In its latest Utility Solar Market Snapshot (2014, published last month), the US Solar Electric Power Association offers renewable energy interests some welcome news: solar energy is becoming increasingly attractive to utilities. Since the shale gas boom, solar has become the fastest-growing power source in the nation, and the Solar Energy … [continued]
This little startup has just pulled off a big deal to use Tesla batteries in a cutting edge virtual power plant project called Hybrid-Electric Buildings.
California Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce calls for disclosure of what led to a decision on the $4.7 billion San Onofre settlement.
A new workplace charging intitiative will test how EV drivers can help their local utility avoid building new power plants and improve grid performance.
What is now one of the largest solar energy projects in the world was just recently brought online in Desert Center, Riverside County, California — in a ceremony that brought out the US Secretary of Interior, Sally Jewell, and 150 other government and industry figures. The 550 megawatts (MW) Desert Sunlight … [continued]
A company called Ice Energy, located in Glendale, CA, will be providing up to 25 MW of grid support to Southern California Edison in the form of water that is frozen at night when electricity is cheap. During a hot day, the ice is used for cooling in a rooftop … [continued]
Millbrae, California–based Stem has been selected by Southern California Edison for 85 MW worth of distributed energy storage systems around LA. 85 MW is a big system in terms of energy storage, and all of it must be operational by 2021. “We could put thousands of our systems in buildings throughout … [continued]
The Tehachapi Energy Storage Project — the biggest battery energy storage project to date in North America — has now opened. The 32 MWh battery energy storage system built by Southern California Edison (SCE) comprises lithium-ion batteries from LG Chem stationed in a special 6,300 square-foot facility at SCE’s Monolith … [continued]
Ground was recently broken on the planned 250 MW Silver State South Solar Project in Primm, Nevada, according to recent announcements. The project — which is being developed jointly by First Solar, NextEra Energy Resources, and Southern California Edison — will be located about 40 miles south of Las Vegas, … [continued]
Originally published on Cost Of Solar. When it comes to integrating solar power into the energy distribution system, the solar PV array that the homeowner or building owner installs is only one part of the equation, because the local electric utility company is a key component of this renewable energy revolution. Without … [continued]
