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#California is this close to its boldest energy target yet: 100% clean electricity

California is this close to its boldest energy target yet: 100% clean electricity What you need to know about the bill, how it got passed, and what it means. California is one signature away from committing to 100 percent clean electricity. If it does so, it will become the most significant political jurisdiction in the … Continue reading #California is this close to its boldest energy target yet: 100% clean electricity

The energy industry is being disrupted – and traditional firms can’t keep up

The energy industry is being disrupted – and traditional firms can’t keep up The electricity sector is experiencing a profound disruptive shock. This is due to technological innovation including the falling costs of renewables and energy storage, along with tougher environmental policies and regulatory reform. These changes are most apparent in Australia, the EU and … Continue reading The energy industry is being disrupted – and traditional firms can’t keep up

EIM hits record benefits, lower GHG emissions

EIM hits record benefits, lower GHG emissions The Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM), California ISO’s real-time electricity market, reported benefits totaling more than $71 million during the second quarter of 2018, the largest single-quarter savings since the market opened in 2014. The previous quarterly high of $42 million was set in first three months of … Continue reading EIM hits record benefits, lower GHG emissions

#Amazon Adding 4 MW Solar System & 28 Tesla Powerpacks To UK Fulfillment Center

Amazon Adding 4 MW Solar System & 28 Tesla Powerpacks To UK Fulfillment Center 3 MW of power were going to be added to the company’s existing facilities in Rugeley and Daventry as well as its newest location at Doncaster. Now comes word that Amazon’s fulfillment center in Tilbury will add 4.074 MW of rooftop … Continue reading #Amazon Adding 4 MW Solar System & 28 Tesla Powerpacks To UK Fulfillment Center

#China Doubled Its Battery Storage Capacity In Just Six Months

China Doubled Its Battery Storage Capacity In Just Six Months China is looking to boost its energy storage market and projects as it adds growing renewable power capacities. At the end of last year, the Chinese authorities issued a unified nationwide policy to boost the energy storage industry that has been lagging behind other countries … Continue reading #China Doubled Its Battery Storage Capacity In Just Six Months

California approves bill to limit utility liability for wildfires, but not CAISO expansion

California approves bill to limit utility liability for wildfires, but not CAISO expansion California state legislators put in a lot of work last week to advance a number of policy priorities impacting utilities, working right up to midnight on Friday, when the 2018 legislative session ended. While a number of bills were approved, including a … Continue reading California approves bill to limit utility liability for wildfires, but not CAISO expansion

Grid-connected battery energy capacity grew 68 percent last year

Grid-connected battery energy capacity grew 68 percent last year A utility survey shows battery storage capacity growing sharply, including solar + storage installations in several states. Looking ahead, FERC Order 841 could spark extensive new storage for grid services, helping more utilities become familiar with storage and its benefits. U.S. utilities increased their battery energy … Continue reading Grid-connected battery energy capacity grew 68 percent last year

Blockchain could help China’s push for decentralized energy

Blockchain could help China’s push for decentralized energy Large utility companies have long held a monopoly on electricity production. Since the late 1800s both state-owned and privately-held enterprises have taken advantage of economies of scale to profit from the creation and distribution of power. The situation in China is no different. A push for energy … Continue reading Blockchain could help China’s push for decentralized energy

#MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy

MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy How can the world achieve the deep carbon emissions reductions that are necessary to slow or reverse the impacts of climate change? The authors of a new MIT study say that unless nuclear energy is meaningfully incorporated into the global mix of low-carbon energy … Continue reading #MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy