Major changes seen in power supply sector THE POWER sector looks poised for a reset with a push towards renewable energy (RE) and the return of competitive bidding in awarding contracts. On Thursday, the Energy, Green Technology, Science and Climate Change Ministry said it has cancelled four independent power producer (IPP) contracts that were awarded … Continue reading Major changes seen in power supply sector
New investor-backed campaign targets a trillion dollars for US renewables Clean energy investors want policies to bring green dollars to the red, white and blue. There may be a trillion-dollar opportunity in U.S. renewable energy. The “phenomenally abundant” mix of wind, solar and other renewables makes the U.S. one of the most likely places in … Continue reading New investor-backed campaign targets a trillion dollars for US renewables
Stored energy helped GMP save $500K during heatwave Vermont Business Magazine The heat wave is over, the numbers are in, and Green Mountain Power’s innovative network of Tesla Powerwall batteries in customers’ homes, and larger community storage with solar installations, helped GMP cut carbon and costs for customers. GMP leveraged stored energy to accomplish the … Continue reading Stored energy helped GMP save $500K during heatwave
NRG Ends Effort to Repower Dunkirk Plant NRG Energy will not restart its Dunkirk power plant in western New York, with the company on July 11 saying the cost to reconnect the facility to the state’s electric grid prohibits reopening the retired coal-fired plant as a natural gas-fueled facility. David Gaier, an NRG spokesman, told … Continue reading #NRG Ends Effort to Repower #Dunkirk Plant
Tesla Proposes its Largest Energy Storage Project: 1.1 GWh in the California Desert Tesla has partnered with California’s Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to submit a proposal for Tesla’s largest energy storage project to date; one that’s capable of producing up to 1.1GWh. According to Popular Mechanics, the two entities want to build a lithium-ion … Continue reading Tesla Proposes its Largest Energy Storage Project: 1.1 GWh in the California Desert
The Energy Companies Fighting For EV Charging Dominance Oil companies and utilities won’t dispute that electric vehicles are on the cusp of becoming mass market. Their battle will be more over which business will dominate the booming charging infrastructure that will go along with it. BP and Shell have charging company acquisitions in the works, … Continue reading The Energy Companies Fighting For EV Charging Dominance
Exploding transmission costs are the missing story in California’s regionalization debate California needs a serious conversation about the exploding costs of transmission. In the current debate about whether to implement a western regional transmission operator (RTO) through the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) expansion, the missing discussion is how much it will cost to build … Continue reading Exploding transmission costs are the missing story in California’s regionalization debate
FERC Nixes PJM’s Fixes for Capacity Market Besieged by Subsidized Resources In a 3–2 decision, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected approaches filed by PJM Interconnection to reform its capacity market, whose integrity and effectiveness has been increasingly and “untenably threatened” by state subsidies for preferred generation resources, the federal regulatory body acknowledged. The … Continue reading FERC Nixes PJM ’s Fixes for Capacity Market Besieged by Subsidized Resources
FERC Thwarts ISO-NE’s Attempt to Keep Mystic Gas Units Online The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 2 denied ISO-New England’s (ISO-NE’s) request for a tariff waiver to keep two gas-fired units—a total capacity of 1,700 MW—at Exelon’s Mystic Generating Plant in Boston, Massachusetts, running to address “fuel security risks.” The commission instead gave … Continue reading FERC Thwarts ISONE ’s Attempt to Keep #Mystic Gas Units Online
Heat wave puts Southern California power grid under pressure With a heat wave bearing down on Southern California, officials from San Diego Gas & Electric and the managers of the state’s electric grid are working to make sure the power system doesn’t wilt. A high pressure system is forecast to send temperatures as high as … Continue reading Heat wave puts Southern California power grid under pressure
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