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Energy Cast Podcast: How does gravity-based energy storage actually work?
Energy Cast is a podcast featuring some of the top experts across all links in the energy industry chain, including renewables, generation and more! Jay Dauenhauer created the show and has been hosting Energy Cast for several years.…
Battery storage: Five minute rule to be delayed, but only by three months
One of the most critical and urgent market reforms in the Australian electricity sector is to be delayed, but only by three months, after the principal rule maker threaded a needle between the demands for a longer delay from mostly…
Can the Clean Energy Industry Deliver On the Biden-Sanders Climate Plan?
After effectively clinching the Democratic presidential primary, Joe Biden's campaign began work with Senator Bernie Sanders in May to create a “unity task force.” The group hoped to propose policies that appeal to moderates and…
Virginia is first southern state to join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
This week, Virginia Governor
Ralph Northam announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia has become the newest
member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a market-based
collaborative effort among Northeast and Mid-Atlantic…
West Australia ready to seize ‘once-in-a-generation’ battery storage opportunity
Western Australia has an opportunity to seize a massive piece of a $136 billion market for lithium-ion batteries by reviving an Australian manufacturing sector, a new assessment has found.The strong potential of a Western Australian battery…
We lost our home in summer bushfires. Now we’re going underground and off the grid
One Step Off The GridWe lost our house and just about everything in it during the horrific fire season of 2019/20.Ours had the dubious distinction of being one of the very first houses to be lost on that terrible day that ushered in the…
CEC awards $2.9M to companies investigating second-life batteries for use in solar microgrids
Software and services company CleanSpark
and ReJoule, a battery diagnostics and optimization company announced that they
have been awarded a $2.9 million grant from the California Energy
Commission (CEC) to be deployed over the next…
Why 100% Clean Energy Advocates Must Overcome the ‘Resource Adequacy’ Challenge
As renewable energy capacity continues edging out fossil fuels, the clean energy revolution seems inevitable. But this clean future could be hamstrung unless we overcome “resource adequacy” challenges.For the first time in 130 years,…
NSW to call for wind, solar and storage proposals for second renewable zone
The NSW Coalition state government is preparing to announce the second phase of its renewable energy zone program, with a call-out for up to 8GW of wind, solar and storage projects in a new zone in the north of the state, including New…
New Hampshire considering vehicle charging as gateway to time-of-use rates
State regulatory staff recently recommended that utilities offer discounts for charging vehicles during off-peak hours. New Hampshire regulators are considering whether and how utilities should offer discounts to electric vehicle drivers…