CAISO Tariff Changes Facilitate Participation of Small Renewable and Storage Technologies in California Energy Markets On June 2, 2016, FERC approved revisions to the California Independent System Operator’s open access transmission tariff that facilitate the participation of small, distribution level energy generation, storage and demand-related resources in the CAISO wholesale energy and ancillary services markets. … Continue reading CAISO Tariff Changes Facilitate Participation of Small Renewable and Storage Technologies in California Energy Markets→
Uranium Seawater Extraction Makes Nuclear Power Completely Renewable America, Japan and China are racing to be the first nation to make nuclear energy completely renewable. The hurdle is making it economic to extract uranium from seawater, because the amount of uranium in seawater is truly inexhaustible. And it seems America is in the lead. New … Continue reading Uranium Seawater Extraction Makes Nuclear Power Completely Renewable→
Energy Storage For Renewable Energy Set To Total 45.1 GW In Next Decade The market for energy storage systems for renewable energy integration is expected to reach 45.1 GW between 2015 to 2025, according to Navigant Research. The new report from Navigant Research, Energy Storage for Renewables Integration, examines the market for energy storage systems … Continue reading Energy Storage For Renewable Energy Set To Total 45.1 GW In Next Decade→
Energy storage for renewables can be a good investment today, study finds Utility companies or others planning to install renewable energy systems such as solar and wind farms have to decide whether to include large-scale energy storage systems that can capture power when it’s available and release it on demand. This decision may be critical … Continue reading Energy storage for renewables can be a good investment today, study finds→
Elon Musks Tries to Create One Green Company to Save The World Musk looks to consolidate his renewable energy empire Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla has offered to buy SolarCity in a deal valued at $2.5 to $3 billion, a bid that would position the combined company to become a vertically integrated clean energy … Continue reading Elon Musks Tries to Create One Green Company to Save The World→
Shell CEO warns against rapid switch to renewables Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden says he is wary of switching completely to renewables as it may threaten the very survival of the company. “We cannot do it overnight because it could mean the end of the company,” he said. “It will take an unprecedented amount … Continue reading #Shell CEO warns against rapid switch to renewables→
Unlikely casualty in California’s renewable energy boom: natural gas (Reuters) – In February of 2001, then California Governor Gray Davis stood at the site of Calpine Corp’s new Sutter natural gas power plant and unveiled his plan to fast-track construction of similar stations to add 20,000 megawatts of modern, efficient generation to the state in … Continue reading Unlikely casualty in California’s renewable energy boom: natural gas→
Calculating the costs of adding storage to renewables The two fastest growing sources of renewable energy, wind and solar, are intermittent—they don’t always generate power when you need them to. The obvious solution is to add storage, like batteries, to shift some of the electricity to when demand is highest. Elon Musk is betting a … Continue reading Calculating the costs of adding storage to renewables→
Electric Utilities Prepare for a Grid Dominated by Renewable Energy “We have to think about the system as a renewable-energy-based system complemented by other things.” A growing number of electric industry leaders agree that it’s only a matter of time before renewable energy resources dominate their grid systems. In California, it’s already a reality, said … Continue reading Electric Utilities Prepare for a Grid Dominated by Renewable Energy→
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