Gas 'Peakers' Seeing New Life as Temps Increase and Renewables Fluctuate
Europe’s heat wave is hastening the rise of the “peaker,” a natural gas-fired power plant that can switch on and off quickly and runs only when there’s high demand.
There's a Hidden Battery Play in the ‘Extremes’ of Power Prices
There’s an energy-storage opportunity hidden in plain sight -- and it has little to do with electric vehicles.
As batteries go mainstream, the “deepest potential” for them is likely to be in arbitrage, according to a Bloomberg NEF report Tuesday.
China Approves 720-MWh Battery Storage Pilot in Renewable Push
China approved its first large battery storage pilot project as it seeks to maximize clean energy output and improve grid stability.
PG&E Bankruptcy Risk Gets Real — But What's Next?
Standoffs over who pays what for infrastructure are kind of where America’s at right now. Besides the shutdown in D.C. over the southern border barrier, California is grappling with how to finance a somewhat more useful bit of equipment: its power grid.
75-MW Duke Energy Florida Solar Farm now in Operation
Duke Energy Florida has about 300,000 solar panels in operation totaling 100 MW across its territory.
How Minnesota Could Economically Reach 70 percent Renewable Electricity
A recent report from Minnesota pollution regulators shows the state is making progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but it isn’t doing enough to keep pace with its long-term goals or stop catastrophic climate change.
China Plans Subsidy-Free Solar, Wind Power Pilot Projects
China will start building pilot wind and solar power projects that won’t receive national government payments as it pushes to improve the competitiveness of renewable energy and rein in subsidy bills. Shares of solar manufacturers surged in New York and Hong Kong.
IRENA: Transition to Renewable Energy May Create an Entirely Different World
This week at the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), political and business leaders from around the world outlined the far-reaching geopolitical implications of an energy transformation driven by the rapid growth of renewable energy.
PG&E Likely Seeking Bankruptcy by Jan. 29
The San Francisco-based utility is under investigation for any role its equipment might have played in the deadly wildfires of late 2018, only one year after getting blamed for an earlier, devastating rash of blazes.
ASU Researchers Break Solar-cell Efficiency Record at 25.4 Percent
Arizona State University researchers have set a new record for solar efficiency, 25.4 percent. Working with tandem photovoltaics, or stacking different materials in a solar cell, the ASU team has continued to improve solar efficiency and lower costs.