Microgrid to deploy one of North America’s largest flow batteries
Follow @EngelsAngle Development is underway on a microgrid project in California that is expected to one day host one of North America’s largest flow batteries. The California Energy Commission is providing a $31 million grant to support the project, which will provide long-duration energy storage for the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians in Alpine, California. […]
Read More28 MW solar project coming to Cincinnati Zoo
Follow @EngelsAngle A 28 MW solar project is being developed on farm property owned by the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The zoo has been working to develop solar on their property for more than a decade, an executive said. The project is expected to move the Cincinnati Zoo from “net zero to net positive” […]
Read MoreHow did California’s grid survive record-breaking heat? CAISO shares analysis
Follow @EngelsAngle California’s grid survived a record-setting September heatwave due to several factors, including increased capacity, improved communication between agencies, and significant conservation by commercial and residential customers. That’s new analysis provided by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), which outlined positives, and areas for improvement, stemming from the heatwave that struck much of the […]
Read MoreThis smart community will power 200 homes with solar and batteries in California
Distribution utilities know that flexibility is key for a grid made up of thousands of distributed energy resources (DER) and renewable energy. In California, a state that tends to lead in terms of the energy transition, a new project will test the efficacy of two all-electric microgrids that span two communities and 192 homes for […]
Read MoreBloom expands electrolyzer production capacity to 2 GW
Follow @EngelsAngle Bloom Energy inaugurated a new high-volume commercial electrolyzer line at the company’s facility in New Jersey, increasing their overall production capacity to 2 GW. Bloom’s Newark facility has produced over 1 GW of fuel cell-based Energy Servers over the last decade. The Bloom Electrolyzer relies on the same solid oxide technology platform used […]
Read MoreDon’t California my Texas (electricity market)
Texas Power Podcast host Doug Lewin is joined this week by Dr. Joshua Rhodes, who is a research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, a non-resident fellow at Columbia University, and a founding partner and the CTO of IdeaSmiths LLC, to discuss the Texas electricity market redesign and the results of a highly-anticipated […]
Read MoreSunrun is building Puerto Rico’s first virtual power plant
Follow @EngelsAngle Sunrun has been selected to build Puerto Rico’s first virtual power plant by the island’s electric utility provider. Sunrun said it will aggregate the solar and battery storage systems of more than 7,000 customers to form the 17 MW VPP. The company is aiming to dispatch the VPP in 2024. “Puerto Ricans are […]
Read MoreMajor utilities form Southeast hydrogen hub coalition
A newly-formed coalition of some of the largest utilities in the U.S. will pursue a “six-state hydrogen hub” in the Southeast and plans to apply for funding from an $8 billion U.S. Department of Energy program. The coalition includes Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Louisville Gas & Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (LG&E and KU), […]
Read MoreInvenergy’s FERC complaint shows gaps in regional planning
A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission complaint by a transmission subsidiary of Invenergy shows barriers for merchant transmission developers. Invenergy claims MISO erred by not including its Grain Belt Express in its Long Range Transmission Plan, and MISO replied that without a signed interconnection agreement for the generators injecting energy, MISO could not include the line […]
Read MoreSalt River Project to add two utility-scale battery projects
Arizona-based municipal utility Salt River Project (SRP) signed contracts with Plus Power to bring online two battery storage systems with a total combined output of 340 MW by early summer 2024. The first project, called Sierra Estrella, will be a 250 MW/1 GWh storage system located in Avondale. The second, Superstition, will be a 90 […]
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