By Kay Stefferud, Director of Implementation Services, EnerNex
How hot is the data center market?
In Q2 alone, businesses spent over $30 billion dollars building and expanding their data centers, according to Synergy Research Group.
Resilience is a major reason why they’re spending so much. The cloud lets businesses spread their applications and storage around multiple, geographically dispersed data centers, so their operations continue if a hurric...
EnerNex's Jens Schoene presented the system planning challenges utilities have to face when accommodating growing numbers of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) – in particular photovoltaics (PV) and energy storage. Results of computer simulations predict issues before they occur thereby facilitating timely mitigation measures, but it is important to be aware of model limitations that may lead to recommendations for unnecessary and expensive mitigation. The...
EnerNex developed and recorded a continuing education presentation entitled "Microgrids and the City - From analysis to case studies" that is marketed and sold by Red Vector on their website.
Is your municipality prepared for a loss of power for days, or even weeks? The use of backup generators is really a short-term solution that only addresses one aspect of loss of power - what about the rest? Wireless communications? Clean water? Gasoline/diesel? Med...
The Hawaiian Electric Companies submitted their Grid Modernization Strategy to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission on August 29, 2017.
EnerNex, in partnership with Paul De Martini at Newport Consulting and the Electric Power Research Institute, is honored to be assisting the Hawaiian Electric Companies in developing this Grid Modernization Strategy, as well as support the Grid Modernization Workshop held on May 10.
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Ron Chebra, VP of Grid Modernization, shares his views on the early history of AMI in this T&D World article.
Some electric utility personnel will tell you they are convinced their industry is more technologically advanced than the water utility industry, even though AMI provides notable exceptions. For example, did you know that the first advanced metering infrastructure was installed in the 1980s at a water utility, not an electric utility?
The...
Power-Gen International Conference
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Date: December 5-7, 2017
EnerNex's Director of Utility Services Neil Placer will be speaking on a panel: "Distributed Energy Resource Markets, Opportunities and Trends"
Tuesday, December 5: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Room N229
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CEATI's 2nd Annual Smart Grid Conference
Location: Hilton Tampa Downtown, Tampa, FL
Dates: November 14-15, 2017
Ron Chebra, Vice President of Grid Modernization, will be presenting on "What is Between Grid of Things and Internet of Things is HOT (Holistically Orchestrated Things)" on November 15.
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IEEE 1547™ DER Interconnection, with Electric Power Systems - A Standards and Conformity Assessment Workshop
Location: PacifiCorp - Lloyd Learning Center, 2265 Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon
Date: October 23, 2017, 8:30AM-5:00PM
Aaron Snyder, Director of Technology Services, will be speaking on Grid Modernization.
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University of Tennessee’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Systers Event
Date: October 25, 2017, 5:00PM
Chandra Pallem and Sarina Adhikari will be giving a brief overview of different types of projects (harmonic and transient types of studies) that EnerNex generally works on. The presentation will also include work on wind plant modeling, GMD studies and more.
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2017 UVIG Fall Technical Workshop
Location: Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee
Dates: October 10 – 12
Bob Zavadil, Executive Vice President of Power Systems, will be chairing a panel session on Wind and Solar Integration Studies.
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