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Analyzing the Impact of the Solar Eclipse on European Power Markets with ZEMA
Solar energy is an important source of power generation in the modern world, and its absence can be equally critical for the power markets. On March 20, 2015, a solar…
CAISO Dealing with Renewable Generation: Staying Competitive with More Data
The ever-evolving deregulated power markets in North America are certainly keeping market participants on their toes. As data volumes and publication frequencies increase, so does the risk of making misinformed…
Impact on Data Collection from Extending MISO’s Empire with MISO South
At midnight on December 18, 2013, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) successfully integrated four additional regions of the electric grid in the southern United States to their existing footprint,…
Follow European Markets Price Coupling with ZEMA
After overcoming a period of setbacks, Europe’s electricity market is on course to initiate the new North-Western Europe (NWE) and South-Western Europe (SWE) integrated market place (IMP) model covering three…
California ISO Unveils Roadmap for Electric Vehicle-Grid Integration
Californians love their cars and have a reputation for being environmentally conscious, so it is no surprise that the state leads the nation in green vehicle purchases. According to the…
Data Management for the New SPP Marketplace
We recently held a complimentary webinar discussing the upcoming changes to the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the various data management challenges stemming from these changes, and how the ZEMA Suite…
SPP’s Changing Marketplace and Managing Its New Data
Join us November 27, 2013 for a complimentary webinar about the upcoming changes to the Southwest Power Pool market. The ZEMA Suite has helped other ISO market participants meet similar…
NYISO’S Growth of Capacity and Transmission Challenge
Source: ZE The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) was founded in 1999, a period of high electricity prices, in hopes that a more competitive marketplace would help bring the…
Micro Grids – Overcoming the Economies of Scale
In business, economy of scale is an important concept of optimizing output while reducing cost per unit of output by increasing the size of production. For example, a larger entity…
Is Pumped Energy Storage the Future of Renewable Energy?
Source: ZE The interconnected network that delivers electricity from producers to consumers, known as the “electric grid,” is facing new changes. Mandatory renewable energy targets are being adopted worldwide, meaning…