California market troubles bring down U.S. residential numbers during Q1 (w/ charts)
While utility-scale and C&I solar performed well, the U.S. residential market contracted 17% due to slowness in California and other key solar markets.
U.S. energy storage market grows nearly 10-fold by MWh during Q1
A surge in California’s market driven by the Aliso Canyon gas leak is behind much of the boom, as deployment shifts to longer-duration energy storage.
California pushes forward with storage support (Read the bill here)
The California Senate passed SB 700, which would increase availability of local, customer-sited energy storage for schools, farms, businesses and homes.
Op-Ed: California Agencies Hold En Banc on Retail and Customer Electricity Choice
By the end of this year, as much as 25% of the retail load served by the investor-owned utilities (IOU) will obtain their electric generation service from an entity other than an IOU. California held a meeting to address the changing face of electricity generation.
Case study: Future utility planning must account for consumers’ thirst for distributed energy
A new case study from the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and Black & Veatch details how the Sacramento Municipal Utility District created an integrated plan to accommodate its ratepayers’ shifting priorities.
California prepares solar users for August solar eclipse
To reduce the strain on the electrical grid when the moon obscures the sun on Aug. 21, the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) President Michael Picker urged the state’s citizens to shave 3.5 GW off the grid between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on that day.
Solar, wind meet more than 10% of U.S. electric demand in March
This is the first time that U.S. wind and solar have met more than 10% of demand in a single month; however individual states led by California and Iowa have reached much higher penetrations.
Powin to supply a 6.5 MW battery for SDG&E
The energy storage provider has inked a deal to provide a 6.5 MW / 26 MWh battery in Escondido, after installing a smaller system for SCE earlier this year.
More solar and hydro brings California gas use to five-year low
As renewable energy breaks new output records in California, both the need for and availability of gas in California have declined.
Siva Power secures investment for thin film facility
Siva Power has continued to raise money for the development of its module manufacturing facility in Santa Clara, California. Since 2015 – when it received funding for the project from the Department of Energy’s Sunshot initiative – Siva Power has continued with ambitious plans to develop its facility in Santa Clara, which it claims is […]
