San Diego Gas and Electric has recently entered into contracts for five battery storage projects, which in total will provide 83.5 megawatts. California’s new energy storage mandate has helped inspire the motivation behind this new undertaking. The amount of energy provided by these projects is comparable to having over 5,000 all-electric long-range vehicles at your… Keep reading →
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San Diego Gas & Electric to Build Five Storage Facilities
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We will never sell or share your information without your consent. See our privacy policy.Lithium-ion batteries have held the largest market share of batteries since 2010 making it increasingly difficult for new battery developments to take root. Advancements in battery technology have paved the way for new power developments such as flow batteries. Flow batteries are currently facing great difficulties in trying to secure a larger market share in… Keep reading →
Renewable Energy Update – March 2017
By William R. Devine, Barry Epstein, Emily L. Murray, Renée Louise Robin | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
SunPower engineers are testing the use of drones to survey wide regions and help design a solar power farm that can fit more solar panels on a piece of land, more quickly, and for lower costs than it previously could.
Battery Energy Storage Facilities May Be Subject To Wholesale Distribution Charges
By Kenneth Kulak, John D. McGrane, Pamela C. Tsang | Morgan Lewis
FERC found that a storage device using a utility’s distribution system in charging mode should share in the costs of the distribution system.
Five Things You Didn’t Know About The Potential for Wireless Vehicle Charging
By U.S. Department of Energy
In an increasingly fast-paced and mobile world, consumers are interested in being able to use technology wherever, whenever — with as little hassle as possible. Taking a cue from some smartphones that can charge wirelessly, automakers, federal researchers and equipment manufacturers have recognized an opportunity for plug-in electric vehicles, known as PEVs. Wireless charging has… Keep reading →
Con Ed Looks to Batteries, Microgrids and Efficiency to Delay $1B Substation Build
By GreenTech Media
A new demand-side program will be a training ground for future utility reforms in New York Consolidated Edison is taking a new approach to delivering reliable power that is as radical as the gentrification sweeping New York’s outer boroughs. Con Ed filed a proposal on Wednesday with the New York Public Utilities Commission for a… Keep reading →
Energy News Roundup: The Carbon, Gas, Nuclear Dance; and Energy Storage Grows in Texas
By Jared Anderson
The EPA’s newly-announced rule to limit carbon emissions from existing power plants would appear to set the stage for non-carbon emitting technology like nuclear, but historically low-priced natural gas has rendered many of the nation’s smaller nuclear facilities economically uncompetitive. “Already, five nuclear units have either shut down or have announced that they will do… Keep reading →
Energy News Roundup: Earthquakes Plague Giant Gas Field and Energy Storage Hot in Silicon Valley
By Jared Anderson
The giant Groningen natural gas field in the Netherlands’ northeastern countryside supplies much of Europe’s natural gas, but earthquakes in the region have been occurring more frequently as the field ages. The Dutch government ordered Shell and ExxonMobil to cut back production to 80% of the volume produced in 2013 – which amounts to an… Keep reading →
