#DYK: Generative AI models demand approximately ten times the electricity of traditional internet inquiries. Increased power demand will continue to grow as #AI expands. In a new report released today by EPRI, it is projected that data centers could consume up to 9% of U.S. electricity generation by 2030—more than double the amount currently used. This report notes that in the U.S., renewed electric load growth is being driven by data centers, industrial onshoring, and electrifying transportation, among others. Clusters of new, large point loads are testing the ability of electric companies to keep pace. “The data center boom requires closer collaboration between large data center owners and developers, utilities, government, and other stakeholders to ensure that we can power the needs of AI while maintaining reliable, affordable power to all customers” said EPRI Vice President of Electrification and Sustainable Energy Strategy David Porter. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/efq7waeV https://lnkd.in/e7y8i_y8
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Founded in 1972, EPRI is the world's preeminent independent, non-profit energy research and development organization, with offices around the world. EPRI's trusted experts collaborate with more than 450 companies in 45 countries, driving innovation to ensure the public has clean, safe, reliable, affordable, and equitable access to electricity across the globe. Explore EPRI’s research across the Nuclear, Generation, and Power Delivery and Utilization sectors ranging from decarbonization to grid modernization to low carbon resources.
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Additional capacity on the U.S. electric grid is needed to meet increased demand. In a recent conversation with Latitude Media, EPRI VP Andrew Phillips said: "Demands on the power system are now increasing at an exponential rate, whether because of electrification or because of data centers or decarbonization, the transmission in our system has to increase in capacity,” Phillips said. So we have to utilize our existing assets a lot better,” Phillips added. “The GETs initiative objective is to accelerate the adoption and enable utilities to adopt it — but adopt with confidence and low risk, and [with] all the tools they need.” EPRI's new initiative, GET SET, will continue existing research, increase laboratory testing, and facilitate deployment of Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs), to help increase the capacity, efficiency, reliability, or safety of existing transmission lines. 📰 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/e35vcAAp
What GETs deployment is missing | Latitude Media
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EPRI is offering a comprehensive look at present and longer-term (2035) cost and performance estimates for electricity generation and hydrogen fuel production technologies. This document draws on EPRI's extensive research portfolio, providing valuable insights for industry executives, policymakers, and other stakeholders. Key highlights include: 👉 Cost and performance estimates for fossil fuel, nuclear, renewable energy, hydrogen, and storage technologies. 👉 Insights based on recent EPRI research, ensuring relevance and accuracy. 👉 Information tailored for U.S.-based generating units in constant Q3 2023 dollars. This report serves as a crucial public domain reference, offering strategic guidance in navigating the evolving energy landscape. Download the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eNakszC3. #EPRI #EnergyTechnology #RenewableEnergy
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DERs are essential to our future power grid—but the management systems they connect to must account for their various types and capabilities. A solution is the #DER gateway, designed to make integration possible by serving as a housing portal for company-specific features and logics. EPRI, working with 10 electric companies for more than a year, developed a comprehensive DER gateway requirements guide that would ensure seamless and secure connections between DER and company operations. Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), participating in the working group, enlisted EPRI to test the DER gateway architecture on Jeju Island—a region that promotes its sustainability and prioritizes 🔒 security 🔒. According to KEPCO, "With the help of EPRI experts, we easily obtained NIS approval for our DER security architecture. We also gained significant insights in the development of our DPI algorithm, and EPRI lab tests helped reduce trial and error in our field tests.” Learn more in the latest #EPRISuccessStory!
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) enlisted the EPRI Power Quality (PQ) Service Team to address power quality issues affecting the Frontier #supercomputer, the world's first and fastest exascale system. Frontier uses over 30 megawatts of power at maximum load. Applications that generated large and high-frequency load swings caused LED lights in the building and nearby buildings to flicker. EPRI's analysis revealed system background harmonic distortion impacted active power factor correction (PFC), leading to severe harmonic fluctuations. #PQ deals with unintended consequences of all aspects of electricity, and EPRI’s team is at the forefront of understanding and solving emerging issues with new data center and server farm loads. Learn more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dg2GkA39 Learn how EPRI and ORNL collaborated to find a solution to achieve optimal performance in this new Energy Central article by EPRI's Tom Cooke 👉 https://lnkd.in/dW3zZMKM
EPRI Assists with Power Quality Investigation of Frontier Supercomputer
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In an interview with pv magazine Global about a new report by IEA PVPS - Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, Cara Libby, a technical executive at EPRI says, “It is exciting to see the progress over a roughly 6-year period in the number of recycling companies with dedicated PV solutions since the last report.” The report highlights the remarkable surge in dedicated recyclers that accept PV modules, which has increased from 25 in 2017 to 177 today. This growth showcases significant advancements in recycling technologies and processes. Key highlights include: 👉 𝐏𝐚��𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: A steep increase in patent activity and research publications, with 456 patents identified globally. 👉 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬: Emerging methods like water jet cleaning, light pulse treatment, and pyrolysis. 👉 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: Contributions from leading recyclers across the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, and Japan. Is the PV industry ready to embrace recycled materials? Dive into the full article to uncover more! https://lnkd.in/euDBU-j8
IEA-PVPS identifies 456 patents in PV module recycling
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The biggest threat to highway work zone safety remains to be vehicles. And while innovations such as work zone intrusion alert technologies (WZIATs) show promise, their use in short-term projects is unclear. But in a new a newly-published paper in Elsevier's Science Direct, researchers look closely at the features of WZIATS—such as rapid deployment, multi-sensory alarms, and robust designs—to highlight how the technologies could be used to increase work zone safety. Overall, researchers, including EPRI's John Shober, found that these technologies, as well as traffic control technologies such as signs and channelizing devices, provide the most positive results. 💡 Check out the full paper for detailed insights of how government and industry can better protect our essential workers. https://lnkd.in/e3ehnqjg
Advancing safety in short-term utility work zones: Assessing the role of work zone intrusion alert technologies (WZIATs)
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It was tough capturing 2 ½ days of high level energy and engagement at the recent Global Forum for Nuclear Innovation in only 2 ½ minutes, but the #GFNI team was inspired to turn this “Ambition into Action.” Take a look! 👀 We’ll also be sharing the final two GFNI-focused podcast episodes very soon. #nuclearinnovation #ambitionintoaction https://lnkd.in/eFeF5wjZ
Highlights: Global Forum for Nuclear Innovation, June 2024
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Corporate greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions accounting is a complex and inexact undertaking, particularly as companies incorporate more indirect emissions sources (scope 3). Throughout 2023 and 2024, EPRI researchers completed a collaborative project aimed at addressing how to properly account for scope 3 indirect #GHG emissions. Now, in a new comprehensive report, EPRI breaks down how to better determine, categorize, and report scope 3 GHG emissions, helping company managers and staff better understand a company’s GHG emissions in alignment the with #GHG Protocol. 👉 Check out the full report: https://lnkd.in/eVAKu5jG
Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting for Electric Companies and Combined Utilities
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The EPRI Climate READi team and researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) collaborated on a recent project to predict how the risks of hurricane-induced power outages are expected to evolve based on climate changes. The findings included high-level estimates of changing risk under a potential worst-case climate scenario. The results can help power companies and other stakeholders better understand how to prepare, mitigate potential damage, and protect the locations expected to be under the greatest risk. 📰 Learn more in this article by Utility Dive: https://lnkd.in/eU-4zKEv 🗺 See the interactive map: https://lnkd.in/e5zwFeM6 📱 Learn more about EPRI’s Climate READi here: https://lnkd.in/eqvyeD4U
Projecting the effect of climate change on the future risk of hurricane-induced power outages
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