Unexpected outages, intense heat behind ISO-NE Labor Day price spike ISO-NE’s Monday conditions show how quickly errors in load forecasting and unplanned outages can translate into price spikes in the region’s real-time market. The ISO planned for 22,800 MW of demand at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, but real demand topped 23,100 MW, according to the … Continue reading Unexpected outages, intense heat behind ISO-NE Labor Day price spike
California regulators approve measures to propel energy storage, DERs Several of the proposals approved by CAISO’s board on Wednesday were part of the third and final phase of the Energy Storage and Distributed Energy Resources (ESDER) initiative that stakeholders launched to foster greater participation of those resources in the wholesale market. The proposals remove one … Continue reading #California regulators approve measures to propel energy storage, DERs
Tesla Energy is quietly setting its sights on peaker plants Behind the spotlights trained on the Model 3 production ramp and Elon Musk’s online behavior, Tesla’s Energy business is quietly growing and spreading its reach. Tesla notes that its deployment of stationary batteries, which are designed to supply electricity to residential homes, businesses, and even … Continue reading #Tesla Energy is quietly setting its sights on peaker plants
US has gone past 1GWh of installed battery capacity, with help from utilities US utilities deployed more than 520MWh of energy storage on their networks in 2017, bringing the country’s cumulative installed capacity of grid-connected energy storage systems to over 1GWh, trade organisation Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has found. By the end of 2017, … Continue reading US has gone past 1GWh of installed battery capacity, with help from utilities
Why Batteries May Not Be The Climate Savior We All Want Them To Be People who talk and write about renewable energy technologies and climate change often declare that the next Big Breakthrough that is needed is in batteries connected to the electric grid. Even mainstream publications like The Boston Globe are fascinated by the … Continue reading Why Batteries May Not Be The Climate Savior We All Want Them To Be
Who needs batteries: pumped storage ‘lake battery’ planned for Baja California With solar and pumped storage, Mexico could become energy self-sufficient We were on our way to Huilotán, a jungly ecopark located deep in a canyon just north of Guadalajara. How the subject of lithium batteries came up, I don’t know, but we were discussing … Continue reading Who needs batteries: pumped storage ‘lake battery’ planned for #Baja_California
Distributed solar saved ISO-NE consumers $20M during July heatwave, report says Distributed solar reduced New England wholesale power costs by nearly $20 million dollars during a heat wave from July 1 to July 7, according to a new analysis completed by Synapse Energy Economics. During peak hours for electricity demand, distributed solar can reduce load … Continue reading Distributed solar saved ISO-NE consumers $20M during July heatwave, report says
Governors’ coalition: FERC PJM capacity market order went too far Washington — Order targeted impact of renewable, nuclear subsidies FERC must let states choose own energy mix: coalition The Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition on Wednesday urged the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to abandon its plan to revamp the capacity market in PJM … Continue reading Governors’ coalition: FERC PJM capacity market order went too far
Solar creates savings amid heat wave, but industry growth cools As Vermonters cranked air conditioners during July, one of the hottest months on record, solar power in the state was responsible for $1.3 million in energy savings, according to one of the state’s largest renewable energy companies. Across New England, solar led to almost $20 … Continue reading Solar creates savings amid heat wave, but industry growth cools
Facebook Pledges to Buy 100% Renewable Energy by 2020 Facebook committed Tuesday to contract renewable energy for all of its electricity consumption by 2020. The social media giant consumes an ample amount of electricity to power its data centers around the world. The company previously committed to procuring 50 percent renewable power, and surpassed that … Continue reading #Facebook Pledges to Buy 100% Renewable Energy by 2020
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