SDG&E hits renewable record amid state solar spike Washington, 27 August (Argus) — San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) set a renewable generation delivery mark last week as the California grid records ever-rising solar use. The investor-owned utility, which serves 3.4mn customers in southern California, said it had 1,042MW of wind and solar capacity running … Continue reading #SDGE hits renewable record amid state solar spike
Emails Show Koch Industries Backed Effort to Undermine Renewable Energy in Kansas Emails and financial documents released by the University of Kansas on Thursday reveal earmarked funding from Koch Industries to develop research used to lobby against the state renewable energy standard. On November 12, 2013, Art Hall, the director of the university’s Center for … Continue reading Emails Show #Koch_Industries Backed Effort to Undermine Renewable Energy in #Kansas
Recent FERC Decision Provides Welcome News for Operators, Many Renewable Energy Generators In late July, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a ruling to help ISO-New England more effectively manage congestion on its grid due to growing renewable energy generation. Due to the intermittent nature of renewable generation, operators nationwide cannot predict when transmission … Continue reading Recent FERC Decision Provides Welcome News for Operators, Many Renewable #Energy_Generators
Favorable weather helps SDG&E and CAISO both set renewables records Last week the sun was bright, the wind blew, and Californian’s got more renewable power than ever before. SDG&E said that on Aug. 19, at 12:51 p.m., the utility hit a new record of 1,042 MW of renewable generation on its power grid. “A combination … Continue reading Favorable weather helps #SDG&E and CAISO both set renewable s records
Ice Energy Opening New R&D Center to Develop New Thermal Energy Storage Solutions RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Ice Energy, a leading provider of thermal energy storage systems, announced it will launch a new research and development center located in Riverside, California, this summer. Among other projects, Ice Energy will pursue a line of smaller residential solutions … Continue reading #Ice_Energy Opening New R&D Center to Develop New #Thermal_Energy_Storage Solutions
Renewables May Soon Be Ready to Replace Nuclear Power in New York NEW YORK – New York state could soon be generating enough renewable energy to replace the nuclear power produced at the 40-year-old Indian Point Energy Center in Westchester County. This week, Governor Cuomo celebrated the “topping off” of construction of Solar City, a … Continue reading Renewables May Soon Be Ready to Replace Nuclear Power in #New_York
What CPP? Utilities already ahead of renewable goals The Clean Power Plan (CPP), officially released this week, is meant to help utilities reduce carbon emissions — among other things — but many utilities are well on their way already. Texas utility Austin Energy said that, while they support the implementation of the CPP, they have … Continue reading What CPP? #Utilities already ahead of renewable goals
ISO-NE Tariff Changes Make Renewables More Easily Dispatchable The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted revisions to the ISO-NE Tariff that make wind and hydropower resources more readily dispatchable (ER15-1509). The changes “will minimize the need to use manual curtailment processes and thus, provide for a more economically efficient use of these resources,” FERC wrote. … Continue reading ISO-NE Tariff Changes Make Renewable s More Easily Dispatchable
New Expectations for Electricity Consumers For most of the last century, Americans have been passive consumers of electricity, paying whatever their utility charged for the juice to run their lights and appliances. That would change under the new carbon rules that the Obama administration will be unveiling Monday, experts say. Utilities themselves would install more … Continue reading New Expectations for #Electricity_Consumers
By TED BOOKER TIMES STAFF WRITER PUBLISHED: FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015 AT 12:30 AM WATERTOWN — Upstate New York continues to develop more wind, hydroelectric and solar power, but upgrades to transmission lines and load centers are needed to deliver that electricity to high-demand areas downstate. That was one of the state’s energy-related hurdles discussed … Continue reading NYISO official: Transmission network must be upgraded to handle renewable energy output
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