No Gridlock Here – July 6, 2023

Welcome to Energy Central’s digest covering different developments in focus for people working on the T&D landscape, grid professionals and transmission professionals. This digest goes through a few key articles throughout the month and is just a taste of what the community has to offer, so keep the conversations going in the comments and check out the rest of the posts throughout the month as well.

World-Changing Ideas for 'Decarbonizing the Grid'

Mike Beehler

Link to original article: https://energycentral.com/c/gr/world-changing-ideas-decarbonizing-grid-0

Here, Mike Beehler, a consultant in the energy industry, writes about a publication released that covers additional ways to reduce carbon emissions with the grid. The publication covers the usual suspects of renewable energy like wind and solar energy. The piece discusses how these energy sources could all work together.

Undersea Connectors Show The Way To Globalization Of Electricity

Llewellyn King

Link to original article: https://energycentral.com/c/um/undersea-connectors-show-way-globalization-electricity

For this update, Llewellyn King, the an energy media host, discusses how there is new technology that allows for electricity to spread greater distances by being connected underwater. Doing this could help provide more energy for struggling regions, and also permit for renewable energy to travel further and have more usability.

Accelerating Microgrid Adoption: The Potential of Open Source Technology

Dan Brown

Link to original article: https://energycentral.com/c/gr/accelerating-microgrid-adoption-potential-open-source-technology

In this post, Dan Brown, the Director of Marketing for the Linux Foundation Energy, discusses a new report that discusses the potential of microgrids to efficiently distribute energy. Dan talks about ways to facilitate the growth of microgrids by encouraging microgrids to coordinate and reducing bureaucratic  barriers to growing these microgrids.

Grid Forward Reveals Winners of 2023 Grid Innovator Awards

David Smith

Link to original article: https://energycentral.com/c/gr/grid-forward-reveals-winners-2023-grid-innovator-awards

Dave Smith, the Marketing Advisor for Grid Forward, provides an update on who won the Grid Forward awards for innovation. Dave links to a blog post that gives further information on the winners. The winners included different localities, government officials, and businesses, who all worked to improve the technology of the grid.

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