Fossil Power Plant News
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CPUC Modernizes Multi-Tenant and Multi-Property Solar and Storage Tariffs
This week (Nov 16) the California Public Utilities Commission updated its onsite solar and storage tariffs for multifamily residential buildings, multi-tenant commercial buildings, and customers with adjacent properties, continuing its efforts to modernize solar regulations to bolster the modern grid and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These changes only apply to future customers. The ...
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Con Edison's Clean Energy Investments Approved by State
On July 20, 2023, Con Edison received state approval for critical clean energy investments that will help New York transition away from fossil fuels. The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) ruling sets electric and gas rates through 2025 and advances an investment plan totaling $11.8 billion. That plan will help reach the state and city's clean energy goals and funds initiatives that ...
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Constellation's Nuclear Fleet Outperformed as Fossil Plants Failed During Winter Storm Emergency
Nuclear plants operated by Constellation performed at 100 percent capacity and proved instrumental in preventing rolling blackouts for millions of homes and businesses during a powerful winter storm that knocked nearly a quarter of the power generation in the nation's largest energy grid offline on Christmas Eve. PJM, the grid operator for 13 states and the District of Columbia, said generators ...
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NYPA and NYSERDA Announce New Battery Energy Storage Technology
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) this week (Feb 16) announced that a first-of-its-kind battery energy storage system (BESS) using patented, high-safety, lithium-ion (Li-ion) superCell technology is delivering energy peak shaving capabilities to NYPA's White Plains offices, as part of a demonstration project. The BESS ...
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Sunrun to Build and Operate Puerto Rico's First Virtual Power Plant
Sunrun, a leading home solar, battery storage, and energy services provider, this week (Nov 1) announced it has been exclusively selected by Puerto Rico's electric utility provider to help rebuild and transform the island's energy system through the development of a 17 megawatt virtual power plant (VPP), the first distributed large-scale storage program on the island. The VPP is intended to help ...
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DOE Invests $26 Million in Program to Demonstrate Grid Can Run on 100% Clean Energy
The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), this week announced $26 million to fund projects intended to demonstrate that America's electricity grid can reliably run with a mix of solar, wind, energy storage, and other clean distributed energy resources. Funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Solar and Wind Grid Services and Reliability ...
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NineDot Energy Partners with Carlyle to Accelerate the Energy Transition
NineDot Energy, a leading developer of community-scale clean energy projects, this week announced a strategic investment from funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle. Carlyle’s investment will enable NineDot to develop, build, and operate over 400 megawatts of clean energy systems by 2026 that strengthen local power grid infrastructure and provide stable, reliable, and resilient power to ...
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Enersponse Partners With Samsung SmartThings to Expand Its Distributed Energy Programs
Enersponse, a distributed energy resource (DER) management provider, today announced its partnership with Samsung SmartThings, the premier technology enabling connected living and driving the future of IoT. The partnership will provide users with access to a portfolio of utility integrations and grid service programs via SmartThings Energy, a popular service within the SmartThings app. In ...
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Massachusetts Electric School Bus Helps Power Electricity Grid in Vehicle-to-Grid Breakthrough
In a breakthrough for local clean energy, an electric school bus in Beverly, Massachusetts, successfully delivered power back to the electricity grid for more than 50 hours over the course of the summer. This is the first time an electric school bus has been leveraged as an energy resource by the regional utility National Grid in New England and among the first instances in the United States that ...
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AutoGrid to Provide VPP Platform to Largest Community Choice Aggregator in California
AutoGrid Systems Inc, today this week that Clean Power Alliance (CPA) of California will be utilizing the company’s VPP solutions and scheduling coordinator services in California ISO (CAISO). The partnership provides CPA’s Power Response Program with advanced capabilities to help stabilize California’s power grid infrastructure, contribute to cleaner energy throughout the state and bring about ...
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Packetized Energy Awarded $2 Million Contract to Make Energy Demand Flexible and Help Solve California Grid Challenges
Packetized Energy, a developer of software systems and smart devices that help the electricity industry flexibly manage electricity demand, will receive $2 million in prime contractor funding from the California Energy Commission under their BRIDGE (Bringing Rapid Innovation Development to Green Energy) program. The award will fund deployment and connection of 7,000 new and existing smart energy ...
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Expanding Local Solar And Storage Could Save Ratepayers Nearly A Half A Trillion Dollars
Developing 247 GW of local rooftop and community solar and 160 GW of local energy storage is the most cost-effective way for the United States to transition to a clean energy system by 2050, while saving consumers up to $473 billion on electricity. This is enough local solar to power over 25% of all U.S. homes. These are among the core findings of a new report -- Why Local Solar for All Costs ...
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New Report Explores Hydropower
A major EU-funded energy innovation initiative to demonstrate how smart hydropower technologies can deliver a low-carbon, reliable and resilient power system this week (Nov 30) published its first major report. Flexible energy sources such as renewable hydropower are increasingly important to balance growing variable sources, primarily wind and solar power, in the power grid. Meanwhile ...
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8minute Solar Energy and Clean Power Alliance Announce Largest Solar-Plus-Storage Project Ever for a Community Choice Aggregator
With 400 MWdc and 540 MWh of storage, the Rexford 1 Solar & Storage Center will provide clean, reliable power to 370,000 Californians LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—SEPTEMBER 10, 2020: 8minute Solar Energy (8minute) announced that the company has executed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Clean Power Alliance (CPA). The 400-megawatt (300 MWac) Rexford 1 Solar & Storage ...
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Long-Duration Battery Paves the Way to a Carbon-Free Future for Great River Energy
Form Energy, a company developing ultra-low-cost, long-duration energy storage for the grid, recently announced it signed a contract with Minnesota-based utility Great River Energy to jointly deploy a 1MW / 150MWh pilot project to be located in Cambridge, MN. Great River Energy is Minnesota's second-largest electric utility and the fifth largest generation and transmission cooperative in the U.S. ...
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Virginia Governor Signs Historic Clean Energy Legislation
Governor Ralph Northam is accelerating Virginia's transition to clean energy by signing the Virginia Clean Economy Act and by amending the Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act that requires Virginia to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. "These new clean energy laws propel Virginia to leadership among the states in fighting climate change," said Governor Northam. "They ...
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Abengoa eyes CSP storage role at climate-hit coal plants
CSP and molten salt technology could help coal-fired generators decarbonize without closing sites, but price support will be needed, experts told New Energy Update. While many CSP developers are seeking to directly compete with coal-fired power generation, a small group of players see opportunities in working with coal plant operators. Many governments have sidelined growing climate change ...
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Los Angeles Mayor Celebrates Final Approval of Largest Solar and Energy Storage Project in the U.S.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently (11/6) announced unanimous City Council approval of power purchase agreements for the Eland Solar and Storage Center -- the largest solar and battery energy storage system in the United States. "We are entering a make-or-break decade for the preservation of our planet, and L.A. is leading the transition to a low-carbon future that will combat the climate ...
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NYSERDA Announces Completion of Largest Battery Installation in the State
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) recently (9/12) announced the completion of Key Capture Energy’s system, the largest battery installation in New York which will serve the state’s electrical system by enhancing power grid performance and reliability and will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The 20-megawatt energy storage system supports Governor Andrew ...
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juwi plans to develop PV hybrid project on the Great Barrier Reef
German energy company, juwi, has recently signed a contract with the University of Queensland to develop a PV / battery hybrid power project at the Heron Island Research Station in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. According to an official press release, Juwi claims the project to comprise a 500kW rooftop installation integrated with a 0.6MWh vanadium flow battery combined with diesel fueled ...
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