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US Department of Energy Announced $30 Million for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Research

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide up to $30 million for advanced research in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) for both scientific investigation and the ...

NERC Moves to Defer Reliability Standards, Provide COVID-19 Flexibility

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The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to delay the implementation of seven reliability standards that relate to cybersecu...

US-based PG&E Negotiating to Microgrid an Existing Power Plant in Wildfire Strategy

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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has rolled out a new plan to keep power flowing during the 2020 wildfire season, which includes forming a microgrid from an existing natural gas-fired plant. The ...

Seychelles to Build World’s Largest Floating Solar Plant

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In Seychelles, French developer Qair, has been selected to develop the largest floating solar power plant to be installed on saltwater in the world. The 5-MW plant will be the first project led by an ...

Small-scale solar installations in Australia doubled in 2019

Australia saw its installations of sub-100kW PV double to a record 2.13GW in 2019 as compared to 2017. The sub-100kW solar market also saw three years of over 33% annual growth, in contrast with the 2...