Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2020 05:15:00 +0000
The post The Bittersweet Power of Hybrids appeared first on POWER Magazine.
A quest for reliability and flexibility is driving significant interest in hybrid and co-located resources, but their widespread integration could hinge on how they are defined and valued in wholesale
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 19:35:02 +0000
President-Elect Joe Biden has a head start on the renewable energy race, thanks in part to ongoing work by the US Department of Energy
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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2020 19:14:07 +0000
Wait, why is the US chairing a new global energy storage consortium that will kill off coal, oil, and gas jobs all over the world
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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:15:06 +0000
Texas-based ERCOT joins Colorado-based NREL in a global consortium that will lift the electric vehicle sector on a tide of renewable energy
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Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:04:52 +0000
Replacing the fossil-fueled energy supply with renewable energy requires unusual focus and substantial investment in the electricity sector
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2020 16:11:42 +0000
The latest analysis by the Rocky Mountain Institute shows the declining costs of renewables is putting pressure on plans to build more natural gas fired thermal generating facilities.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:33:12 +0000
The killer combo of floating solar panels and seven more coal power plant retirements seems to have messed with the President’s mind
Credit to Author: Lee Taylor| Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:29:52 +0000
The post Summer 2020 Brought ERCOT Market Challenges, But Nothing Like 2019 appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The Texas power market made headlines in August 2019 when wholesale prices for electricity repeatedly spiked close to and even hit the $9,000-per-megawatt-hour (MWh) cap. This August, average hourly prices peaked at “just” $1,700 per MWh, the afternoon of Aug. 15. There were many reasons for the reduced price volatility in Texas this year. First, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:19:16 +0000
The post Analysis Supports Competitive Southeast Power Market appeared first on POWER Magazine.
A new report from two groups that study energy policy supports the establishment of a fully competitive regional electricity market in the U.S. Southeast, something already being discussed by at least two of the region’s largest utilities. The analysis published August 25 from San Francisco, California-based Energy Innovation, and Boulder, Colorado-based Vibrant Clean Energy (VCE), […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 03:30:21 +0000
In Texas, solar will soon push most of the remaining coal fleet offline, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)