Day: February 4, 2019
POWER-GEN International To Showcase Flexible, Dispatchable Solar Generation
Up until now, solar generation on the electricity grid operated in most places in what is known as a “must-take” scenario. That means that all solar that is generated must be used on the grid. When renewable energy was a fledgling new technology, this scenario made sense.
PJM joins Energy Web Foundation for Blockchain-based Pilot for Renewable Markets
EWF and PJM Environmental Information Services Inc. (PJM-EIS) announced they are teaming up on developing and testing a market-wide reference implementation of Energy Web Origin for the Generation Attribute Tracking System (GATS) administered by PJM-EIS.
FERC Shake-Up Raises Possibility of Coal Bailout
An untimely resignation has given one Kentucky Republican a second shot at saving coal.
Fueling the Future: How Batteries are Improving, in Three Ways
In the race for the next generation battery, lithium-ion technology has made huge leaps in recent years. But the power packs continue to have drawbacks: they use raw material mined in unstable countries, they’re dangerous if they break and they could pack more power.
Regulations, Not Resource Determine Wind Energy Costs in Northern Europe
Regulations governing the construction of wind farms vary considerably between countries. Indeed, these differences can have a stronger impact on generation costs than differences in wind resources. In the future, northern European cross-border renewable energy auctions should take diverging…
Could Sustainable Clean Energy Securitization Save the Planet?
The financial instrument that nearly collapsed the global economy is being re-engineered to create a new market with a lofty goal: to save the planet.
8 Things You Need to Know About the IPCC 1.5˚C Report
While all countries committed under the Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise to 1.5˚C-2˚C (2.7-3.6˚ F), major questions remained: How can the world achieve this temperature goal? And what happens if it doesn’t?
IRENA: Egypt Could Meet Up to 53 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables
Egypt has the potential to meet up to 53 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The Egypt Renewable Energy Outlook, released in Cairo last week in the presence of Egyptian government officials and…
IEA: World Could Install 1.3 TW of Clean Energy by 2023
The world could install more than a trillion watts of renewable power over the next five years, more than the entire current generation capacity of the European Union.
ISO-New England Offers Preview of Pending Energy Storage Market Changes
Excitement over storing electricity, and expectations for new market rules in the U.S. promise great changes in energy. Instead of hype and speculation, this blog offers a preview of those market changes. For those who are waiting for FERC Order 841 to sort things out, ISO-New England has published…