If you need some good news at a time when there’s plenty of the less-good sort, try this: Renewable energy is crossing some really important milestones in its contribution to the US power sector.
The need to decarbonize our economy presents new opportunities to increase electricity demand beneficially. And doing that — particularly by electrifying transportation — has never been cheaper or easier to do than it is now.
As demand for electricity in the United States remains constant or declines, electric cars could become an important new market for utility companies.
A previous CleanTechnica article reviewed the basics of power generation. That article is a good primer for this follow-up article delving deeper into the subject. How do we most efficiently integrate the maximum amount of renewables into the grid? Let’s start with understanding how things work. As first-order simplification, we … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Every Australian household is aware of just how much electricity bills have risen in the past five years. They have effectively doubled, driven almost entirely by soaring network costs – the result of building a grid for demand forecasts that were never met. And the reason … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Elon Musk believes solar and utilities can exist together, despite uneasy feelings among many within the utility sector. Speaking at the Detroit Auto Show, Musk said that expanding electric vehicle markets, along with businesses and homes as solar power generators, will change how we view electricity … [continued]
The beginning of the year has been slow for news of Australia’s environmental and energy policies. With Parliament currently on a break, there has been very little news regarding negotiations over the country’s Renewable Energy Target, and therefore the propaganda and infighting has been quiet. However, a report from Green … [continued]
First it was the tail end of Hurricane Bertha, now it is just high August winds — either way, the United Kingdom’s onshore and offshore wind turbines met 22% of the country’s electricity demand this past Sunday, setting a new record. Most impressive, however, is the fact that this figure … [continued]
Many of us have experienced the growing frustration of a blackout (or a brownout, depending on your international location). It’s very much a first-world problem, as many in the world live their entire lives with only a few hours of electricity a week — if any at all. The western … [continued]
Consumer technology company Honeywell have teamed up with the world’s leading utility customer engagement solutions company Opower to introduce a new technology that they hope will encourage utilities to attract more homeowners to voluntary programs that will help curb their demand for electricity. The Energy Management Platform is a combination … [continued]
