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Four Colorado utilities to join energy imbalance market in the West
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has signed an implementation agreement with Xcel Energy – Colorado, paving the way for the company’s participation in the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) in 2022.
The agreement also…
UK’s Largest Solar Project Approved, Will Snub Government Subsidies
Cleve Hill, the U.K.'s largest-ever solar project, received its government planning approvals this week. The question is how the 350-megawatt development proceeds from here in a large-scale solar market that has all but died out.…
ABC’s QandA: Old fossils versus smart advocates of clean energy transition
This must have been a set-up. Two middle aged men and three younger women arguing the toss on climate change and energy policies on the ABC’s Q&A program. Two old fossils putting the case for dirty, old, and incumbent technologies.…
Why long duration storage is best for Minnesota
Great River Energy (GRE) long-duration pilot project announcement generated many headlines recently. There were three things that the industry observers noted: 1) there is a new commercial grid-scale storage technology called aqueous air…
Australia’s distributed solar faces blunt options without the right data
The growth of renewable energy in Australia has often been celebrated and demonised at the same time.
We’ve seen calls to curb the export of solar produced by residential rooftop systems, as well as network operators touting these systems…
What Offshore Wind Can Bring to the Corporate PPA Party
Offshore wind is one trend where Europe's renewable energy industry has taken an early lead. Corporate PPAs? Not so much.
But as corporate onshore wind and solar deals pick up in Europe, the first handful of offshore wind…
Fluence proposes two big batteries to upgrade Victoria-NSW transmission line
US battery storage technology company Fluence is proposing two big batteries – each of 250MW and 30 minute storage – could be installed as a faster and potentially cheaper solution to solve the transmission limits between the two biggest…
U.S. renewable energy consumption surpasses coal for the first time in over 130 years
In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly…
Minigrids Are a Missing Piece of the Integrated Electrification Puzzle
Whether booming off-grid power demand in emerging markets is met with grid extension or distributed renewables will be central to the growth story of the global clean-power sector.
As the technological and financial tool kit for…
Q Cells tips $5m into SwitchDin to taps solar and battery management technology
Global solar giant Q Cells has tapped the distributed energy management software platform of Australian start-up SwitchDin, to pair with its recently launched Q.Home solar and storage package, combining PV panels, a hybrid inverter, and…