Battery energy storage on verge of competing with natural gas, but questions remain The degree to which energy storage can compete economically with natural gas peaking plants is still being determined, but better price signals are needed to incentivize the most cost-effective reliability solutions regardless of technology, experts and analysts said Monday. Related video: Platts … Continue reading Battery energy storage on verge of competing with natural gas, but questions remain→
Dominion’s New Grid Plan Overlooks Energy Storage in Favor of Gas Peakers While other utilities launch full-scale grid battery projects, Dominion calls for gigawatts’ worth of new gas peakers. High-tech grid resources that have become commonplace in some utility territories aren’t even considered in others. California utilities are already deploying energy storage in place of … Continue reading #Dominion ’s New Grid Plan Overlooks Energy Storage in Favor of Gas Peakers→
We still don’t need fracked gas: New report shows ISO got it wrong A new report shows that ISO-New England used unreasonable assumptions in its Operational Fuel Security Analysis released on January 17, 2018. ISO’s original analysis demonstrated “significant grid reliability issues and rolling blackouts under almost all scenarios studied.” But when the analysis was … Continue reading We still don’t need #fracked_gas: New report shows ISO got it wrong→
Researchers Point Finger At Natural Gas Prices For Coal’s Decline, Not “War On Coal” New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado Boulder has shown that declining natural gas prices were primarily responsible for the significant reduction in US coal use for power generation over the past decade, putting to rest … Continue reading Researchers Point Finger At Natural Gas Prices For Coal ’s Decline, Not “War On Coal”→
Gas Pipelines in Virginia’s Reconfigured Energy Future The furor over construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) continues unabated this week. News reports have highlighted legislators in Richmond joining pipeline protesters outside the state Capitol and, more colorfully, the antics of a dissident known as “Red” who has ensconced … Continue reading Gas Pipelines in #Virginia ’s Reconfigured Energy Future→
Like Coal, Natural Gas Losing Ground to Renewables As expensive, dirty coal power staggers toward its inevitable demise, natural gas has come to dominate the electricity market. Now natural gas is also losing ground to cleaner, cheaper renewable energy sources and technological advances. Last year, both natural gas and coal generation fell for the first … Continue reading Like Coal, Natural Gas Losing Ground to Renewable s→
Mitsubishi subsidiary seeks permits for $1.5B gas plant to send power to NYC The North Bergen Liberty Generating project is sited on a 15-acre industrial lot being used by a demolition company that is already zoned for a power plant. Plant developer Diamond Generating is seeking permits from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection … Continue reading #Mitsubishi subsidiary seeks permits for $1.5B gas plant to send power to NYC→
Whitehouse preps bill directing study, pilot program for natural gas demand response In the electric sector, demand response programs help reduce peak load and prices. New legislation would direct federal regulators to study its potential for gas markets. U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) plans to introduce legislation on Wednesday that calls on the U.S. Department … Continue reading #Whitehouse preps bill directing study, pilot program for natural gas demand response→
It’s the No. 1 Power Source, but Natural Gas Faces Headwinds As environmental concerns drive power companies away from using coal, natural gas has emerged as the nation’s No. 1 power source. Plentiful and relatively inexpensive as a result of the nation’s fracking boom, it has been portrayed as a bridge to an era in … Continue reading It’s the No. 1 Power Source, but Natural Gas Faces Headwinds→
‘Good news’ and ‘roadblocks’ on Renovo Energy project RENOVO — Borough Council received a highly anticipated phone call from Tom Emero regarding the progress of the proposed gas power plant, Renovo Energy Center LLC, during Wednesday’s council meeting. Emero, director of Innovative Power Solutions, was on speaker phone and gave council an update on plant … Continue reading ‘Good news’ and ‘roadblocks’ on #Renovo_Energy project→
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