Calpine to Take Uneconomic CCGT Plant Offline in Calif. Calpine Corp. will idle a 578-MW natural gas–fired combined cycle (CCGT) power plant in northern California for likely the remainder of the year. The Houston-headquartered company told POWER on January 15 that it will put the 2001-built Sutter Energy Center in Yuba City in “cold layup.” … Continue reading #Calpine to Take Uneconomic #CCGT Plant Offline in Calif.
ISO Public Meeting Begins Work to Transform Into Regional Grid FOLSOM, CA–(Marketwired – January 14, 2016) – The California Independent System Operator Corp. (ISO) will host a public meeting on February 8 to gather input on studies required by California Senate Bill 350, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act. Signed into law last fall, … Continue reading ISO Public Meeting Begins Work to Transform Into Regional Grid
eMotorWerks Wins Contracts For Participation In CAISO’s Demand Response Auction Mechanism All 3 major investor-owned utility companies in California have awarded demand response contracts to the electric vehicle charging solutions company eMotorWerks, according to a new press release. The contracts regard participation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Demand Response Auction Mechanism (DRAM) — … Continue reading #eMotorWerks Wins Contracts For Participation In CAISO ’s Demand Response Auction Mechanism #DRAM
Solar moves ahead of wind, hydro in California fuel mix, toward 10% of state’s power The rise of solar in California has been rapid and the impact of the state’s four-year drought has been powerful. Three years earlier, in 2012, solar was 0.9% of CAISO’s generation mix while wind was 4% and hydro was 9.3% … Continue reading Solar moves ahead of wind, hydro in California fuel mix, toward 10% of state’s power
Solar is in, biomass energy is out—and farmers are struggling to dispose of woody waste It should have been a good year for turning wood and waste into electrons. A record-setting drought forced growers to bulldoze thousands of acres of trees, and hardly anyone in the Central Valley has permission to light bonfires anymore. But … Continue reading Solar is in, biomass energy is out—and farmers are struggling to dispose of woody waste
California muni ditches San Juan plant ownership to be coal free by the end of 2017 SVP’s decision to divest its stake in the controversial San Juan coal-generation station comes on the heels of a December 2015 decision by New Mexico’s utility regulators to allow PNM to continue burning coal at the coal plant while … Continue reading California muni ditches San Juan plant ownership to be coal free by the end of 2017
PG&E plays coy on the future of Diablo Canyon nuclear plant California’s pioneering role in nuclear power started in 1957, when Southern California Edison powered up the nation’s first civilian commercial nuclear plant at Santa Susana to provide electricity to the neighboring city of Moorpark. That 60-year history may be coming to an end. Its … Continue reading #PGE plays coy on the future of #Diablo_Canyon nuclear plant
Can Gavin Newsom close California’s last nuclear plant? Gavin Newsom has a prediction about California’s last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon: It won’t stay open another 10 years. And due to a quirk of Diablo’s complicated history, he could have a hand in closing it. Diablo sits on a coastal bluff near San Luis Obispo … Continue reading Can Gavin Newsom close California’s last nuclear plant?
Palo Verde nuclear power plant continues to defy desert TONOPAH – Many scientists and engineers consider the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station to be a feat of engineering because it’s not near a large body of water – unlike other nuclear power plants around the world. Mike McLaughlin, general manager at Palo Verde, has worked … Continue reading #Palo_Verde nuclear power plant continues to defy desert
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