DOE orders PJM to dispatch reserves ahead of a forecast heat spike
A 202(c) emergency order let PJM call on specified resources and use backup generation as a last resort before or during an EEA 3, in force for one day.
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Chile runs its first grid-forming field tests on a 48 MW battery
The National Electricity Coordinator, Engie and Huawei formed an electrical island at the Los Loros BESS, gathering data to set verification criteria for grid-forming plant.
New York approves a $3.26bn, 90-mile line despite offshore wind setbacks
The New York PSC cleared the Propel NY transmission project on 17 September; opponents argued cancelled offshore wind made it unnecessary, but regulators said the state's statutory targets were unchanged.
A study puts 150 GW of extra PV behind 1,313 German rural substations
Fraunhofer IEE, for the solar association BSW-Solar, models batteries absorbing peaks at existing transformers — and says the figure is not verified connection capacity.
Australia's grid hit 80.5% renewables while curtailing 8.4GW
Two records in two days on the NEM, and the same weekend set a curtailment record of 11.1GW. Both numbers describe the same system.
A 76.5MWh battery in Brandenburg can charge only from its own solar
Import capacity agreed at the connection stage was withdrawn after the plant was built, and the storage business case went with it.