Dispatchable solar plus storage likely in ‘near-term future’ Energy storage sources forecast that grid-scale solar will soon be paired with batteries to provide greater control over output. Large-scale deployment of electrical energy storage tied to PV plants is just around the corner, Solarplaza has learned. “When we talk about solar plus storage we talk about … Continue reading Dispatchable solar plus storage likely in ‘near-term future’→
CPUC Rejects Net Metering Rate Increases It has been two years since AB 327 brought the last conflict between California’s rooftop solar industry and the state utilities to an end. California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) was left to decide whether the utilities could impose demand charges, grid access charges, installed capacity fees, standby fees, or … Continue reading #CPUC Rejects #Net_Metering Rate Increases→
6 trends that will shape electric power in 2016 Either the EPA or the groups opposing its Clean Power Plan will enjoy a victory early in 2016, but the CPP’s ultimate fate likely won’t be decided for two more years. The year also will see natural gas and coal continue their ascension and decline, respectively, … Continue reading 6 trends that will shape electric power in 2016→
Solar energy isn’t a baby anymore In his 1790 Report on Manufactures, Alexander Hamilton argued that America’s “infant” industries needed to be protected from competitors in Britain and France in order to achieve what we now call economies of scale. Hamilton’s report was subsequently used to justify the imposition of huge tariffs on U.S. imports, … Continue reading Solar energy isn’t a baby anymore→
Duke Energy’s commercial solar business to offer energy storage When Duke Energy, one of the biggest U.S. electricity providers, purchased its controlling interest in REC Solar, one of the biggest U.S. commercial solar developers, it created a $225 million fund for commercial scale solar development. With the federal investment tax credit for commercial solar expected … Continue reading #Duke_Energy ‘s commercial solar business to offer energy storage→
Disruptive Deceptions: How Electric Utilities Stifled Rooftop Solar In January 2013, the Edison Electric Institute, an investor-owned electric utility trade group based in Washington DC, published a report describing the financial risks posed by distributed energy resources for electric utilities and recommending several strategies for managing them. The report, Disruptive Challenges, served as the opening … Continue reading Disruptive Deceptions: How #Electric_Utilities Stifled Rooftop Solar→
With Rooftop Solar Booming, California Utilities Want to Charge More This winter, solar companies and utilities are headed for a showdown. Regulators will soon be deciding whether Californians installing solar panels will have to pay new monthly fees to their utility, including PG&E and the state’s two other major utilities. The debate, years in the … Continue reading With Rooftop Solar Booming, California Utilities Want to Charge More→
Is TASC splintering the rooftop solar industry? A leading solar advocacy group is drawing criticism from its own industry st as the utility sector begins to embrace solar, the solar industry itself appears to be splintering, with once-allied companies being divided by contentious electricity policy issues on both the national and state level. Earlier this … Continue reading Is #TASC splintering the rooftop solar industry?→
Inside the first fully dispatchable utility solar-storage project in Hawaii Combining solar power and storage may make sense in Hawaii, but does it on the mainland? Hawaii has frequently been cited as a laboratory for renewable energy and these days the same can be said for storage on the island state. Last month SolarCity announced … Continue reading Inside the first fully dispatchable utility solar-storage project in Hawaii→
Solar causing 3x the power plant cycling of wind Littleton, Colorado – Renewable Impacts announces that its research of historical CAISO power plant cycling causality indicates that solar generation is causing substantially more power plant cycling causality than wind. While a 1 percentage point increase in wind energy penetration was found to increase wind cycling … Continue reading Solar causing 3x the power plant cycling of wind→
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