The state of California is center stage of the electric vehicle market, and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is taking steps to make further improvements, but the path forward is anything but clear. In the first few months of 2016, the CPUC has approved two massive new programs aimed … [continued]
Thinking back to the initial announcement of Tesla Energy, it feels like a lifetime ago. The launch was expected with the word already out on the street that Tesla was going to build a battery for home storage, but unexpected at the same time because no details were known. At the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Southern California Edison — a subsidiary of Edison International — has gotten approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to go ahead with a new $22-million electric vehicle charging station pilot program, according to recent reports. The new electric vehicle (EV) charging station pilot program … [continued]
Leading global solar PV provider First Solar has signed a 500 MW Power Purchase Agreement with Southern California Edison. According to an announcement by the company on Tuesday, First Solar has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the off-take of electricity generated by four solar projects totaling 500 MW … [continued]
Before CalCharge launched in 2014, it could take months for an energy storage startup to test and know whether a new idea was feasible. But CalCharge came along and fixed the mismatch. The public-private partnership organization dedicated to advancing energy storage has excelled at developing new technology through its partnership with national labs. … [continued]
Originally posted at ilsr.org. Jason Caudle, city manager with the City of Lancaster, talked with John Farrell in April 2015 about his city’s solar boom. With more than 118 MW of solar, both private and public, operating within city limits, Lancaster is well on its way to producing or procuring … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. A new app from OhmConnect known as “OhmHours” allows users to automatically lower energy consumption during peak hours via integration with various “smart home” devices, and get paid for it, according to an email recently sent to EV Obsession. One of the services that can be … [continued]
More solar, wind, and other green/electricity news for your reading pleasure: The Beginners Guide To Lower Heating Bills: For Tenants, Owners and Homelovers In an ideal world our homes would be so well insulated that our bodies and appliances would produce enough heat to keep us warm in winter. Of course life is never ideal, … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love SunEdison has revealed that it will be providing advanced energy storage systems to a net-zero pilot project in California. SunEdison, the world’s largest renewable energy development company, announced last week that it will be supplying advanced battery systems to a net-zero energy homes pilot project … [continued]
I know, I know. All our heart goes out to distributed solar, but utility-scale solar installations in the United States are very much alive and kicking. In fact, of the 6 GW of new solar capacity added in the US during 2014, 63% of it came from utility-scale plants. This included two mammoth projects … [continued]
