Sunrise brief: Clouds and storms are impacted by lingering wildfire particles, researchers say
Also on the rise: Coal is down but not out as nukes and gas are forecast to decline in 2021, solar for an airport enters service, and landfill gas flows for SoCalGas from a facility slated to add a battery energy storage system.
Sunrise brief: California approves electric microgrid program for vulnerable communities
Also on the rise: Hydro-Québec will work to commercialize hydrogen technology, San Antonio’s electric utility gets a financial safety net, and Silicon Ranch wraps up a 200 MW solar portfolio in Georgia.
DOE offers $24.5m in R&D funding for a clean energy grid
The federal agency aims to advance next-generation batteries and electricity-conducing materials.
Hydrogen test locomotive wins $4 million from California Energy Commission
The project by Sierra Northern Railway will integrate hydrogen fuel cell, storage, battery, and systems control technologies.
Sunrise brief: Apple added solar and wind capacity as part of its $4.7b Green Bond spend
Also on the rise: GE Renewables is supplying technology to a solar+storage facility, and NREL researchers are rethinking cell design to help integrate solar on building facades.
FPL ‘green’ hydrogen pilot could herald a scale-up using solar and wind resources
The utility touted its massive Manatee Energy Storage Center and recommitted to a $65 million green hydrogen pilot project that could impact the future of zero-emission power generation.
New optical coating could extend lifetime of solar PV cells
The research project is a collaboration between Case Western Reserve University in Ohio and the University of Rochester in New York.
Sunrise brief: Wärtsilä wins order for utility-scale energy storage to support Texas electric grid
Also on the rise: Hawaiian Electric says that developers and suppliers share the blame for its interconnection delays, Redflow will supply a 2 MWh energy storage system for a California microgrid, and FPL files for new base rates and solar project cost recovery.
Hosting capacity maps: A gold mine for solar developers
Multiple states require electric utilities to share their power grid data with solar developers. The resulting tools are like treasure maps for solar developers.
‘We have a real adversary’: Work intensifies to safeguard solar from cyber attacks
Solar inverters are increasingly smart, but their sophisticated power electronics expose potential cyber security gaps. Work is underway to harden the devices from intruders who may be out to cripple the electric grid.
