In its first commercial project, Terabase Energy successfully installed 17 MW of a 225 MW solar facility with its automated Terafab platform.
A report by GridLab and IdeaSmiths suggests 10 GW of additional solar panels could have powered one million homes for up to eight hours during Texas Winter Storm Uri.
The projects will provide power to Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power.
DOE will fund the Transmission Facilitation Program projects.
Curtailment, or deliberately reducing output, rises as solar generation exceeds available transmission capacity.
Within-region transmission must increase 64% by 2035 to enable a clean grid, says the U.S. Department of Energy. The study will support DOE’s potential designation of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors.
Also on the rise: Enphase stock slides on weakened demand, significantly lowered Q4 guidance. DOE requests input on draft roadmap to fix utility-scale interconnection. And more.
The draft roadmap developed through DOE’s i2X stakeholder process details 34 approaches that would help speed interconnection and lower its cost. Last year’s stated goals to reduce interconnection costs and timelines by 50% within five years are not mentioned.
Also on the rise: TotalEnergies adds a 280 MW Texas solar facility to its portfolio. Sunnova misses on Q3 earnings, posts sunny forecast for 2024. And more.
IREC’s latest analysis compares group studies with serial solar interconnection studies, concluding that while group studies can help manage queue challenges, they don’t significantly expedite necessary grid upgrades.
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