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APS launches incentive to tap 80% of residential customers' battery capacity during peak demand
Arizona Public Service expects to sign up 500 customers to the program, which provides a one-time payment of $1,250. The company offers a separate incentive for installation of residential storage systems up to 5 kW.
By Robert Walton • July 20, 2021 -
DOE, storage provider Highview Power argue long-duration storage should be re-evaluated
Modeling solar and wind projects with long-duration storage would show a "way, way, way lower cost and way, way more value" than a fossil fuel asset, Highview Power CEO Javier Cavada said.
By Jason Plautz • July 16, 2021 -
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Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources.
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DOE initiative seeks to drop long-duration storage cost 90% in a decade
The 90% reduction will use the $162/KWh cost for a 100MW lithium-ion battery in 2020 as a baseline, and is slightly ahead of the cost reduction for lithium-ion batteries over the past decade, a DOE official said.
By Jason Plautz • July 14, 2021 -
Malta, Siemens partner to develop heat pump for potential 20,000 MWh storage project
The partnership will focus on pumped heat storage technology to support a 100 MW thermal energy storage system for up to 200 hours of storage.
By Jason Plautz • July 13, 2021 -
Deep Dive
'Doesn't make sense': Analysts pan omissions in MISO's first electrification impact analysis
MISO’s first electrification-focused planning study was a "good start" by accentuating uncertainties on the rate and pace of the transition, but missed what storage needs will be and what least-regrets solutions offer, experts said.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 13, 2021 -
Southern California Edison plans for 38,000 EV charging stations, in largest IOU effort of its kind
Southern California Edison wants tens of thousands of new EV charging stations across its service territory, as more and more electric vehicles hit the roads.
By Scott Van Voorhis • July 13, 2021 -
New York to test green hydrogen at Long Island power plant
The experiment is part of a research initiative by the power authority as the Empire State scrambles to reduce carbon emissions by 85% over the next three decades.
By Scott Van Voorhis • July 12, 2021 -
Amazon, UPS say hydrogen is further down the road than electric
Near-term sustainability talk often centers on battery-electric, but the technology and market for heavy-duty BEVs is lagging, executives said.
By S.L. Fuller • July 8, 2021 -
Deep Dive
As the US begins to craft a hydrogen strategy, Europe's experience could offer valuable lessons
Green hydrogen advocates are looking across the Atlantic for inspiration on the technologies, policies and strategies that could develop the domestic market.
By Kavya Balaraman • July 6, 2021 -
Deep Dive
As utilities risk missing carbon reduction targets, analysts stress need for organizational change
Sierra Club and the Smart Electric Power Alliance published separate analyses on the shortcomings of utilities in their net zero emissions pledges, finding a common solution in new organizational approaches.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 1, 2021 -
Opinion
The hydrogen molecule's 'moonshot' moment
Hydrogen has the potential to help enable "our generation’s moonshot" — economy-wide decarbonization, the author writes.
By Neva Espinoza • June 23, 2021 -
US grid needs overhaul to keep up with renewable revolution, says GE exec, Sen. Heinrich
The infrastructure package Congress is debating must include tens of billions of dollars to modernize the aging U.S. electric grid, a U.S. senator and industry experts said last week.
By Scott Van Voorhis • June 22, 2021 -
Deep Dive
As US aims to boost clean energy supply chain, critical minerals gap largely human-caused, analysts say
There's no shortage of rare earth minerals needed to transition to a clean energy economy, experts say. The problem is getting them out of the ground — and out of China.
By Emma Penrod • June 17, 2021 -
Stem becomes investment platform CleanCapital's preferred storage provider with new partnership
The partnership will inject more capital into the storage sector while giving investors more insight into the 'esoteric' market.
By Jason Plautz • June 17, 2021 -
As California steels for summer months, storage and demand response efforts could avert blackouts
High temperature forecasts have prompted CAISO to warn of the possible need to conserve energy, although it does not expect outages at this point.
By Kavya Balaraman • June 16, 2021 -
Texas adding energy storage ahead of risky summer months: S&P analysis
With nearly a dozen projects coming online this summer, Texas racks up battery storage amid reliability concerns.
By Jason Plautz • June 16, 2021 -
Hybrid storage and renewable projects are popular. Are they the best for the market?
Using wholesale power market prices from 2012 to 2019 across the seven grid operators, researchers found that independently siting a battery could lead to a higher value in nearly all U.S. markets.
By Jason Plautz • June 14, 2021 -
Storage providers face bankability challenge as customers prefer Tesla, other tier 1 battery suppliers
Diversifying the energy storage supply chain means increasing trust in more manufacturers, industry officials and analysts warn.
By Jason Plautz • June 14, 2021 -
Incentives, interconnection rule changes needed to drive renewables + storage, Ørsted, DNV experts say
"More policy development and more incentives are needed for developers to be interested in this market," said Rocio Herrera, a project manager at engineering consulting firm DNV, during the Clean Power 2021 conference.
By Jason Plautz • June 9, 2021 -
Connecticut legislators approve 1 GW energy storage target for the end of 2030
A bill passed last week also establishes interim targets of deploying 300 MW of storage by the end of 2024 and 650 MW by the end of 2027.
By Jason Plautz • June 8, 2021 -
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Storage investment tax credit: Giving standalone storage a seat at the table
The renewable energy industry and efforts for vast decarbonization this decade have the feel of serious momentum thus far in 2021.
By Andy Tang • June 7, 2021 -
Opinion
'An unlikely alliance': US investor-owned utilities and NGOs partner to advance new carbon-free tech
The Edison Electric Institute and the Clean Air Task Force announce an initiative to support a slate of emerging carbon-free technologies.
By Ben Fowke and Armond Cohen • June 4, 2021 -
PJM reliability valuation proposal could boost energy storage in capacity market, group says
The proposal represents a "necessary and significant step forward," Energy Storage Association Interim CEO Jason Burwen said.
By Jason Plautz • June 4, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Xcel's record-low-price procurement highlights benefits of all-source competitive solicitations
The utility's Colorado division showed how competitive bidding benefits customers if regulators protect the quality of the process.
By Herman K. Trabish • June 1, 2021 -
NREL details cost declines needed for long-duration storage to displace nuclear, gas with CCS
Current long-duration technology is not cost-effective enough to displace firm generation, but new models could help direct investments and research.
By Jason Plautz • May 28, 2021