How to fix our nation’s growing electricity supply problem
One solution is to aggregate distributed energy resources with energy management systems and energy storage, into virtual power plants, which are proving their worth as key players in increasing grid capacity and balancing the grid.
Energy storage opportunities in Mid-Atlantic region await clear state policies
Panelists at RE+ in Philadelphia said storage deployment in the PJM region lags others, but doesn’t have to.
Grid operator PJM to start talks on regional transmission
The nation’s largest grid operator told renewables trade groups that it will launch a transmission planning process ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
DOE proposes ten “national interest” transmission corridors
Eight of the ten transmission corridors proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy would facilitate transmission between grid regions; one would expand transmission within the Mid-Atlantic’s PJM grid region; and one would expand transmission in the Northern Plains.
1100 GW solar and 1000 GW storage now await transmission interconnection
Solar, wind and battery storage accounted for nearly 95% of the capacity in transmission interconnection queues as of year-end 2023, based on preliminary data from Berkeley Lab, presented in a staff report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Doral Renewables secures $114 million for Ohio solar project
The utility-scale solar project will supply power to the PJM regional transmission operator.
Sunrise brief: U.S. residential solar prices drop, strong interest in storage
Also on the rise: Shoals to invest $80 million in Tennessee manufacturing expansion. Beaming radio frequency solar power from space. And more.
Grid operator PJM could add 5.5 GW of renewables with grid-enhancing technologies
Deploying GETs technologies in the PJM grid region would have a 70-to-1 benefit-cost ratio, finds an analysis by Quanta Technology. The nonprofit RMI published the analysis, and aims for it to be replicated to evaluate GETs in interconnection studies.
Solar power purchase agreement prices rise 21% year over year
PPA prices are increasing due to rising costs, said a report by LevelTen Energy.
Sunrise brief: Morgan Stanley and Santander invest $520 million in solar projects
Also on the rise: Scaling green hydrogen. EV sales to make up nearly one-third of passenger vehicle sales in U.S. by 2026. And more.
