New Sodium, Aluminum Battery Aims to Integrate Renewables for Grid Resiliency
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 04:50:56 +0000
Low-cost, Earth-abundant raw materials power a new grid energy storage solution
demand response
EU & UK Incorporate Schemes To Lessen Energy Usage, Move To Renewables
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 18:05:33 +0000
What can be done to alleviate energy usage during fossil fuel instability and the transition to renewables? Motivating people helps. So does new legislation and applying legal sanctions for non-cooperating countries.
Yikes! USA Has Only Major Power Grid Without A Plan
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:10:03 +0000
Inter-regional planning and transmission could help keep the lights on during extreme weather.
What Does Western Grid Regionalization Mean for California?
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:15:46 +0000
California’s grid reliability struggles have intensified in recent years as extreme summer heat strains the system and threatens power outages. The state’s grid reliability is also inextricably linked to issues of improving energy affordability and achieving California’s ambitious clean energy goals. With California’s power woes apparent, Western grid regionalization has been raised as a potential […]
How To Keep The Lights On In Extreme Winter Weather
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 02:54:44 +0000
Clean energy and demand-side resources have proven track records of both reducing peak demand and keeping the lights on during extreme conditions.
Shyft Group Shows Off Its Blue Arc Electric Last Mile Delivery Vehicle To Customers
Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:00:15 +0000
Shyft Group, formerly known as Spartan Motors, has nearly five decades of experience designing and building fleet vehicles of all shapes and sizes including half of all last mile delivery vehicles. These delivery vans are what you think of when you think about a standard FedEx or UPS delivery truck. In today’s dystopian pseudo post-COVID […]
Rooftop Solar Recently Reached 72% Of Western Australia Electricity Output!
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 00:30:40 +0000
Once upon a time, it was a common assumption in the utility industry and among solar skeptics that solar power couldn’t provide more than 5% of grid electricity or the grid would break. And by common, I mean that was the conventional wisdom except among solar loons. How the times have changed! In the latest […]
25,000 PG&E & Tesla Customers Invited To Form World’s Largest Distributed Battery To Support Electric Grid Reliability
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 03:30:49 +0000
OAKLAND, California — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Tesla Inc. have launched a new pilot program that creates a virtual power plant, to help support electric grid reliability and save customers money. On June 22, Tesla invited approximately 25,000 PG&E customers with Powerwalls to join the VPP and help form the world’s largest […]
Virtual Power Plants Do More Than Aggregate: They Empower
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:35:12 +0000
A new solar-enabled virtual power plant in Richmond, California, will not leave low- and middle-income households out in the cold
Energy Security at the Edge of the Grid
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:40 +0000
For many of Australia’s First Nations people living in the Northern Territory, Australia, consistent energy security is not a given. Drawing on his experience working in the Kalahari Desert with isolated communities and fresh from the success of Project Symphony in West Australia, Dr Andrew Mears has partnered with a project co-ordinated by the Intyalheme […]