One Year After Oyster Creek Shutdown, 3.1M Tons of New Carbon Emissions Spike in region’s carbon pollution exacerbated the challenge of addressing climate change; to achieve our climate goals, we must preserve existing nuclear plants Since the Oyster Creek nuclear plant closed its doors in September 2018, grid operators turned to power plants that burn … Continue reading One Year After #Oyster_Creek Shutdown, 3.1M Tons of New Carbon Emissions→
Stem Confirms It’s Looking for Potential Buyers The energy storage pioneer has a new growth story to tell around selling through solar installer partners. Bay-Area startup Stem used to sell standalone batteries to save businesses money on their utility bills. Now the company increasingly reaches customers through channel partners in the solar industry, and that … Continue reading #Stem Confirms It’s Looking for Potential Buyers→
Meteoric rise in demand of high-voltage cables in utility sector The total primary energy consumption in the U.S. was recorded at 101.3 quadrillion Btu in 2018 and is expected to witness consistent growth over the years, owing to the surging penetration of data centers and large communication base stations across the region. High-voltage cables allow … Continue reading Meteoric rise in demand of high-voltage cables in utility sector→
Solar Industry Waits to Assess Ripple Effects From China’s Coronavirus Outbreak The impact for the solar and storage industries will depend on how quickly China’s enormous clean energy supply chain can return to full production. The novel coronavirus, a respiratory illness that’s sickened more than 17,000 and killed more than 360 people in China as … Continue reading Solar Industry Waits to Assess Ripple Effects From #China ’s #Coronavirus Outbreak→
California has big clean energy ambitions, and is looking for better energy storage to realize them Lithium-ion batteries have dominated the storage space for the last decade, largely due to declining costs caused by global build-out of storage manufacturing capacity for electric vehicle markets, according to Burwen. The technology is also familiar to the financial … Continue reading #California has big clean energy ambitions, and is looking for better energy storage to realize them→
Retaining outmoded monopolies and coal plants keeps Indiana in the Dark Ages The Indiana statehouse is abuzz as state utilities plan to shutter thousands of megawatts of coal-fired power plants in the coming years. Unfortunately, a false panic about electricity reliability may translate into an unnecessary expansion of bureaucratic review of retiring coal plants via … Continue reading Retaining outmoded monopolies and coal plants keeps #Indiana in the Dark Ages→
FERC accepts part of NYISO storage plan The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Dec. 19 accepted in part, and rejected in part, a filing submitted by the New York Independent System Operator to comply with the requirements of rules aimed at removing barriers to the participation of energy storage resources (ESRs) in wholesale power markets … Continue reading FERC accepts part of NYISO storage plan→
Alaska electric utility pairs with Tesla for battery system ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (AP) — An Alaska utility is working with electric car maker Tesla to install an industrial battery system to quickly release stored power into grids, an official said. Homer Electric Association announced the contract with California-based Tesla for the utility’s power plant in Soldotna, … Continue reading Alaska electric utility pairs with Tesla for battery system→
FERC Orders PJM to Expand Minimum Offer Price Rule The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on December 19, 2019, directed PJM Interconnection to extend its minimum offer price rule (MOPR) from new natural gas–fired electric generators to also cover any generator that receives or is entitled to receive certain types of state subsidies. The rule … Continue reading FERC Orders PJM to Expand Minimum Offer Price Rule→
Yes, Solar Plus Storage is Cost Effective As shown in a recent RMI report, battery energy storage costs are less than a fifth of what they were a decade ago. This is enabling batteries to become cost-effective in a growing list of locations and use cases, such as balancing the grid, reducing customer demand peaks, … Continue reading Yes, Solar Plus Storage is Cost Effective→
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