What Are Non-Wires Alternatives?
Between increased electric demand and a surge in extreme weather events, utility providers face a mounting challenge to enhance grid resiliency. In the U.S., nearly 83% of all outages between 2000-2021 were attributed to weather-related events. In fact, weather-related outages have increased by around 78% between 2011-2021. Because of this, the Biden Administration has called for real-time reporting on outages to better plot where and when it’s happening. In many cases, enhancing grid resiliency may come with high infrastructure costs like replacing or updating transformers and lines.
Non-Wires Alternatives to Building Transmission
Opportunities for installed combined heat and power (CHP) to increase grid flexibility in the U.S.
The Non-Wires Solutions Implementation Playbook - RMI
Non-Wires Alternative Project (Postponing 3rd Cable) - Town of Nantucket Energy Office
Microgrid Knowledge Dictionary of Energy Acronyms and Definitions
IESO York Region Non-Wires Alternative Demonstration Project
What are non-wires alternatives?
A Snapshot of the US Gigawatt-Scale Non-Wires Alternatives Market
Non-Wires Alternatives for grid expansion: what the U.S. can teach Europe - Energy Post
Utility-Specific Non-Wires Alternatives (NWA) Opportunities
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