New Storage Technologies Open Doors For Wind And Solar On April 30, 2015, Tesla Motors unveiled its Powerwall and Powerpack lithium ion batteries for homes and utility-scale applications, which could facilitate an increased role for wind and solar energy resources that have so far been limited by a need for storage options to address the … Continue reading New Storage Technologies Open Doors For Wind And Solar
TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — ERCOT, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., held its annual Media Day on Wednesday to present its “State of the Grid” as well as its future projections, including a summer forecast for energy consumption. Summer for ERCOT is June 1 to September 30. See KXAN News to read the full article.
Hawaii Commits to 100% Renewable Energy — and Needs This Company’s Help …..The recently passed bill actually buys Hawaii more time to meet its goals. The previous Hawaii Electric Plan set a 70% renewable target by 2030, while House Bill 623 doesn’t expect the 70% threshold to be met until 2040. Of course, that means … Continue reading Hawaii Commits to 100% Renewable Energy — and Needs This Company’s Help
Drought cuts power production of California dams Shasta Dam, looming more than 600 feet tall and gatekeeper of the largest man-made lake in California, was designed to perform two crucial functions: Store water and generate power. And for decades, the massive concrete structure has channeled water to cities and farms while generating up to 710 … Continue reading Drought cuts power production of California dams
Wind turbines are already huge, but they’re about to get way, way bigger …..Taller turbines, the report said, will be critical to an outlined DOE vision in which wind comes to supply 20 percent of all U.S. power by the year 2030, and then, 35 percent by the year 2050. For the 2030 vision to … Continue reading Wind turbines are already huge, but they’re about to get way, way bigger
Sources: EPA Ditches Mandate That Coal Plants Install Non-Existent Coal Technology The EPA may be trying to avoid a political disaster before the rollout of major regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants. Sources say the agency has dropped a key requirement that coal plants install carbon capture technology. Sources familiar with the matter … Continue reading Sources: EPA Ditches Mandate That Coal Plants Install Non-Existent Coal Technology
NextEra ‘bullish’ on US non-utility RE market NextEra Energy, the largest US solar and wind power generator, has identified non-utility buyers of renewable energy as a “big piece of our business over the next three to five years,” says Mike O’Sullivan, senior vice president of development. “I’m bullish about it. I would be very surprised … Continue reading #NextEra ‘bullish’ on US non-utility RE market
NYSEG wants rate increase New York State Electric & Gas Corp. customers will be paying more for electric and natural gas service by next May if New York regulators approve a rate increase requested by the utility. The proposed increase would raise average residential electric bills by $8 a month and average residential natural gas … Continue reading #NYSEG wants #rate_increase
“Such a fact pattern does not a $5 million penalty make.” Or so says one dissenting FERC Commissioner in the recent Maxim Power enforcement proceeding.1 On May 1, 2015, FERC issued an order assessing civil penalties (the “Order”) of $5 million against Maxim Power Corporation and its named subsidiaries (“Maxim”),2 as well as $50,000 against … Continue reading “Such a fact pattern does not a $5 million #penalty make.”
Wholesale price of electricity rose 13 percent, report says The average wholesale price of electricity in New England’s power market rose 13 percent in 2014 despite a 2 percent decrease in power usage from the year before, according to a new report by the region’s grid operator. The increase in the average wholesale power price … Continue reading Wholesale price of #electricity rose 13 percent, report says
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