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2024-25 Articles
2024-25 Articles
Australia's Electricity Grid Sets Record Demand 0126.rtf
Oregon Had a Huge Transmission Obstacle to Add Green Energy. What It Did. 1225.rtf
How EVs Can Fix the Grid and Lower Your Electric Bill 1025.rtf
PJM Interconnection Needs 43 GW of Energy Storage by 2045 - Brattle Group 1025.rtf
EV Owners Are Using Their Trucks’ Giant Batteries to Prevent Blackouts 1025.rtf
European Power Prices Turn Negative, as Storm Boosts Wind Output 1025.rtf
Solar and Batteries Set Records in Grid-Stabilizing Summer in Texas 0925.rtfUS Electric Grid Growing Faster than Anticipated – US EIA 0925.rtfManaged EV Charging Could Generate $30 Billion Annual Savings by 2035 - 0825.rtfPJM Surplus Interconnection Can Support 153 GW of Solar, Wind, Storage 0825.rtfState Attorneys General Demand DoE Fix Its Flawed Grid-Reliability Report 0825.rtfA Cure for Sudden Power Blackouts 0825.rtfChina’s Coal % kWh Fell 73 to 51 in 9 Years. Why Build New Coal, When It Stops 0825.rtfChina Opens 4,100 km Power Expressway Loop around Southern Xinjiang Desert 0725.rtfChina’s Scorching Heat Poses Summer Test for Electricity Grid 0725.rtfCalifornia Could Nearly Double Electric Capacity Using Surplus Interconnection 0525.rtfBlackouts Can Happen Anywhere - How Power Systems Worldwide Can Collapse 0525.rtfPJM, MISO, NYISO Ripe for Energy Storage Market Reforms 0425.rtfSoutheast Asian Electric Dream Need a Supergrid for Climate Solution 0225.rtf - There are several national grids are, but not very connected to each other.An Electricity Interstate for the United States 0125.rtf - Re-conductor (with thicker wires) major existing transmission lines and build new ones under the medians of interstate highways.
Dark Doldrums Overshadow Europe’s Energy Markets 1224.rtfBalancing Renewable Energy and Power Demand over 24 Hours Cuts Costs 1224.rtfClimate-Driven Water Impacts in US West to Raise Cost of Decarbonizing Grid 1124.rtfSurprise Solar Boom in Pakistan Helps Millions, But Harms Grid 1124.rtfWhy Hydropower Is Failing This Nation — and Could Fail Others 1124.rtfCO2 Pollution in the West Could Drop with Expansion of Electrical Grid 1024.rtfClick for MoreHydrogen Too Costly for Baseload Generation but Could Be Long-Term Storage 0724.rtfPermitting Reform Is Back. Is the Latest Deal Worth It? 0824.rtfCar Batteries as a Grid Resource 0624.rtfBursts of Free Power Raise Red Flags for Green Tech Investors 0624.rtfIncreasing Use of Renewable Energy in US Yields $ Billions in Benefits 0524.rtfBiden Administration's Initiative to Bolster US Power Grid 0524.rtfHow Simple Re-Conductoring Could Double the Size of the U.S. Electricity Grid 0524.rtfAs Storage Interconnection Requests Jump 540 GW, How to Get Things Moving? 0524.rtfWhere Heat Waves Might Cause Blackouts across the US 0524.rtfGrid Investment Must Outpace Renewables for Net Zero, BNEF 0524.rtfRenewables Will Skyrocket under New Transmission Policies 0524.rtfUS Power Grid Is Overwhelmed. New Rules Aim to Boost Construction. 0524.rtfUS DoE Unveils Critical Grid Corridors for Biden Climate Goals 0524.rtfBiden Administration Moves to Speed Up Permits for Clean Energy 0524.rtfNew Tech Lighter Wire Can Carry 3 X as Much Electricity in Transmission Line.rtfSolar-EV-Heat Pump Homes Buy Electricity When It’s Cheap, Sell When It’s Costly 0424.rtfRooftop Solar Panels Flood California Grid, for Free Power and Curtailment 0424.rtfUS Seeing Rise in Climate-Related Power Outages 0424.rtfUS Grid Connection Queues Jumped 27% to 2.6 TW in 2023, Led by Solar, Storage 0424.rtfExtreme Heat Shuts Philippine Power Plants and Risks Blackouts 0424.rtf‘Magic Balls’ Measure Real-Time Power Line Temperature, Allow Sending More 0324.rtfSpanish Power Is Almost Free with Renewables Set for Record 0224.rtfEV Chargers Take On Natural Gas for Power System Flexibility 0224.rtfSpanish Power Is Almost Free with Renewables Set for Record 0224.rtfMore Heat Pumps Cause Demand Peak Switch to Winter, for Grid Problems 0124.rtf
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2023 Articles
FERC Accepts ISO New England Plan for Storage as Transmission-Only Assets 1023.rtfIEA Report Has Terrific News for the Climate 1023.rtfElectric Grids Are a Hidden Weak Spot in World’s Climate Plans 1023.rtfGreen Mountain Power Proposes Home Energy Storage for All Vermonters 1023.rtfHow Utilities Can Balance EV Charging Demand 1023.rtfSolar Is Keeping the Texas Grid Running. October’s Eclipse Will Test That. 0923.rtfG.M. Will Add Backup Power Function to Its Electric Vehicles 0823.rtfClick for more2023 Articles
A Bottleneck on the Grid Threatens Clean Energy. New Rules Aim to Help. 0723.rtfAES Indiana Plans 200-MW:800-MWh Energy Storage at Retiring Coal Plant 0723.rtfAs Texas Cranks Up the AC, Congested Transmission Shuts Out Renewables 0723.rtfEuropean Power Prices Go Below Zero Again, as Solar Output Surges 0723.rtfLargest US Grid Operator Should Process, Connect Clean Energy Project Backlog 0723.rtf - PJM. FERC Order may help.Extreme Heat Is Already Straining the Mexican Power Grid 0623.rtfTexas Sets New Power Use Record as Dangerous Heat Sweeps Southern U.S. 0623.rtfA Grid Collapse Would Make a Heat Wave Far Deadlier 0623.rtfSolar Helps Texas Carry Energy Load as Heat Wave Puts Power Grid to Test 0623.rtfRenewables Softened Blow from Intense Texas Heat Wave 0623.rtfNew Englanders to Address Grid Connection Issues 0623.rtfAmid Mountain of Delays, California Bills to Speed Grid Connections Advance 0623.rtfFERC Aims to Fix the Grid’s Renewable Energy Backlog. Can iI? 0623.rtfVietnam Starts Planned Blackouts, as Heat Stretches Grid 0523.rtfVPPs Are as Resource Adequate as Gas Peakers, Big Batteries, but 60% Cheaper 0523.rtfBlackouts Loom for Most of US in Extreme Summer-Heat Scenario 0523.rtfUS Grid Interconnection Backlog Jumps 40% +, as IRA Spurs More Renewables 0423.rtfSolar Panels & Energy Storage Are Worth the Cost to Integrate into US Grid 0423.rtfWhat Congress Must Do Now to Speed Up the Green Energy Transition 0323.rtfChamber of Commerce, API and SEIA Lead Letter Urging 2023 Permitting Reform 0323.rtfThe Grid Can Handle EV Charging, Even When Demand Spikes 0323.rtfISO-NE Overvalues Fossil Fuel Plants, Reducing Grid Reliability - Sierra Club 0323.rtfBillion-Dollar Power Lines Are Finally Inching Ahead to Help US Grids 0323.rtfWhy Plugging In US Wind and Solar Projects Is So Difficult 0223.rtfElectric Vehicles Can Now Power Your Home for 3 Days 0223.rtfHow to Modernize Permitting for a Low-Carbon Economy 0223.rtfStreamlining Environmental Reviews Could Slow Down Clean Energy Transition 0223.rtfClean Energy Is the Future. Permitting Reform Is How to Get There. 0223.rtfNew York City Will Replace Its Largest Fossil Fuel Plant with Wind Power 0123.rtfPower Storage for Renewable-Based Electric Grid Could Be Parked Next Door 0123.rtfWinter Blackouts Highlight Need for Clean Energy 0123.rtfHow the Husks of Old Power Plants Can Help the Climate Fight 0123.rtf
2022 Articles
2022 Articles
Big Growth in Electric Heat Set Stage for Blackouts in US South 1222.rtfTransmission Shortfall Is Really Strangling the Energy Transition 1222.rtfTransmission Bottleneck Is Blocking Clean Energy for Millions 1222.rtfHow a Solar Microgrid Became a Town’s Lifeline in Blackout-Prone Puerto Rico 1222.rtfEVs Add to Electricity Demand, But Not as Much as You Might Think 1022.rtfEU Set to Pave Way for €565 Billion Overhaul of Electricity Grid 0922.rtfDemocrats Should Embrace New Transmission Line Reform in Manchin Side Deal 0922.rtfIt’s Common to Charge Electric Vehicles at Night. That Will Become a Problem. 0922.rtfCalifornia Is Awash in Renewable Energy — except When It’s Needed Most 0922.rtfWhat the Western Drought Reveals about Hydropower 0922.rtfWhy More Electric Cars Could Be Good for the Grid 0922.rtfHeat Wave in US West Breaks Records, Threatens California Grid 0922.rtfHow Electric Cars Can Actually Help the Grid during California’s Heat Wave 0922.rtfWorld Spending on Transmission Cables Will Have to Rival Solar and Wind Power 0922.rtfWhy the Energy Transition Broke the U.S. Interconnection System 0822.rtfNew Transmission Lines Are Required to Fight Climate Change 0922.rtfCalifornians Brace for Grid-Straining Heat Wave 0822.rtfEuropean Power Prices Shatter Records, as Energy Crisis Intensifies 0822.rtfDrought Threatens Coal Plant Operations - and Electricity - across the West 0822.rtfPG&E, Tesla Virtual Power Plant Delivers 16.5 MW to Stressed California Grid 0822.rtfDrought-Fueled Power Crisis in China Poses Risk to Clean Energy 0822.rtfCalifornians Urged to Conserve Electricity as Temperatures to Soar Past 100 - 0822.rtfReserve Margin May Need to Rise to 300% by 2040, as Grid Adds Renewables 0822.rtfHow London Paid a Record Price to Dodge a Blackout 0722.rtfHow Old Coal Plants Help Deliver Renewable Power 0722.rtfA Texas Meteorologist Warned of Power Outages. Then the Lights Went Out. 0722.rtfMidwest Wind Energy Transmission Line Gets Supersized 0722.rtfHeat Wave Spreads across Europe, Raising Risk in Energy Crisis 0722.rtfExtreme Heat Pushes Highs over 110 in Texas, as Power Grid Nears Brink 0722.rtfPG&E, Tesla Start Using Customers’ Powerwall Batteries for California Reliability 0622.rtfPuerto Ricans Built the World’s Largest Renewable Peaker Plant. Let’s Use It. 0622.rtfExtreme Heat Stretches Japan’s Power Grid to Near Its Limits 0622.rtfFERC 1st-Ready, 1st-Served Interconnection Rules Spur New Generation, Storage 0622.rtfTexas Power Use Breaks Record, More to Come as Heat Wave Lingers 0622.rtfAs Texas Saw Record Electricity Demand, Wind and Solar Delivered 0622.rtfChina Wants the Market to Help Speed Battery Storage Build-Out 0622.rtfChina’s Renewable Energy Fleet Is Growing Too Fast for Its Grid 0622.rtfHeat Spikes Could Cause More Blackouts This Summer. They Won't Be the Last.Heat Spikes Could Cause More Blackouts This Summer. They Won'tBe the Last. 0522.rtfSummer Blackouts Possible in Vast Areas of the US, Official Warns 0522.rtfPJM Releases Road Map for Creating ‘Grid of the Future’ to Handle Coming Renewables, Storage Wave 0522.rtfMidwest at Greater Risk for Rolling Blackouts 0522.rtfHeat Wave Sparks Blackouts, Questions on India's Coal Usage 0522.rtfA $5 Billion Plan May Bring Indonesia’s 3.5 GW of Solar 30 Miles to Singapore 0422.rtfNew York Clears Plan to Bring 1250 MW of Canadian Hydropower to Big Apple 0422.rtfHome Battery Storage & Electric Vehicles 0322.rtf - focus on vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-buildingOverwhelmed, Largest US Grid Operator Seeks 2-Year Pause on Solar Approvals 0222.rtfIndia Will Spend $1.6 Billion to Add Lines for Transmitting Green Power 0122.rtf - India plans for its electricity to be 50% renewable by 2030. Mostly new transmission lines will transport 20 GW along / across 10,750 circuit kilometers. 80% of India’s new electric capacity in 2021 was renewable.
2020-2021 Articles
2020-2021 Articles
California to Change Net Metering from Retail to Wholesale Pricing 1221.rtfOutdated US Grid Can Slow Down Renewable Energy 1221.rtfThe $300 Billion Plan to Bring Green Power to China’s Megacities 1221.rtfWhen the Wind Drops, Interconnectors Keep Renewable Electricity Supply Steady 1121.rtfLonger, More Frequent Outages Afflict the U.S. Power Grid 1021.rtfThe (US) Grid Isn’t Ready for the Renewable Revolution 1021.rtfChina’s Power Crisis Moves from the Factory Floor to Homes 0921.rtfChina’s Power Cuts Widen amid Shortages and Climate Push 0921.rtfMajor California Battery Outage Highlights Energy Storage Risks 0921.rtfUtilities Struggle to Keep the Lights on, as Fires and Drought Plague California 0821.rtfTesla’s California Solar Powerwall Customers Send Energy to Support Grid, Prevent Blackouts 0721.rtfA Big Oil Company Is Investing Billions in Wyoming Wind 0721.rtf - Its new 732 mile high-voltage line connects Wyoming wind to Las Vegas More Power Lines or Rooftop Solar Panels - The Fight Over Energy’s Future 0721.rtfUS Grid Needs Overhaul to Keep Up with Renewable Revolution 0621.rtfThe Grid’s Big Looming Problem - Getting Power to Where It’s Needed 0621.rtfSevere Heat and Drought Pack Dual Threat to Power Plants 0621.rtf - less hydropower and less water for cooling thermal power plants fueled by coal, natural gas, uranium, and oil.Texas Adding Energy Storage Ahead of Risky Summer Months - S&P Analysis 0621.rtfLess Water Means More Gas - How Drought Tests Stressed California Power Grid 0621.rtfWhere Wind and Solar Power Need to Grow for America to Meet Its Goals 0521.rtfBig Solar Eyes Old Power Plants in Congested Midwest Grid 0521.rtf - Transmission nodes at old power plants are invaluable for interconnecting renewables projects.Americas Poised to Lead $86 Billion Global Storage Market by 2025 - 0421.rtfBiden Releases Money in Push to Modernize US Electric Grid 0421.rtfStrategies Emerge to Reliably Integrate Renewables for 100% Clean Electricity 0421.rtfBiden's Green Goals Face a Power Grid Reckoning 0421.rtfSustainability Games - a Solution for Residential Demand Response 0221.rtf - Smartphone controls a smart home, including electric vehicle charging and discharging.One Sun, One Planet, One Electric Grid? 0221.rtfTexas Flunks Climate Test, as Energy Grid Freezes Up 0221.rtfA Glimpse of America’s Future - Climate Change Means Trouble for Power Grids 0221.rtfAll EVs by 2035? Report Shows Roadblocks 0121.rtf - mis-match between when electricity is most available and when vehicles use it for rechardging. [The answer lies in correct rate structuring.]New York Outlines Path to Reach Storage, Renewables Goals 0121.rtf - includes approval of major new transmission line.100% Clean Power? Don't Wait for New Technology, Study Says 1220.rtfToyota Reveals Plan to Turn Trucks into Emissions-Free ‘Power Plants' 0920.rtfVehicle-to-Grid - How EV’s Enable More Efficient Energy Distribution 0920.rtf - an excellent read and explanationCalifornia Blackouts - A 'Wake-Up Call' for Clean Energy? 0820.rtfRailroads and Oil and Gas Pipeline Routes Could Also Carry Electricity 0820.rtf$16 Billion Plan to Beam Australia’s Outback Sun onto Asia’s Power Grids 0820.rtfAustralia Sees $10 Billion Opportunity to Harness Solar and Wind 0720.rtfEffective Load Carrying Capacity of Wind and Solar in California 0720.rtf - For 2022, PV standalone 4-6% load carrying capacity, but 99% with battery storage. Wind standalone 30%, but 60% with battery storage. For 2030, PV0-1%, but 92% with storage, while wind was 25% standalone and 50% with battery.Green Tasmania Could Help Wean Australian Cities Off Coal 0620.rtfChina Completes a 1,000-Mile Long Clean Energy Artery 0620.rtfIndia’s Tender for ‘Round the Clock” Renewable Power 0620.rtfU.K. Grid Struggles as Renewables Overtake Fossil Fuels 0520.rtfUK Households to Be Paid for Daytime Green Electricity Use during Lockdown 0420.rtfGrid Congestion Costs Billions, Stymies Renewables 0120.rtfElectric Cars Will Challenge State Power Grids 0120.rtf
One Sun, One Planet, One Electric Grid? 0221.rtf
power (fuel, etc.) sources, long hi-voltage transmission lines, energy storage, micro-grids, residential demand response, etc.
2016-2019 Articles
2016-2019 Articles
Tesla's Australian Virtual Power Plant Propped up Grid during Coal Outage 1219.rtfSolar Farms Can Keep UK’s Lights On Even at Night 1119.rtfDistributed Solar Saved ISO-NE Consumers $20 Million during July Heat Wave 0818.rtfSolar Creates Savings amid Heat Wave, but Industry Growth Cools 0818.rtf - need more storage to accomodate more PVThe Duck Curve Comes to New England 0518.rtfSolar Has Transformed into Solar + Storage. What Becomes of Net Metering? 0518.rtfMassachusetts Is Staring Down a Duck Curve of Its Own. Storage Could Help. 0418.rtfWhy Hydroelectric Utilities Are Endangered by Soaring Soar and Wind 1117.rtfCoal Plant Closures Are Coming to Texas. So What Market Changes Are Needed? 1017.rtfThe Eclipse Will Give Us a Glimpse of the Future of Natural Gas 0817.rtfSolar Plants Aim to Keep Lights on at Night 0717.rtfWind, Solar Do Not Harm Power Grid Reliability - Draft U.S. Study 0717.rtfCoal’s Decline Not Hurting Power Grid Reliability, Study Says 0617.rtfAs Solar Pushes Electricity Prices Negative, 3 Solutions for California’s Power Grid 0617.rtfPruitt Says Coal Losses Make the Grid Vulnerable. They Really Don't. 0617.rtfSolar Power Breaks UK Records, Thanks to Sunny Weather 0517.rtfHow California Is Dealing with Below-Zero Power Market Prices 0517.rtfRenewable Energy Groups Push Back against Rick Perry's Controversial Grid Study 0517.rtfUK Breaks Solar Energy Record - Demand Higher at Night than Afternoon 0317.rtfCharging Electric Cars the Smart Way Will Take Pressure Off the Grid 0317.rtfUtility World's Hourly Pricing Turned Upside Down by Renewables 0217.rtfResidential Storage Can Undercut Benefits of Rooftop Solar 0217.rtfBig Utilities Try to Tilt Solar Energy Market in Their Favor 0217.rtf - axe net meteringChina’s Embrace of HVDC Electricity Transmission Holds Lessons for Others 0117.rtfCan New Tariff Models Help Massachusetts Solve Rooftop Solar Compensation Puzzle? 1216.rtfClinton Makes Pitch for ‘Modern Grid' 0816.rtfApple Can Sell Power, as Tech Giants Boost Energy Investments 0816.rtfWhy Home Solar Panels No Longer Pay in Some States 0716.rtfLessons along the Path to 100% Clean Energy 0716.rtf - 100% green energy in Portugal & Germany at some times, but what about the other hours? Storage, fossil fuel power?As Solar Power Floods California Grid, Challenges Loom 0716.rtfChile Has So Much Solar Energy, It’s Giving It Away for Free 0616.rtf - overbuilt in north (Atacama) when copper export prices tank, no transmission yet to central Chile, whre most people live.DOE Program Aims for 100% Solar Penetration on the Distribution System 0516.rtfDOE Says Solar Growth Demands a Different Kind of Grid 0516.rtf - More storage (including EVs), smart inverters, etc. Curtailment when the sun or wind is strong may still be needed.Solar Power Sets New British Record by Beating Coal for a Day 0416.rtfTexas Poised to Integrate More Wind, Solar Energy 0316.rtf - revised ancillary service marketsAre Residential Demand Charges the Best Rate Reform for DERs? 0316.rtfBy Fighting Rooftop Solar, Utilities Set Themselves Up for Worse to Come 0216.rtfCalifornia Solar Owners Face New Fees, Utilities Say Costs Should Be Higher 0116.rtf
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Will solar prices go negative in Massachusetts, as they already have in California & Arizona?
2015 Articles and earlier
2015 Articles and earlier
Home Solar Battery Revolution an Economic and Emissions Game Changer 1215.rtfNew Fees Seen to Weaken Demand For Rooftop Solar 1115.rtfChina's Economic Shift to Aid Climate Fight but Packs a Commodity Punch 1015.rtf - transmission limitsEven after Dark, Vast Spanish Solar Plant Harnesses Sun's Power 1015.rtf‘Solar on the Rooftop Is Going to Be the Baseload’ - National Grid CEO 0915.rtfPilbara Airport (NW Australia) Solar Farm to Trial ‘Cloud Predictive Technology' 0915.rtfIn Hawaii, Rooftop Solar Panels Threaten ‘Utility Death Spiral’ 0815.rtfPJM, Largest US RTO, Is Well-Prepared to Lower Carbon Pollution without Reliability Problems 0315.rtfSales from Rooftop Solar Panels - Net-Metering vs Wholesale Rates 0515.rtfRenewable Energy Surge Revives Europe's Power Trade 0415.rtfThe Way We Power Our Homes May Be on the Verge of a Major Change 0415.rtfHawaii Utility Commits to Top US % for Rooftop Solar. Can Grid Handle It? 0415.rtf3 Reasons Solar and Wind Energy Will Take Over the Grid Soon 0415.rtfRise in Solar Systems Is Game-Changer for Electric Utilities 0315.rtfUtilities Wage Campaign Against Rooftop Solar 0315.rtf9 Reasons Not to Be Depressed about the Planet 1214.rtfWhy Utilities Can Now Rely on Solar PV 1014.rtf$500-a-Day Service Charge Designed to Kill Solar 0814.rtfSolar’s Dramatic Cost Fall May Herald Energy Price Deflation 0414.rtfHow Rooftop Solar and Big Utilities Can Co-Exist 1013.rtfCell Phone-Enabled Mini Solar Panel for 1.5 Billion Living Off the Grid 1013.rtfIn Sunny Arizona, a Battle Over Solar Power 1013.rtfWith Rooftop Solar on Rise, US Utilities Strike Back 0913.rtfSolar Suburbia to Power Modern Cities? 0813.rtfCould Rooftop Solar Kill Utilities? California Grapples with Solar’s Success 0513.rtf
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