Shoring up the solar industry’s resilience to cyberattack
As solar and storage technologies are deployed on the grid in record numbers, there’s no time like the present to take steps to prevent solar and storage from being vulnerable to cyberattack.
Hydrostor plans 400 MW / 3200 MWh compressed air energy storage
The plant would be able to deliver 400 MW of electricity for 8 hours, and would be comparable in size to some of California’s largest fossil fuel power plants.
NREL to evaluate AI energy management system for solar microgrid
A mountain home community in Colorado will connect to the cloud based “foresee” platform, which will autonomously control an internet-of-things comprised of solar PV, heating, EV charging, water heating, AC, and more.
Long-duration thermal storage system based on silica sand
Developed by Italian dry bottom ash handling system provider Magaldi Power, the system produces green thermal energy — steam or hot air — which can be used directly in industrial plants or for the generation of electricity using steam turbines.
Calculating the value of a community solar program
Researchers teamed up to analyze the economic benefit of adding 30 5 MW community solar installations to Michigan’s grid annually for six years. Their results may surprise.
California can cut power costs almost 20% by moving its RPS to 2040
Accelerated and unprecedented additions of renewable generation and energy storage will be needed, but the cost of making the shift is far lower than the status quo, a report argues.
Renewable generation hit an all-time high in the first half of 2021
Solar is growing at an unrivaled rate, and wind is now the nation’s largest single renewable energy source.
Railroad-following HVDC transmission project adds a utility investor
The $2.5 billion SOO Green project would connect the MISO and PJM regional energy markets, enabling the delivery of 2,100 MW of renewable energy.
Labs to explore solar, wind, and storage synergies at FlexPower facility
The hybrid facility will test solar and wind energy working in tandem, as well as various energy storage and control technologies.
U.S. consortium to unify grid-forming inverter research
A Department of Energy (DOE) $25 million investment has formed a consortium, led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) that will streamline research of grid-forming inverters.
