NREL scientists encourage ‘optimal’ PV curtailment
Solar curtailment might become a valuable aspect of future PV deployment, particularly if grid operators start focusing on ‘curtailment management’ instead of ‘curtailment prevention.’ Management would include measures such as flexible generation, storage, load flexibility, and regional coordination.
Morning Brief: US clean energy giants to join to build lobbying muscle
Also in the brief: Utility definition continues to dog regulators as PSC considers Milwaukee solar case
Which US cities have the highest proportion of solar-powered homes?
Since the 1970s, solar-powered energy has been making a powerful push in the United States — which cities have been leaders in embracing the revolution?
Secretive battery builder QuantumScape to go public via SPAC at $3.3 billion valuation
Aiming to win the EV battery race, the ten-year old solid-state battery builder has received more than $1 billion from investors including Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla and VW.
Can community microgrids fill the gap in California’s plans for 100% renewable energy?
A 10 MW, 40 MWh storage project on the Southern California coastline could provide the first link for a string of community microgrids that, according to the Clean Coalition’s Craig Lewis, could show that high penetrations of distribution-connected solar are entirely doable.
Think we can’t place a value on resilience? Think again
A new critical load tiering approach solves the elusive value-of-resilience challenge and facilitates the proliferation of solar-driven microgrids.
Construction of the world’s largest apartment complex VPP fleet starts next week
Soleil Energy, the EPC arm of the Wasatch Group, is beginning construction on a revolutionary virtual power plant program located on California apartment complex rooftops — with the roofs acting as community-based peaker plants.
Eos announces 1.5 GWh of zinc battery storage projects across Texas and California
The summer of battery storage rolls on, with zinc hybrid cathode technology now announcing massive development news.
Morning Brief: Cheap solar-powered hydrogen, methane leaks at LA gas plant
Also in the brief: EEI used anti-clean energy campaigns as role models in political boot camp for utility execs.
Software could have prevented California’s rolling blackouts
Load flexibility software does what utilities and grid operators have been begging and pleading for homeowners to do manually.
