US Lab Combats “Duck” Curve, Touts Solar Energy Grid Integration
The notorious “duck” curve is no obstacle to solar energy grid integration, thanks to some fancy footwork by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
The notorious “duck” curve is no obstacle to solar energy grid integration, thanks to some fancy footwork by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
New research from Stanford University suggests the high energy requirements of grid-scale batteries make energy storage a good option for solar energy, but not wind farms.
Solar energy could supply one-third of all electrical demands in the Western US by 2050 while massively cutting emissions – if DOE’s SunShot Initiative succeeds, according to a new report from University of California, Berkeley researchers.
A solar energy revolution is dawning in America, led by the “Dazzling Dozen” – twelve states whose progressive policies dominate the solar industry with 85% of all US solar capacity but just 28% of the total population.
Environment America’s “Lighting the Way” report outlines their successful policies and illuminate the path forward to a nationwide clean energy economy.
Natural gas is widely considered the bridge to take us from fossil fuel dependence to a clean energy future – but that bridge may be a lot shorter than anyone could have predicted.
The International Energy Agency predicts power generation from renewable sources will exceed natural gas and be twice the contribution from nuclear energy globally by 2016.
DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has launched the Energy Systems Integration Facility, a revolutionary research facility dedicated solely to researching how distributed renewables can integrate to the grid at utility-scale.