No Industry Immune To Blockchain Technology, Not Even The Electricity World The electricity world may soon be altered in unimaginable ways. Change will come in small increments thanks to so-called blockchain technologies — the ability to conduct “peer-to-peer” transactions and to eliminate the middlemen, or the ones who scoop up a notable percentage of the … Continue reading No Industry Immune To Blockchain Technology, Not Even The Electricity World→
New York Lays Out Plan For Accelerating Energy Storage Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has announced the release of New York’s Energy Storage Roadmap, which is designed to support the governor’s energy storage target of 1.5 GW by 2025. New York State currently has approximately 60 MW of advanced energy storage capacity deployed with another … Continue reading #New_York Lays Out Plan For Accelerating Energy Storage→
Alphabet is in talks to spin out its molten-salt storage play Alphabet’s X research division appears to be in discussions to spin out Project Malta, a molten-salt energy storage project, in a transaction involving Bill Gates’s $1 billion investment fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures. It’s unclear if any deal is finalized, or how much money might … Continue reading #Alphabet is in talks to spin out its molten-salt storage play #Google→
What Will It Take to Build the Market for Virtual Power Plants? Standards and protocols top the list of measures needed to build the VPP market. Also, maybe stop calling them virtual power plants. Mark Dyson wants the energy industry to retire one of its favorite pieces of jargon. Dyson, a principal with Rocky Mountain … Continue reading What Will It Take to Build the Market for Virtual Power Plants?→
Mercedes-Benz turns coal power plant into energy storage system with electric car batteries Daimler, through its subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Energy and with partners, is turning a coal power plant into a large energy storage facility using over a thousand modules from its electric car battery packs. Like Tesla and its ‘Tesla Energy’ division, Mercedes-Benz is leveraging … Continue reading Mercedes-Benz turns coal power plant into energy storage system with electric car batteries→
Projected US renewables could accelerate power price volatility — what can grid operators do? New forecasts say the high penetrations of renewables coming onto the U.S. power system by 2030 could accelerate recent isolated instances of negative and spiking prices in wholesale markets. Research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) shows higher renewables penetrations could … Continue reading Projected US renewables could accelerate power price volatility — what can grid operators do?→
No need for more gas infrastructure A new analysis done by the regional electric grid operator, ISO-New England, confirms what experts have said for years: New England doesn’t need expensive new gas pipelines to keep the lights on and our homes warm during harsh winters. Instead, the clean power and energy efficiency we are already … Continue reading No need for more gas infrastructure→
DOE Prepares Bailout for Unprofitable Power Plants The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has said that the country has ample power to supply market needs. FERC intervened and stopped an attempt by the Department of Energy (DOE) to pick winners and losers in the energy market when it unanimously rejected DOE’s proposal to bailout nuclear … Continue reading DOE Prepares Bailout for Unprofitable Power Plants→
JCP&L controversial Monmouth power line faces final vote Jersey Central Power & Light’s quest to build an $111 million high voltage line between Aberdeen and Red Bank is coming down to the wire. The state Board of Public Utilities is due to decide JCP&L’s request at its Friday public meeting, more than three months after … Continue reading #JCPL controversial #Monmouth power line faces final vote→
PJM: Capacity Performance rules improved generator results, though less for coal and oil PJM Interconnection has completed the first assessment of its new Capacity Performance (CP) generator standards, concluding that the enhanced payments and penalties did spur widespread improvements in generator performance — though not for coal and oil units. The grid operator said it … Continue reading PJM: Capacity Performance rules improved generator results, though less for coal and oil→
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