The energy sector is driving job growth, but not where you think Wind, gas and storage jobs are all increasing in the energy sector, but the fastest employment growth isn’t coming from the supply side, according to the 2018 U.S. Energy and Employment Report. It’s energy efficiency that’s creating the most opportunities, the new analysis … Continue reading The energy sector is driving job growth, but not where you think
Tesla is starting to actually become an energy company The voice of Tesla CEO Elon Musk wavered on Tuesday afternoon onstage during the company’s shareholder’s meeting as he described “the most excruciating, hellish few months I think I’ve ever had.” He was referring to Tesla’s struggles to scale up production of the Model 3, a … Continue reading Tesla is starting to actually become an energy company
World’s largest li-ion battery and 707 MW of solar power in Colorado proposal Xcel Energy’s 120-day report to Colorado regulators includes an additional 1.1 GW of wind at 1.1-1.8¢/kWh. Solar power bids have come in at 2.2-2.7¢/kWh, and solar+storage at 3.0-3.2¢/kWh. Back in the quaint days of late 2017, the world was awoke by a … Continue reading World’s largest li-ion battery and 707 MW of solar power in #Colorado proposal
ERCOT’s Summer Peak Demand Forecast: New Investment, Generator Profits, No Blackouts Wholesale electricity markets are in the news, as oversupplied markets drive prices down and force early coal and nuclear retirements. Companies like FirstEnergy have petitioned the federal government for regulatory changes and new market rules to drive up prices and profit margins — but … Continue reading ERCOT ’s Summer Peak Demand Forecast: New Investment, Generator Profits, No Blackouts
PJM region and California dominate US storage via different paths EIA’s snapshot of the battery storage market shows the two jurisdictions dominating. hile much of the U.S. activity surrounding energy storage has been focused on California and the PJM region, the locus of activity is expected to expand as states like New York and Massachusetts … Continue reading PJM region and California dominate US storage via different paths
Arizona Public Service says nuclear plant may close from vote, study disagrees The conflict is heating up over an Arizona ballot measure to promote renewable energy and how it impact the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station — the most powerful nuclear power plant in the United States. Power plant operator Arizona Public Service Co. said … Continue reading #Arizona_Public_Service says nuclear plant may close from vote, study disagrees
‘Liquid Air’ Technology Offers Prospect Of Storing Energy For The Long Term Four years ago, I wrote about a new start-up energy storage technology company that had partnered with GE. This week, that company, Highview Power, has opened the world’s first grid-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant, offering an intriguing and promising alternative to … Continue reading ‘Liquid Air’ Technology Offers Prospect Of Storing Energy For The Long Term
SPP to offer reliability coordination in Western Interconnection power grid The Southwest Power Pool, an electric reliability council operating in the central Southern US roughly from North Dakota to the Texas Panhandle, will begin offering reliability coordination services in the Western Interconnection. The Western Interconnection is a wide area power grid that runs from western … Continue reading SPP to offer reliability coordination in Western Interconnection power grid
How Batteries Will Change the Power Business STERLING, MASS.—Until recently, this tidy, quiet town in central Massachusetts was best known to outsiders for its eight-acre corn maze out by Davis Farmland, and for a little statue near the corner of Main and Park immortalizing the lamb that is said to have followed young Mary Sawyer … Continue reading How Batteries Will Change the Power Business
Imported power doomed Dunkirk’s NRG In New York and elsewhere, when a power plant operator seeks to stop putting power on the grid for economic or whatever reason, they must first be evaluated by the system operator to determine if the power is needed for reliability. When NRG announced that the Dunkirk plant would be … Continue reading Imported power doomed Dunkirk’s #NRG
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