Hawaiian Electric offers new incentives to customers with rooftop solar and battery storage

The company says it is streamlining programs for rooftop solar users to help the state meet its clean energy goals, but some customers could see smaller financial benefits.

By Patrick Cooley • April 3, 2024

Goldman renewables spinoff MN8 Energy secures $325M investment

MN8 has a solar fleet with a capacity of 3.2 GW, made up of more 875 projects in 28 states, and battery storage projects with a combined 270 MW of capacity.

By Lamar Johnson • April 3, 2024

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The U.S. clean energy transition is expected to accelerate in 2024 but faces question around transmission, financing, federal elections and other issues.

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DOE to invest $22M to improve planning, permitting of renewable energy, storage projects

The first round of funding, worth $10 million, will go to six state-based projects intended to provide training and technical resources to local governments evaluating large-scale renewable energy projects, DOE said.

By Patrick Cooley • April 2, 2024

CAISO proposes $6.1B transmission plan, mainly for offshore wind

The California Independent System Operator’s transmission plan — with $4.1 billion open for competition — would also support wind and solar imports from Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming.

By Ethan Howland • Updated April 2, 2024

SPP capacity accreditation plan disadvantages clean power, threatens reliability, ACP, others say

The American Clean Power Association and other groups urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject the Southwest Power Pool’s latest plan to reform its capacity accreditation process.

By Ethan Howland • April 1, 2024

How energy storage insulates utilities against rising electricity costs

Energy storage deployment in 2023 set a record globally and more than doubled in the U.S.

April 1, 2024

Up to $300M more required for 2030 energy storage goal: New York road map

New York state’s utility regulator and energy authority recently updated the state’s energy storage vision to account for higher financing and wholesale power pricing costs.

By Brian Martucci • March 28, 2024

Efficiency, clean energy are options for meeting demand growth before gas generation: Energy Innovation

Texas has met its 2.6% annual demand growth with wind and solar, highlighting how clean energy can handle rising electric use, per the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

By Ethan Howland • March 28, 2024

A new era of price-based demand response emerges, but utilities and regulators need proof of its potential

New load flexibility from price-based demand response programs could be invaluable if reliability and cost-effectiveness is confirmed in real-world operating conditions, stakeholders agree.

By Herman K. Trabish • March 27, 2024

Maine on track to meet energy storage goals, report finds

With roughly 215 MW of standalone energy storage projects in the works, and more capacity coming from generation plus storage projects, the 300 MW by 2025 goal seems achievable, according to a state commission.

By Patrick Cooley • March 26, 2024

US energy storage capacity rises 4.2 GW in Q4 2023, full-year additions up 90% over 2022

Grid-scale battery installations drove the increase, with California and Texas accounting for 77% of total Q4 additions.

By Brian Martucci • March 25, 2024

Microsoft, Google, Nucor partner on initiative to spur emerging 24/7 clean power technologies

The Advanced Clean Electricity initiative aims for widespread commercial deployment of advanced nuclear, next-generation geothermal and long-duration storage by the early 2030s.

By Brian Martucci • March 21, 2024

Constellation Energy’s $900M green bond is first in US directed at nuclear power, company says

The bond could also be used for “clean hydrogen, energy storage systems, wind repowering and carbon-free energy solutions for Constellation’s commercial customers,” the company said.

By Brian Martucci • March 21, 2024

Alaska has 1,800 suitable sites for pumped storage with a total capacity of 4 TWh: DOE labs

Researchers suggested that Alaska could deploy modular pumped storage hydropower to “reduce [project] costs by standardizing the design, manufacturing, construction, and operation.”

By Diana DiGangi • March 19, 2024

New England could see resource adequacy troubles even with billions in investments: ISO-NE

Batteries make up 46% of ISO New England’s interconnection queue, but the grid operator said that as peak demand grows, they may “struggle to recharge during the winter months.”

By Robert Walton • March 19, 2024

US saw $4B in clean energy investments in February: E2

Projects in sectors like batteries and solar panels will create 4,400 jobs across 11 states.

By Joelle Anselmo • March 18, 2024

GridStor buys planned 900 MWh storage facility expected to ease grid congestion around Houston

The lithium-ion battery installation, acquired from Balanced Rock Power, is part of a wave of new battery capacity expected to come online soon in Texas.

By Brian Martucci • March 12, 2024

Storage was solar’s co-star in 2023, a record-breaking year for both: American Clean Power

Solar-plus-storage made up 95% of the 11 GW of new hybrid capacity brought online last year, and total hybrid installations rose 90% from 2022 to 2023.

By Diana DiGangi • March 11, 2024

LA City Council plans to streamline solar, battery installation review process

The move, which echoes a similar initiative in New York City, aims to help Los Angeles reach its goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035.

By Joe Burns • March 5, 2024

Congressional action on energy permitting remains stuck, but states, developers are finding solutions

States are resolving local objections to projects through community engagement while transmission developers are making innovative use of existing rights-of-way to bypass permitting logjams.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 27, 2024

Long-duration energy storage could bolster Maine’s grid in winter months: governor’s report

However, these resources will need to be properly valued and compensated by the regional capacity market, the report finds.

By Kavya Balaraman • Feb. 27, 2024

Schneider Electric reaches tax credit transfer agreement with Engie to invest in clean energy projects

The solar and storage projects, expected to come online this year, will get Schneider Electric closer to its 100% renewable energy goal in North America, the company said.

By Nish Amarnath • Feb. 26, 2024

What solar plant operators need to know about panel disposal

The complexities of proper solar panel disposal can feel intimidating at the best of times, but even more so if solar asset owners need to move quickly after a natural disaster.

Feb. 26, 2024

New England capacity prices rise almost 40% in most recent auction

Clean energy resources made up 40% of the total capacity commitments, according to ISO New England, and no coal plant met the auction clearing price.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 23, 2024

Sage Geosystems raises $17M to build first-of-its-kind geothermal energy storage system in Texas

The plant will be able to store energy for both short and long durations using pressurized water stored underground.

By Kavya Balaraman • Feb. 20, 2024