#Energy and Utility Sector

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 Energy & Utility Software Solutions

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[just2bruce]

Impact of Trade Wars on Sustainable Energy Projects

How will the trade wars affect sustainable energy projects and products? S&P Global has a report that analyzes this. Any long-term conclusions are risky, given the US propensity to alter course (TACO tactics). But thanks to them for giving it a try. This traffic light analysis is helpful to understand the implications for different utility grade technologies. Batteries seem to be hit the…

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Power Purchase Agreements Market Trends & Growth Analysis

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The global Energy as a Service Market is anticipated to grow from estimated USD 51.88 billion in 2024 to USD 100.34 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 11.6% during the forecast period. Major forces driving the Energy as a Service Market include the increased need for energy efficiency, surging energy prices, and global trends toward carbon neutrality and sustainability. Business houses are adopting EaaS solutions in order to bring their energy usage under control and reduce operational cost as they work towards achieving compliance with regulatory mandates toward decarbonizing. Higher growth in the market can be seen through the faster integration of distributed energy resources, which are mainly solar, wind, and energy storage systems. Energy management technologies such as IoT, AI, and demand response systems also now allow real-time optimization and automation of energy. Subscription-based models with minimal upfront capital expenditures and encouraging government policies regarding renewable energy will also help boost the EaaS market significantly.

[industrial-intelligence]

How Celebal Technologies' Power & Utility Forecasting Framework (PUFF) is Transforming Forecasting in the Energy Sector 

In today's fast-evolving energy landscape, accurate forecasting is pivotal for optimizing operations, improving decision-making, and ensuring sustainability. The Power & Utility Forecasting Framework (PUFF) by Celebal Technologies is designed to address these needs, offering a comprehensive and intelligent solution to revolutionize forecasting in the energy and sustainability sectors. By leveraging advanced industrial intelligence, PUFF provides a reliable, precise, and scalable forecasting platform tailored for utilities and energy providers. 

Empowering the Energy Sector with PUFF 

PUFF is a state-of-the-art solution that integrates diverse data sources and external factors, such as weather conditions and market prices, to deliver precise predictions across multiple areas of the energy sector. This holistic approach significantly enhances the accuracy of load forecasting, generation forecasting, price forecasting, and weather forecasting, enabling energy companies to make informed, data-driven decisions. 

Key Features of the Power & Utility Forecasting Framework (PUFF) 

Seamless Data Integration: PUFF effortlessly supports data integration from multiple sources, including historical energy data, real-time sensor data, and external inputs such as weather reports and pricing information. This data integration capability ensures a unified and accurate forecasting process. 

Automated Data Cleaning: Data accuracy is paramount in forecasting. PUFF's automated data cleaning feature eliminates inconsistencies and errors, ensuring that the forecasting models work with clean, high-quality data for more reliable predictions. 

Multivariate Data Exploration: PUFF allows users to explore and analyze complex datasets, identifying relationships between various factors such as energy consumption, weather patterns, and market prices. This multivariate analysis aids in refining the accuracy of forecasts. 

Automatic Weather Data Acquisition: Weather plays a crucial role in energy forecasting, particularly in load forecasting and generation forecasting. PUFF automatically gathers weather data, continuously updating the forecasting models to reflect the latest conditions, ensuring timely and accurate predictions. 

Advanced Time Series Forecasting Algorithms: PUFF employs cutting-edge time series forecasting algorithms that are fine-tuned to handle the complexities of energy demand, generation, and pricing fluctuations. These algorithms ensure that the forecasts are robust and adaptive to changing conditions in the energy market. 

Industrial Intelligence in Energy Forecasting 

The energy sector is increasingly adopting industrial intelligence to drive efficiency and innovation. PUFF is built on industrial intelligence principles, providing utilities with a predictive edge. Whether it’s predicting future energy demand through load forecasting or estimating renewable energy generation based on weather conditions, PUFF delivers actionable insights that enhance operational efficiency. 

PUFF also supports the growing need for sustainability by helping energy providers optimize resource allocation and minimize waste. By accurately predicting energy supply and demand, utilities can reduce their carbon footprint, cut operational costs, and improve energy efficiency. 

Unlocking Operational Excellence with Celebal Technologies 

PUFF is more than just a forecasting tool. It is a platform designed to streamline operations across the energy sector, providing key advantages that enable energy providers to meet their strategic goals. 

Intuitive & Self-Explanatory UI: The user interface of PUFF is designed for ease of use. It enables users to navigate through the platform effortlessly, interpret data without any technical expertise, and access critical features with minimal training. 

High Degree of Customization: PUFF offers highly customizable forecasting options, allowing users to tailor the models to their specific needs. Whether it’s adding unique variables or adjusting forecasting timeframes, the platform ensures that energy providers receive accurate predictions aligned with their operational objectives. 

Easily Deployable System: PUFF’s architecture supports easy deployment, making it accessible to energy utilities globally. With minimal setup time and simple integration processes, the system quickly becomes an integral part of a utility’s forecasting workflow. 

Effortless Forecasting: PUFF’s simple 8-tab setup allows users to name and update forecasting experiments quickly. This ensures that energy companies can run multiple experiments simultaneously, making forecasting a seamless process. 

Centralized Access: The platform centralizes access to essential features such as tracking, error analysis, and configuration, all from a single selection page. This enhances operational efficiency by enabling users to manage all aspects of forecasting from one place. 

Robust Security: Built on Azure, PUFF prioritizes data security and user protection. With advanced encryption and security protocols, energy providers can trust that their data remains secure, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. 

Streamline Decision-Making with Interactive Dashboards 

To further enhance the forecasting experience, PUFF offers real-time interactive dashboards that empower users to monitor and analyze a wide array of metrics. These dashboards provide a comprehensive view of various parameters such as energy consumption, generation trends, and price fluctuations, enabling power management optimization. The dashboards are easy to interpret, helping users make informed decisions to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure smooth operations. 

The Role of PUFF in the Sustainability Sector 

Sustainability has become a primary focus for energy companies, and accurate forecasting is key to driving greener operations. By providing detailed energy forecasting, PUFF helps utilities integrate renewable energy sources more effectively, predict peak demand periods, and optimize energy generation from renewable sources such as solar and wind. The ability to forecast generation based on real-time weather data ensures that renewable energy is maximized, contributing to a sustainable future. 

Why Choose Celebal Technologies? 

Celebal Technologies’ PUFF offers a unique blend of innovation and operational efficiency for energy providers. The platform has proven to deliver impressive results: 

70% Enhanced Operational Efficiency: By providing accurate and timely forecasts, PUFF significantly boosts the operational efficiency of energy utilities. 

3X Risk Mitigation: The platform helps reduce risks related to energy shortages, overproduction, and price fluctuations by delivering precise forecasts. 

60% Improvement in Planned Maintenance: With reliable forecasts, utilities can schedule maintenance more effectively, reducing unplanned downtime and ensuring continuous operation. 

Conclusion 

In an industry where accurate predictions are critical, Celebal Technologies' Power & Utility Forecasting Framework (PUFF) stands out as a leading solution for utilities and energy providers. By leveraging power forecasting, utility forecasting, load forecasting, generation forecasting, and price forecasting, PUFF empowers the energy and sustainability sectors to optimize operations, reduce costs, and drive sustainability goals. 

With seamless data integration, advanced forecasting algorithms, and robust security measures, PUFF is the future of energy forecasting. It delivers real-time insights that transform how utilities manage resources, navigate market challenges, and contribute to a sustainable future. To know more about the solution, get in touch with the experts at enterprisesales@celebaltech.com or visit Celebal Technologies.

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Jamshedpur Residents Protest Unfair Electricity Billing

MLA Mangal Kalindi Joins Demonstration Against Irregular Meter Readings East Ghorabandha Panchayat locals voice concerns over arbitrary power bills, prompting officials to pledge corrective measures and improved meter reading practices. JAMSHEDPUR – Residents from East Ghorabandha Panchayat area took their grievances to the streets, demonstrating at the Executive Engineer’s office in…

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Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Utilities

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising utilities, transforming how energy, water, and waste management are handled. Through predictive maintenance, optimised resource allocation, grid management, energy efficiency improvements, enhanced customer service, and smart metering, AI is driving efficiency, reliability, and sustainability in utility operations.

For more info: https://www.inventia.in/empowering-utilities-the-impact-of-artificial-intelligence

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Taj Mahal: floodwaters reach iconic monument as northern India reels from massive deluge

CNN  —  Devastating floods causing havoc across northern India have reached the iconic Taj Mahal in a rare event that experts warn could become a regular occurrence as the climate crisis brings ever more extreme weather. Floodwaters from the Yamuna River lapped at the compound walls of the monument and major tourist attraction on Tuesday, videos and photos on social media showed. A garden…

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From the article:

Latin America and the Caribbean has seen a huge expansion of distributed energy, driven mostly by Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Chile and Colombia. The region went from just one gigawatt installed capacity of distributed systems in 2017 to 31.8 GW by 2023, the year with the latest available data, according to energy consultancy Onred. Virtually all of these installations use solar panels. Distributed energy has thus become a major driver of Latin America’s energy transition, along with large, utility-scale solar and wind farms. The region has long been established as a clean electricity leader thanks to its hydropower resources, and the International Energy Agency estimates the growth in its renewables will continue, with their share of the electricity supply projected to increase from just over 60% today to 80% by 2050. “Large energy installations are not enough to meet climate goals. Distributed energy enables users en masse to participate in the energy transition,” says Ignacio Romero, co-founder of Onred. “It is a cultural change after decades of an energy sector operated in a centralised manner by large players.”

[reasonsforhope]

"Solar accounted for most of the capacity the nation added to its electric grids last year. That feat marks the first time since World War II, when hydropower was booming, that a renewable power source has comprised more than half of the nation’s energy additions.  

“It’s really monumental,” said Shawn Rumery, senior director of research at the Solar Energy Industries Association, or SEIA. The trade group announced the 2023 numbers in a report released today [March 6, 2024] with analytics firm Wood MacKenzie. The 32.4 gigawatts that came online in the United States last year shattered the previous high of 23.6 gigawatts recorded in 2021 and accounted for 53 percent of new capacity. Natural gas was next in line at a distant 18 percent. 

SEIA called 2023 the best year for renewables since the Second World War. Texas and California led a solar surge driven mostly by utility-scale installations, which jumped 77 percent year-over-year to 22.5 gigawatts. The residential and commercial sectors also reached new milestones. Only the relatively nascent community solar market missed its previous mark, though not by much, said Rumery. Overall he called it an “almost record setting year across the industry.”

...Experts generally expect renewable energy to keep on its torrent trajectory. 

“It’s very likely to continue because solar and wind are now very well established,” said Rob Stoner, director of the MIT Energy Initiative. “Solar costs continue to fall far below where we ever thought they would.”"

-via Grist, March 6, 2024

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Things the Biden-Harris Administration Did This Week #34

Sep 13-20 2024.

President Biden announced $1.3 billion in new funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Biden-Harris Administration has already invested a record breaking $17 billion in HBCUs since the President took office. HBCUs represent an important engine for making black professionals. 40% of all Black engineers, 50% of all Black teachers, 70% of all Black doctors and dentists, 80% of all Black judges, and the first black Vice-President, Kamala Harris, are HBCU graduates. HBCUs have also been proven to be far better at boosting the long term economic prospects of graduates than non-HBCU colleges. The bulk of the new funding will go directly to supporting students and helping them pay for college.

The Department of Transportation celebrated 60,000 infrastructure projects funding by the Biden-Harris Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This landmark is a part of the Biden-Harris team's effort to address America's long neglected infrastructure. From major multi-state projects to small town railway crossings every project was lead by a local community in need not a make-work project dreamed up in Washington

The Department of Energy announced over 3 billion dollars to support the battery sector. The 25 projects across 14 states will help support over 12,000 jobs. Advanced battery technology is key to the shift to a carbon energy free economy. The move is meant to not only boost battery production but also shift it away from China and toward America.

Maine and Rhode Island both launched a partnership with the federal government to help save low income families money on their utility bills. The program offers low and moderate income households aid in updating wiring, switching to energy efficient appliances, and installing heat pumps.

The EPA announced $156 million to help bring solar power to low-income New Mexico residents. This is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s "Solar for All" project aimed at helping low-income people afford the switch over to solar power. It's expected that 21,750 low-income households in New Mexico will benefit from the money. New Mexicans can expect to save over the next 20 years $311 million in energy costs.

The Department of The Interior announced the first ever leases for wind power in the Gulf of Maine. The leases for 8 areas off the coast of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine will be sold in late October. The Department believes that once developed the wind power from these leases could produce 13 gigawatts of clean offshore wind energy, enough to power 4.5 million homes. When added to the 15 gigawatts already approved by the Biden-Harris team it brings America close to Biden's 30 gigawatts of clean offshore wind power by 2030.

The Senate approved the appointment of Kevin Ritz to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. The Senate also approved Mary Kay Costello and Michelle Williams Court to district court judgeships in Pennsylvania and California respectively. Costello is the 12th LGBT judge appointed by President Biden, making him the President to appoint the most LGBT people to the federal bench more than during Obama's 8 years. President Biden has also appointed more black women, such as Judge Court, to the bench than any other President. Judge Court also represents President Biden's move to appoint civil rights attorneys to the bench, Court worked for the ACLU in the mid-90s and was a civil rights expect at HUD in the early 2000s. This brings the total number of judges appointed by Biden to 212.

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Dandelion News - March 8-14

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1. Caribbean reef sharks rebound in Belize with shark fishers’ help

“Caribbean reef shark populations have rebounded beyond previous levels, more than tripling at both Turneffe and Lighthouse atolls[…. The recovery] arose from a remarkable synergy among shark fishers, marine scientists and management authorities[….]”

2. Landmark Ruling on Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Strikes at Oil Industry

“[T]he Ecuadorian government [must] ensure any future expansion or renewal of oil operations does not impact Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation. [… E]ffective measures must be adopted to prevent serious or irreversible damage, which in this case would be the contact of these isolated populations,” said the opinion[….]”

3. America's clean-energy industry is growing despite Trump's attacks. At least for now

“The buildout of big solar and battery plants is expected to hit an all-time high in 2025, accounting for 81% of new power generation[….] The industry overall has boomed thanks to falling technology costs, federal tax incentives and state renewable-energy mandates.”

4. Study says endangered Asian elephant population in Cambodia is more robust than previously thought

“A genetic study of Asian elephants […] reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, raising hopes the endangered species could slowly recover. […] “With sufficient suitable habitat remaining in the region, the population has the potential to grow if properly protected,” the report concludes.”

5. Scientists are engineering a sense of touch for people who are paralyzed

“[Engineers are] testing a system that can restore both movement and sensation in a paralyzed hand. [… A]fter more than a year of therapy and spinal stimulation, [… h]is increased strength and mobility allow him to do things like pet his dog. And when he does, he says, "I can feel a little bit of the fur."“

6. Florida is now a solar superpower. Here’s how it happened.

“In a first, Florida vaulted past California last year in terms of new utility-scale solar capacity plugged into its grid. It built 3 gigawatts of large-scale solar in 2024, making it second only to Texas. And in the residential solar sector, Florida continued its longtime leadership streak.”

7. Rare frog rediscovered after 130 years

“The researchers discovered two populations of the frog[….] "The rediscovery of A. vittatus allowed us to obtain, more than a century after its description, the first biological and ecological data on the species.” [… S]hedding light on where and how they live is the first step in protecting them.”

8. Community composting programs show promise in reducing household food waste

“The program [increased awareness and reduced household waste, and] also addressed common barriers to home composting, including pest concerns and technical challenges that had previously discouraged participants from composting independently.”

9. Pioneering Australian company marks new milestone on “mission” to upcycle end-of-life solar panels

“[…] SolarCrete – a pre-mixed concrete made using glass recovered from used solar panels – will form part of the feasibility study[….] A second stage would then focus on the extraction of high value materials[…] for re-use in PV and battery grade silicon, [… and] electrical appliances[….]”

10. Beavers Just Saved The Czech Government Big Bucks

“The aim was to build a dam to prevent sediment and acidic water from two nearby ponds from spilling over, but the project was delayed for years due to negotiations over land use[….] Not only did the industrious rodents complete the work faster than the humans had intended, they also doubled the size of the wetland area that was initially planned.”

March 1-7 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)

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According to a first of its kind study on “corporate carbon damages”, firms would lose 44% of their profits if they had to pay for the damages attributable to their climate pollution. When one of the researchers was asked what the total amount in dollars would be for such damages, co-author Christian Leuz revealed that “At $190 [the U.S. EPA’s current cost per ton of carbon], the utility industry averaged damages more than twice its profits. Materials manufacturing, energy and transportation industries all had average damages that exceeded their profits.” An additional analysis from 2013 that focused on pricing in environmental externalities came to a similar conclusion that does not bode well for “climate capitalism.” Influential climate analyst David Roberts, writing for Grist at the time, concludes: “Of the top 20 region-sectors ranked by environmental impacts, none would be profitable if environmental costs were fully integrated. Ponder that for a moment: None of the world’s top industrial sectors would be profitable if they were paying their full freight. Zero.” Not paying for the damages their production systems cause — what are often called “externalities” — whether related to the health of people or the sustainability of ecosystems, has been a way for capitalism to escape a falling rate of profit and maintain its dominance despites its obvious damage to people and biosphere.

Andrew Ahern, Making Graphs to Flatter the Global Elite

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The global energy as a service market is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. According to a report by MarketsandMarkets, the global energy as a service market is expected to grow from an estimated USD 64.7 billion in 2022 to USD 105.6 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 10.3% during the forecast period.