Sunrise brief: 2022–A year of interconnection queue logjams
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A year of solar industry proposals to clear interconnection queue logjams
Industry participants proposed many solutions this year to speed interconnection studies. Although federal regulators included key solutions in a proposed rule, for now the logjams and cost allocation problems continue.
Lowering grid costs with voltage support from PV inverters at night
Researchers have proposed the use of solar inverters in utility-scale solar assets to replace expensive voltage compensators, in order to provide voltage support at night. They said reactive power from PV inverters could be significantly cheaper and suggested the introduction of incentives to convince PV plant owners.
Community solar top ranking, solar-plus-storage development are top of mind at NYSEIA Summit
The Empire State’s clean energy advocacy groups are within days of receiving the state’s Energy Storage Roadmap framework.
Free GenX model recommended for renewables advocates to conduct utility resource modeling
As trade groups and citizens’ groups advocate for low-cost renewables in state proceedings, they can make a stronger case by preparing their own utility resource plan, for example by using the free GenX model developed at MIT, says nonprofit group RMI.
NREL projects renewable generation could approach 70% by 2035
Solar and wind deployment would increase sharply under the forecast from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Market headwinds persist through 2023 for rapid deployment of renewable energy, report finds
A Deloitte survey of power sector executives found that 56% of respondents think it could take two to three years to ease supply chain constraints in the U.S. clean energy market.
Transmission needed to carry wind power from the central U.S. eastward, DOE finds
To cost-effectively reach a high level of renewable generation, additional transmission will be needed to connect the wind belt in the central U.S. to eastern grids, according to early results from a Department of Energy study.
50 states of solar incentives: Arkansas
The Natural State now stands at the precipice of a multi-gigawatt solar wave as its out-of-state utility pulls the plug on natural gas and coal generation looking to 2030.
PNNL team proposes how storage as transmission could earn market compensation
Pacific Northwest National Lab researchers have developed a framework for compensating energy storage as a dual-use asset, earning revenue both as a regulated transmission asset and as a competitive market participant, while reducing both system and customer costs.
