that saw 9%-plus growth rates of GDP for three years running, was actually accompanied by a slowing down of the growth of the power sector.”
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"Good policy starts from the future and works back. Our energy policy is starting with the past and stumbling forward."
Brazil’s Smart Grid Investigated
Brazil’s CPFL appoints Silver Spring Networks for its four-state smart grid project. As vendors vie for Latin American business, this deal offers the opportunity to look at what to expect from this growing energy market. http://ow.ly/cL8l3
India Power Grid 101: A Yawning Hole of State Inaction?
Engerati investigates the massive power outage that hit India, which is being labelled the world's biggest modern blackout ever. Read our investigation here http://ow.ly/cL6Jt and take a closer look at India's electricity infrastucture here: http://ow.ly/cL6OA
Europe’s updated network development plan shows that the region needs €104bn, but that may not be enough unless the European Commission speeds up its permitting process.
In 2010, China’s CO2 output from coal-fired power alone reached 7.2 billion tons. It came as no surprise then, when the country earned the title of world’s largest carbon emitter soon after. But a new study suggests that the title was bestowed without any form of accuracy, and even casts doubts on the findings of the June 2012 China-US-UK study, which said output may in fact be understated by 20%