Underground Water Battery To Bust Energy Storage Dam Wide Open
Pumped hydro already accounts for 93% of utility-scale energy storage in the US, and plans are in the works to build up from there.
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Let’s Grade Your Utility’s Shopping Habits
Evaluating three recent examples of all-source resource procurement by US utilities
Utilities Bid To Own Rooftop Solar Even As They Oppose It
Four years have passed since ILSR’s initial report on utility-owned rooftop solar, and this 2019 update shows small growth but some potentially large repercussions. This update rehashes the costs and benefits, updates the progress of the four initial programs, highlights a few new programs, and discusses the wider implications.
Ambri Sheds Jobs, Solar Tops Nuclear In Cali… (Solar, Wind, & Storage News Highlights)
Here’s a huge reading list for hump day. Hopefully it will help get you through to the weekend. 😀 (Click the subheadings to read the full stories) Solar Lamp Design Winner Will Be Distributed Throughout Africa To Dispel Darkness The winning design for a solar lamp, shown above, will be distributed … [continued]
Tesla Q1 Sales = 10,030, Mercedes Chairman Talks Tesla & EVs (Cleantech Link Drop)
Below is another cleantech link drop, my favorite cleantech stories from around the interwebs other than the ones we’ve covered. However, one of these stories doesn’t have a link, but I figured this is the best place to share it. Tesla emailed over a Q1 sales update (woohoo!). In case you … [continued]
Phase 3 of 400 MW Alamo Solar Project in Texas Now Online
The third phase, Alamo 3, of the much hyped 400 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic project outside of San Antonio, Texas, is now online and active commercially, according to recent reports. This follows Alamo 4, ironically, which was already completed. The 5.5 MW phase of the project was built via a partnership … [continued]
OCI Solar Power Breaks Ground On 400 MW San Antonio Solar Farm
CleanTechnica has been following the planning stages of the 400 MW San Antonio solar project in Texas since we first heard word of it back in January of 2012. “In a unique, first-of-its kind generation-to-manufacturing proposal, CPS Energy is entering into negotiations for a power purchase agreement from one of … [continued]
400MW Solar Project In San Antonio Has Begun Construction
Construction has now begun on OCI Solar Power’s 400MW solar energy project located in San Antonio, Texas. The first phase, named Alamo I, is expected to be completed by the middle of 2013. It will feature 41 MW of solar photovoltaic capacity. The project was announced last July after OCI Solar … [continued]
Massive Solar Power Deal Being Made in San Antonio
“In a unique, first-of-its kind generation-to-manufacturing proposal, CPS Energy is entering into negotiations for a power purchase agreement from one of the nation’s largest solar projects,” CPS Energy wrote yesterday. “The project will mean new corporate headquarters and U.S. manufacturing operations for global companies in San Antonio.” The solar … [continued]
Utility CEOs Talk Solar
A really interesting part of this year’s Solar Power International conference was a roundtable of 7 utility company CEOs (starts about 18 and a half minutes into the video). I watched most of the discussion 3 times (while doing other things, of course). These are not just solar industry cheerleaders, but they know our electricity system about as well as anybody and are leaders in their arena. So, it was really interesting to watch them speak for over an hour on solar power.
