New Study Shows How Solar Can Enhance Grid Reliability President Obama’s publication in Science is just the most recent reiteration of how far we have come with clean energy development in the last decade. The question now is not whether we should transition to cleaner sources of energy, but rather how do we do so … Continue reading New Study Shows How Solar Can Enhance Grid Reliability
How and Why Las Vegas Embraced Solar Energy While it’s estimated more than 165,000 attendees walked through the convention centers, ballrooms and casinos at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, very few likely gave a thought to a growing source of energy that has been powering the city’s streetlights, offices and some … Continue reading How and Why Las Vegas Embraced Solar Energy
Lake Tahoe weather: Update on mass power outages across region Placer County has cancelled Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit services for the third consecutive day. The service may resume tomorrow, depending on conditions. The Truckee Donner Public Utility District has issued a statement on the power outages. The statement says “All Customers Currently Out of … Continue reading #Lake_Tahoe weather: Update on mass power outages across region
Praise for the employees of Diablo Canyon Hooray for the hundreds of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant employees who do impeccable work to make sure the power plant delivers 2,250 megawatts of clean energy to the customers who need it and enjoy it. I led tours at Diablo Canyon for 23 years and personally know … Continue reading Praise for the employees of #Diablo_Canyon
SCE awaits third energy storage unit approval Southern California Edison (SCE) is awaiting approval from the California PUC for the third unit within its 27 MW of lithium-ion storage plans. The utility filed in late December with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a Generator Interconnection Agreement with the third of the three, the PPA … Continue reading #SCE awaits third energy storage unit approval
CAISO Expansion in Question as EIM Grows CAISO rang in 2016 with a strong push to expand its operation into PacifiCorp’s sprawling six-state service territory, but the project hit a stumbling block by mid-year as skeptics called on the ISO to slow its regionalization effort. A 2015 state law requires the grid operator and state … Continue reading CAISO Expansion in Question as #EIM Grows
Southern California Edison files interconnect for 2 MW energy storage project Southern California Edison (SCE) on Dec. 20 filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a Generator Interconnection Agreement with PPA Grand Johanna LLC for a 2 MW storage project. The utility also filed a notice of cancellation of a prior Engineering, Design, Procurement and … Continue reading #Southern_California_Edison files interconnect for 2 MW energy storage project
A Western Regional Electricity Market Would Be a Boon for Corporate Renewables Buyers What would an expansion of the California wholesale market to a broader Western regional market mean for businesses looking to buy renewable energy? We recently tried to answer that question at a seminar. After a stimulating discussion with representatives from Fix the … Continue reading A Western Regional Electricity Market Would Be a Boon for Corporate Renewables Buyers
Las Vegas’s city government is now powered by 100% renewable energy, and more cities will follow Ten years of effort finally paid off for Las Vegas this week when officials announced the city government will now be powered entirely by renewable energy. After a large solar array, Boulder Solar 1, came online on Dec. 12, … Continue reading #Las_Vegas ’s city government is now powered by 100% renewable energy, and more cities will follow
Southern Company’s Garland Solar Facility Comes Online Southern Power, a subsidiary of electric utility holding firm Southern Company SO recently issued a joint statement with Recurrent Energy, a unit of Canadian Solar Inc. CSIQ, announcing that their 200-megawatt (MW) Garland Solar Facility in California has come online. Garland Solar Facility, which uses approximately 723,000 Canadian … Continue reading Southern Company’s #Garland Solar Facility Comes Online #SO
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