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PV Tech: The US solar industry could face significant losses this summer unless steps are taken to mitigate wildfire risk over the coming months, renewables underwriter GCube has warned. Wildfires are said to have cost the solar industry tens of millions of dollars in losses over the course of the last decade, and the risk […]
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Energy Storage News: Regulatory approval has been given for a 100MW / 400MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility which will be sited on land formerly occupied by a natural gas and oil-fired power plant which had been described as one of New York’s biggest sources of pollution. The New York Public Service Commission (PSC), […]
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The Guardian: Australia is facing growing pressure over its climate policies as the US edges closer to following the European Union in imposing new charges on imports of emissions-intensive products. The trade minister, Dan Tehan, has criticised the EU’s new carbon tariffs, saying they are revenue raising and will undermine free trade. But Labor declared […]
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A case for battery targets complemented with discom-controlled dispatch
India needs to deploy batteries at scale in the power sector. The country envisages uptake of 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2030. The high penetration of intermittent renewable energy will bring up issues around managing system flexibility in terms of steeper ramps and peaking load requirements. In India, system flexibility has historically […]
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E&E News ($): Growth in large-scale solar capacity is expected to exceed wind growth next year for the first time, according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In its July short-term outlook released yesterday, EIA projected that 17 gigawatts of solar generating capacity will be added to the grid in 2022. […]
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Electrek: A new 142-Tesla Megapack project has been turned on in California’s Ventura County to create a giant new battery that is replacing a gas peaker plant. The project is called the Saticoy battery storage system, and it came about when the local community in Oxnard fought against having a new gas-powered peaker plant to […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): California’s investor-owned electric utilities, local government-run community choice aggregators and other suppliers of electricity must add at least 11,500 MW of clean energy resources between 2023 and 2026 to support grid reliability through the closure of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s 2,240-MW Diablo Canyon nuclear power station — the Golden […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): In its largest renewable energy shopping spree ever, PacifiCorp has shortlisted nearly 4,000 MW of new wind, solar and battery storage resources across its multistate service territory in the western United States to come online by the end of 2024. The utility subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy is […]
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New York Times ($): The Biden administration on Friday announced that it would begin the formal process of selling leases to develop offshore wind farms in shallow waters between Long Island and New Jersey as part of its push to transition the nation to renewable energy. The proposed sale, the first of the Biden administration, […]
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E&E News ($): Coal-fired units at three power plants are poised to close over the next year in the largest U.S. electricity market, which is managed by PJM Interconnection LLC. The affected coal-fired generation totals about 2,421 megawatts of capacity, according to GenOn Holdings LLC, which made the announcement this week. The list includes Morgantown […]
IEEFA U.S.: Energy transition to renewables likely to accelerate over next two to three years
Coal, gas set to become biggest losers as renewable generation climbs quicklyMarch 31, 2021 (IEEFA) — The speed and scope of the energy transition to renewables will pick up pace over the next two to three years, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis’ U.S. Power Sector Outlook 2021. Solar and battery storage adoption is enjoying almost exponential growth, and wind and solar […]