University Of Pennsylvania Leads Ivy League In Transition To Solar Power
A plan put in place 7 years ago is bringing solar energy to the University of Pennsylvania today, thanks to a PPA with AES.
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Born in a Flood: The Epic Story of the Controllable Grid Interface
NREL Researchers Celebrate 10 Years of Replicating Grid Events To Strengthen Renewable Energy Technologies In September 2013, a team of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers, led by Vahan Gevorgian and Robb Wallen, faced a looming deadline. Not only did the brand-new 5-megawatt (MW) dynamometer need to be up and running, connected … [continued]
AES Invests In 5B Portable Solar Technology
AES has made a major investment in 5B Solar, an Australian company that makes Maverick, a portable solar farm that cost less than traditional ground mount solar and can produce twice as much electricity per area of measure.
Australia’s Renewable Energy Plan Will Require Lots Of Energy Storage. Siemens Wants To Help.
New South Wales has begun implementing a plan to add 17.7 GW of renewable energy, while a new joint venture between Siemens and AES propses to 250 MW battery storage installations in NSW and Victoria.
The 16 Solar & Storage Projects Hawaii Just Ordered
I recently highlighted a couple of big solar + storage projects that were given the go-ahead in Hawaii. Then I found out that these are two of 16 solar and energy storage projects just approved for development in the state.
AES Building 100 Megawatt Battery In Arizona To Fight The Duck Curve With Solar
Arizona is stepping up its energy storage game with a new contract for battery supplier AES to install 100 megawatts of stationary storage for the utility Arizona Public Service.
Hawaiian Electric Announces Seven Solar Plus Storage Projects
Hawaiian Electric Companies submitted contracts earlier this month for seven grid-scale solar-plus-storage projects to be built on three of the state’s islands which will add approximately 262 megawatts (MW) worth of new solar capacity and 1,048 MW-hours worth of energy storage.
Rooftop Solar Curtailment To Ease With Refocused Hawaii Energy Contracts
Hawaiian electric utilities have been forcefully de-linking residential rooftop solar generators at peak hours for several years, but the installation-discouraging practice may fade as refocused utility-scale solar+storage contracts come into effect. Beyond Hawaii, these new contract types, which shift curtailment risk away from the solar owner, also may help California avoid an increase in the curtailment of solar flowing onto its grid.
100 MW/400 MWh Fluence Energy Storage Project For Long Beach — World’s Largest Li-Ion Battery…
AES Energy Storage and Siemens have joined forces to create a new energy storage company called Fluence Energy, which we mentioned recently in a story about the breakthrough prices of renewable energy + storage projects. Fluence CEO John Zahurancik has since answered some questions for CleanTechnica about the new company and one of its major new energy storage projects.
Wind & Solar + Storage Prices Smash Records
In a new report from Xcel Energy, the company reported unprecedented low bids for wind and solar with storage. Last year, Xcel announced it would close 660 MW worth of coal-fired power capacity at Comanche Generating Station. Xcel subsidiary Public Service Company issue a request for proposals for wind, solar, natural gas, and storage.
