Massachusetts will pilot vehicle-grid integration statewide
Owners of an eligible electric vehicle, or school districts that own eligible electric school buses, could receive one of 100 free bidirectional chargers plus compensation for participating. The state plans to prepare a V2X guidebook aimed at scaling the pilot program.
Consumers will pay billions due to “very slow” interconnection in the PJM grid, study says
Faster interconnection of generating resources waiting in PJM’s queue, nearly all renewables, could have resulted in far lower capacity prices in PJM’s latest auction, but instead consumers will pay for PJM’s high capacity prices, says a study by Grid Strategies.
Solar-friendly policies that states can pursue to control the cost of electricity
Solar-friendly policies that include demand flexibility, advanced conductors and virtual power plants, as well as lesser-known approaches, can help control the cost of electricity, says RMI.
States that adopt recent building energy efficiency codes save more energy
A report highlights the increasing benefits of building energy efficiency codes, and maps the states that are adopting them. Building energy efficiency is a key element of a least-cost 100% renewables grid, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has found.
Invenergy CEO and spouse give $100 million to advance the energy transition
The World Resources Institute and the University of Chicago are creating new programs with the funding.
Enhanced geothermal projects could scale greatly as costs decline
A team of researchers and industry participants predict a significant near-term energy contribution from enhanced geothermal projects, saying in a journal article that the technology could provide “stable baseload and potentially dispatchable electricity.”
New York could reach 8 GW of flexible electricity demand by 2040, helping balance renewables
Savings due to flexible demand could approach $3 billion per year by 2040.
Large batteries with grid-forming inverters can increase renewables hosting capacity
Researchers recommended that transmission system operators consider adopting grid-forming battery energy storage systems system-wide to improve grid stability and to maximize system hosting capacity for solar and wind generation.
Rural Energy for America grantee reports federal non-payment for 2024 work
“Consider us the canary in the coal mine,” says a statement from Zero Emissions Northwest.
Congress can influence TVA to add renewables, trade groups say
Transmission planning by the federally owned utility TVA can bring more low-cost solar and wind power to customers, and Congress can guide the utility in that direction, says a report from two renewables trade groups.
