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The shift to clean energy is triggering growing concerns about the sustainability, resilience, and integration of the power sector’s complex supply chains. Here are five trends to watch. The power sector’s
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This month's market recap blog covering the U.S. Power market is now available. In this blog, we share use content for industry leaders in this critical market. Read about: – Industry Drivers and Projects – Notable M&A – Interesting Reads – July and August Power Meetings and Events
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Manages the 24/7 real-time operation function. Oversees employees that determine system energy balancing requirements, schedule power, and dispatch generation resources during all hours to maintain system balance between supply and demand. Ensures compliance with applicable NERC standards. Strives for lowest net power cost solutions for customers. Responsible for selecting, coaching, and developing employees and implementing and supporting company programs and policies.
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Countries throughout the world have set carbon emission reduction targets in an effort to limit the effects of climate change. Many are striving to achieve net zero in coming decades. Yet, governments also want to maintain, or even improve, living standards for their citizens, which means keeping power affordable and reliable. This poses some potentially conflicting priorities.
“I think one of the most important topics we’re dealing with right now is how fast can we decarbonize the power generation and the electricity generation in the societies around us,” Karim Amin, executive board member with Siemens Energy, said as a guest on The POWER Podcast. “But on the other hand side, we also see the importance of security of supply. I mean, the world needs reliable electricity. It’s very important not only for the economic development, but for the very same life that we have.”
Amin acknowledged that adding more renewable energy is important. “There is no doubt that we need more and more and faster deployment of renewables,” he said.…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is urging the development of more diverse solar PV supply chains, suggesting the sector’s heavy reliance on China has led to imbalances that pose risks to its future growth.
A dedicated study of the world’s solar PV supply chain issued by the Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization on July 7 acknowledges that government policies in China have contributed to a cost decline for solar PV of more than 80% through economies of scale and continuous innovation. But because global manufacturing capacity for solar panels has increasingly moved out of Europe, Japan, and the U.S. and into China over the past decade, China’s share in all key solar panel manufacturing stages now exceeds 80%. For key elements, including polysilicon and wafers, China’s share “is set to rise to more than 95% in the coming years, based on current manufacturing capacity under construction,” the agency said.
However, this concentration of PV supply chains poses specific vulnerability and risks to the industry that the world is banking on to achieve substantial decarbonization, it said.…
In May 2020, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) published a model procurement contract for cybersecurity supply chain risk, which is available for download. The foresight shown by EEI in this 2020 artifact is astute and profound on several fronts, as these concepts are now considered mainstream best practices for software supply chains in 2022. The May 2020 release of this contract model..
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