Learning to fly: How technology can help solve the ‘duck curve’ Solar power’s “duck-curve” problem – where solar production and demand peaks don’t align – is rearing its head where grid operators are at the cutting edge of clean energy, recent analysis shows. The good news for utilities across the U.S. is that operators are … Continue reading Learning to fly: How technology can help solve the ‘duck curve’
CAISO Issues Revised Proposal CAISO last week released a final draft proposal to expand the definition of a “load-serving entity” to include organizations purchasing wholesale power to serve their own needs. The ISO’s latest draft seeks to address market participants’ concerns that the wording of the initial proposal could subject them to unwanted obligations. (See … Continue reading CAISO Issues Revised Proposal to Expand #LSE Definition
Tesla Tapped To Supply Power To Los Angeles: World’s Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Project To Be Completed By Year End Tesla Energy has been tapped to build what it claims to be the biggest lithium-ion battery storage project in the world. Once completed, the Powerpacks will supply grid-scale power to Los Angeles, as Southern California looks … Continue reading #Tesla Tapped To Supply Power To #Los =_Angeles: World’s Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Project To Be Completed By Year End
Convergent Energy + Power Awarded 35 MW Energy Storage Project NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Sep 15, 2016) – Convergent Energy + Power, a market-leading energy storage asset developer, has contracted to deliver a 35-megawatt (MW), 140 megawatt-hour system to provide targeted electric capacity and other benefits to the California grid. The project was approved by … Continue reading Convergent Energy + Power Awarded 35 MW Energy Storage Project
How Utility Came to See Energy Efficiency, Renewables As Better Deal Than Nuclear Power Pacific Gas & Electric, California’s biggest utility, made big news recently by proposing to shut down California’s last in-state nuclear power plant: the Diablo Canyon power plant. The even bigger splash is that PG&E is arguing that replacing Diablo’s output with … Continue reading How Utility Came to See Energy Efficiency, Renewables As Better Deal Than Nuclear Power
Irvine, Calif., Business District Getting 2 MW Energy Storage System Powin Energy, a manufacturer and developer of scalable energy storage systems for commercial and utility customers, has been chosen by Southern California Edison to build a 2 MW/8 MWh energy storage system in Irvine, Calif. According to Powin, the selection is a result of the … Continue reading Irvine, Calif., Business District Getting 2 MW Energy Storage System
Protests filed over the details of proposed Diablo Canyon shutdown It’s been less than three months since Pacific Gas & Electric, along with an assortment of groups including environmentalists, announced its intention to shut down the last remaining nuclear power plant in California — Diablo Canyon. Now the protests have been filed. And the groups … Continue reading Protests filed over the details of proposed #Diablo_Canyon shutdown
Utilities meet tight energy storage deadline Fewer than four months ago, the still-emerging energy storage industry faced a big challenge. With the Aliso Canyon natural gas field in Los Angeles essentially out of commission after a massive leak, the California Public Utilities Commission called on San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison to … Continue reading Utilities meet tight energy storage deadline
California Grapples With the Pros and Cons of Joining a Regional Western Grid The 20-year struggle to create a cohesive western power grid has entered a new phase, with a strong push by the California Independent System Operator to expand membership to other utilities in the West. CAISO brought together over 800 stakeholders from across … Continue reading California Grapples With the Pros and Cons of Joining a Regional Western Grid
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