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]
550 MW worth of new PV projects being developed by First Solar have been approved by The Department of Interior — the company is now free to build these projects on agreed-upon public lands. The newly approved projects include the 300 MW Stateline Solar Farm Project in San Bernardino County … [continued]
by Bill Radvak Battery storage is gaining more and more traction in the distributed energy resources community. Last fall, California passed the first statewide energy storage directive in the United States. Issued by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the mandate requires all investor-owned utilities in the state including Southern … [continued]
Late last week MidAmerican Solar and SunPower announced that a portion of the 579 MW Solar Star project was successfully syncronised and is now confirmed as delivering energy to the California independent service operator (ISO) grid. Owned by MidAmerica Solar, the Solar Star projects — which including two projects co-located … [continued]
A new campaign targets adding one million EVs to California’s roads within ten years to help solve environmental health problems while boosting the state’s green economy.
We’ve been following the progress of the massive Ivanpah solar thermal power plant ever since Google put up a cool $168 million to help build it, so we’re happy to report that the plant has passed the critical “first sync” milestone. Built on public land in the Mojave desert and … [continued]
California’s state legislature has passed the landmark 600MW “shared renewables” bill that will open up access to clean energy to millions of residents who can’t install their own renewables – with no state subsidy and no extra ratepayer costs.
This article originally published on San Diego Loves Green by Roy L. Hales Almost 38% of the votes cast in favor of AB 327 last month came from Assembly Members who list “electric utilities” among their top ten campaign contributors. That is a lot of money and it is worth … [continued]
The power company Southern California Edison recently offered insight into the impact of electric vehicles on the electricity grid, including their predictability and their impact on grid maintenance decisions. It recently published the report, “Charged Up: Southern California Edison’s Key Learnings about Electric Vehicles, Our Customers and Grid Reliability,” on these topics. … [continued]
The California Solar Initiative installed a record 391MW of new solar on utility customer rooftops in 2012. The program has now installed 1,629MW of rooftop solar, enough to power 150,000 homes, and is years ahead of program target goals.
