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I attended a Logica Analyst briefing earlier this week in Logica’s recently opened International Utilities Competence Center (pictured above).
The days was chock full of talks from both Logica staff and also from Jọo Torres, President & CEO EDP Distribui̤̣o Рthe Portuguese DSO, and a Logica customer.
Most of the talks were very interesting but two [...]
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A couple of interesting announcements were made in Ireland in the last week.
On the 8th of Oct., Eirgrid, the Irish grid operator launched their Grid25 strategy (pdf warning). In the strategy document they announced they are spending €4 billion reinforcing the Irish distribution grid in the expectation of a 60% rise in electricity [...]
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If Demand Response is such a good idea and will help get more renewables onto the grid, why isn’t it being embraced by the grid management companies?
Most grid management companies have been in business for decades managing a grid in which the supply is manageable and the demand is variable but reasonably predictable [...]
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I read a fascinating article in the New York Times yesterday about how the electricity grid in New York can’t always cope with the amount of electricity being produced by the Maple Ridge wind farm and so from time to time the wind farm has to shut down production!
This problem is not unique to [...]
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