http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/21/california-now-mandated-energy-storage/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 06:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/21/california-now-mandated-energy-storage/#comment-187875 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 06:14:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=57996#comment-187875 It is my understanding that, indeed, the exclusion of large-scale pumped storage reflects a desire to give alternative storage technologies a chance to come forth. Of course, given its inherent advantages, some pumped storage could end up winning through this process anyway. As for the big pumped storage, that still has a good market in the need for new firm, flexible capacity in all three California utility regions.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/21/california-now-mandated-energy-storage/#comment-187845 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 23:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=57996#comment-187845 Why exclude pumped storage? It’s not high-tech, but it’s proven at a large scale and quite cheap. This move looks like a subsidy to Silicon Valley battery entrepreneurs.

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