CAISO Plans Upgrades To Boost Renewable Energy Management With a continued goal of operating a cleaner energy grid, the California Independent System Operator Corp.’s (CAISO) board of governors has approved several proposals that CAISO says will support improved integration of energy storage and demand response resources in the wholesale electricity market. The board has also … Continue reading CAISO Plans Upgrades To Boost Renewable Energy Management→
Penn State project explores shrubs as renewable energy STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Some people look at the scraggly kind of trees that grow on the side of road and think of them as woody weeds. At Penn State, there are other people who look at them and see a source of power. It’s called … Continue reading #Penn_State project explores shrubs as renewable energy→
Revolutionizing Battery Storage Key to Fast Tracking Renewables The grid has not changed much since the days of Thomas Edison, George Crabtree, senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, told PBS’s The Good Stuff in the video below. While other industries have made dramatic advances in the last century, he said, the electrical grid has remained … Continue reading Revolutionizing Battery Storage Key to Fast Tracking Renewables→
How Utilities are Leading the Renewable Revolution THERE IS A MYTH that the electric power industry is not committed to renewable energy. Frankly, I think the facts speak for themselves. EEI’s members are transitioning to a cleaner generating fleet and are enhancing the electric power grid to meet the needs of our 21st-century economy. Not … Continue reading How #Utilities are Leading the Renewable Revolution→
A balancing act for renewables Energy storage will play a key role in increasing the use of variable energy sources. Nonetheless, storage is not the only balancing option and the overall design of power systems will incorporate a range of flexible generation, storage and grid-balancing options of different types and scales. Some renewable energy sources, … Continue reading A balancing act for renewables→
Vermont regulators approve new line to bring Canadian renewables to New England Clean Power Link construction will begin in 2016 and the line should be in service by 2019. By then, ISO-New England estimates it could need up to 6,300 MW of new capacity and the new hydro and wind from the Clean Power Link … Continue reading #Vermont regulators approve new line to bring Canadian renewables to New England→
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→
Vermont Approves HVDC to Deliver Canadian Renewables to New England Vermont’s Public Service Board has issued siting approval for the New England Clean Power Link Transmission Line, which will carry Canadian hydro and wind energy to the Northeast. The 1,000-megawatt Clean Power Link will run about 150 miles from the U.S.-Canadian border, travel under Lake … Continue reading Vermont Approves HVDC to Deliver Canadian Renewables to New England→
10 Key Energy Trends To Watch for in 2016 What can we expect in 2016? Here is a rundown of some key trends to watch for: 1. U.S. oil production contracts. Oil output in the U.S. has declined by about 300,000 barrels per day to 9.3 million barrels per day (mb/d). Most energy prognosticators, including … Continue reading 10 Key Energy Trends To Watch for in 2016→
PUD officially pulls the plug on tidal-energy project EVERETT — Snohomish County Public Utility District is closing the book on its mulitmillion-dollar experiment to draw electricity from ocean tides. The PUD has asked federal regulators to cancel its license for the project, which the district stopped working on in September 2014. The project “is no … Continue reading PUD officially pulls the plug on #tidal_energy project→
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