storage
Distributed Energy Resources
The City of Aztec, New Mexico, a public power community, is pursuing the development of a solar PV plus energy storage project to meet its entire daytime power needs. The city is working with the International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology on the project.
doe
Environment
The U.S. Department of Energy on Aug. 11 announced up to $1.2 billion to advance the development of two commercial-scale direct air capture facilities in Texas and Louisiana.
hydrogen
Generation
California Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to develop a hydrogen market development strategy.
solar
Distributed Energy Resources
A new study, for the first time, analyzes local ordinances and their potential effect on the development of wind and solar resources, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
grid
Reliability
Florida public power utilities OUC and Kissimmee Utility Authority recently hit new power demand records with soaring temperatures hitting the state last week.
plant
Generation
The Omaha Public Power District Board of Directors on Aug. 17 voted to approve the Nebraska public power utility’s recommended near-term generation resource plan to address unprecedented growth in energy demand, OPPD said.
grid
Electricity Markets
The second set of results from a study examining how the New England region’s power system would fare under stressful weather and operational conditions shows the possibility of an energy shortfall increasing between winter 2027 -- the first period studied -- and winter 2032 -- the second period studied -- under some scenarios.
solar
Distributed Energy Resources
Supply chain issues have slowed the growth of community solar installation into the first quarter, but community solar growth is expected to return starting in 2024, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie and the Coalition for Community Solar Access.
solar
Distributed Energy Resources
In the first half of 2023, developers added 16.8 gigawatts of utility-scale generating capacity and plan to bring an additional 35.2 GW online in the second half of the year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
ev
Electric Vehicles
The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory is partnering with J.D. Power to inform the development of more accessible and reliable charging networks and drive the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.