EIA Data Reveals California’s Real and Growing Duck Curve Midday solar surfeits, steep evening ramps, and the shifting of a state’s electricity demand-supply balance. We’ve covered the growth of the duck over the half-decade since the term was coined by California state grid operator CAISO, named after the shape of a grid with midday solar … Continue reading EIA Data Reveals California’s Real and Growing #Duck_Curve
San Diego is looking for 500 MW of pumped hydro to integrate renewables San Diego is looking beyond batteries for solutions to match supply and demand of electricity as solar penetrations increase. Lithium-ion batteries have dominated not only conversations about the future of energy storage, but deployment in recent years. The batteries are relatively quick … Continue reading San Diego is looking for 500 MW of pumped hydro to integrate renewables
Bloomberg: August eclipse could hurt 9,000 MW of solar output Grid operators in California and other regions began preparing for the solar eclipse months ago. The California ISO expects to buy more regulation service and more flexible ramping services during the eclipse to fill what could be a 1,365 MW increase in load as a … Continue reading Bloomberg: August #eclipse could hurt 9,000 MW of solar output
Seven electricity providers plan to join CAISO western energy imbalance market Seven electricity providers have announced plans to join the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) western energy imbalance market (EIM) over the next several years, which dispatches electricity-generating resources more frequently than other Western markets. Most markets in the West dispatch generation hourly. The CAISO … Continue reading Seven electricity providers plan to join CAISO western energy imbalance market
Where Have All the Brownouts Gone? A year ago at this time, Pasadenans were warned about the likelihood of summer brownouts and even rolling blackouts. This summer, the outlook is completely different thanks to two factors: a Southern California Gas natural gas shortage has been mitigated, and Pasadena’s new gas turbine Glenarm Power Plant is … Continue reading Where Have All the Brownouts Gone?
There’s Far More Opportunity Than Crisis in California Renewables Curtailment California curtailed renewables this spring. This sets off alarm bells in some quarters because it suggests that solar and wind are overbuilt and present a big challenge to the grid. The concerns, however, are misplaced, and solutions are at hand. Here’s the situation. The California … Continue reading There’s Far More Opportunity Than Crisis in California Renewables Curtailment
The Western U.S. Sub-Hourly Wholesale Electricity Market is Expanding Seven electricity providers in the western portions of the United States and Canada have plans to join the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) western energy imbalance market (EIM) over the next several years. The EIM allows for more frequent dispatch of electricity-generating resources in the region. … Continue reading The Western U.S. Sub-Hourly Wholesale Electricity Market is Expanding
The Indy Explains: Wholesale electric markets, and how they could affect your power bill As Nevada policy makers continue to grapple with critical questions ahead of a 2018 ballot measure that could fundamentally alter the state’s energy market, a commission is taking up an issue that could have a huge effect on residential power bills: … Continue reading Wholesale electric markets, and how they could affect your power bill
Pressed duck: Clipping the curve with energy storage Evidently there’s more than one way to skin a duck. Advocates say, given the right incentives, energy storage could help flatten the duck. The duck, of course, is the “duck curve” made famous by the California ISO as a representation of what happens when mid-day solar power … Continue reading Pressed duck: Clipping the curve with energy storage
San Onofre’s nuclear waste poses no special dangers, national experts say The words “nuclear power” once sent chills down the spines of everyone from schoolchildren to grandparents. During the 1970s and ’80s, televisions routinely broadcast footage of protests against the construction of new reactors. Americans feared that radiation leaks would harm legions of people. In … Continue reading #San_Onofre ‘s nuclear waste poses no special dangers, national experts say
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