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The Top 5 US Energy Storage Owners
This article kicks off a GTM Squared series on the leading U.S. energy storage asset owners. The entries are drawn from the Wood Mackenzie Energy Storage Project Database, cross-referenced with original reporting and other public…
Student-initiated resolution to power Salt Lake City School District with 100% clean energy adopted
The Salt Lake City District School board unanimously passed a resolution at a recent meeting, establishing the goal of transitioning the school district to 100% clean electricity by 2030, and off fossil fuels by 2040.
The effort was led…
Wood Mackenzie: What The Battery Supply Chain Tells Us About The Future of Energy Storage & EVs
by Nicholas RinaldiJune 07, 2020
On June 3, 2020, Wood Mackenzie hosted a webinar looking at the coronavirus impact on battery raw materials, energy storage and electric vehicles. Wood Mackenzie's team of analysts examine the supply…
WoodMac: Wind, Solar and Storage to Dominate Europe’s Power Grid by 2030
Europe's power system will look very different in 2030, with energy storage supporting the “dominance” of wind and solar generation, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.
The big five European markets — Germany, the U.K.,…
Walcha tests market interest in biggest renewable and storage project in NEM
Walcha Energy is to test market interest in what it describes as the biggest renewable energy and storage project in Australia’s main grid – a proposal to build up to 4.5 gigawatt of wind and solar and up to 10 gigawatt hours of battery…
Work at Tesla’s New York Gigafactory Restarts as Panasonic Prepares for Its Exit
Tesla restarted work at its Buffalo, New York Gigafactory in May, not long after resuming production at its other U.S. factories in California and Nevada, according to a company letter first reported by Buffalo Business First.
Work was on…
Hawaii leads way in long duration battery storage on road to 100% renewables
The island state of Hawaii has clearly taken the lead in the global pursuit of long duration battery storage, after its main electric utility revealed this week the details of 16 winning battery storage tenders in a second round of…
Why competitive transmission should extend to low-voltage projects
FERC Order 1000 opened higher voltage (345 kV and above) for competitive transmission. But not many projects in PJM’s expansion plan are of higher voltage. For renewable energy developers to benefit from storage as a transmission asset,…
ABC offers an unchecked platform for gas-fired fantasies
Australia’s climate debate has transitioned from obsessing over coal to obsessing over gas. It is the talk of the big end of town.
Australia’s energy minister Angus Taylor has always been a big fan of gas (and not a big fan of big fans).…
Solar, Wind, Storage Link Arms in Push for “Majority Renewables” by 2030
The U.S. solar, wind, energy storage and hydropower industries announced a new era of cooperation between their sectors, with the goal of bringing renewables to constitute a majority of electricity generation sources by 2030.…