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10.13.20 PV, EV, & Storage 0

Amazon, Generac and Calibrant: Making Sense of Recent Distributed Energy Activity

This week on The Interchange, we look at consolidation and cooperation in the DER market.

by Stephen Lacey

10.09.20 16

EV flexibility could balance Norway's grid all by itself as early as 2025, according to Tibber CEO Edgeir Aksnes.

The Startup Helping EVs Balance Out the Renewables That Power Them

Digital energy supplier Tibber is bidding customers’ V2G-enabled electric vehicles into commercial grid-services tenders, shifting the tech from theory to practice.

by John Parnell

10.08.20 Grid Edge 36

Gonzales' project could serve as a model for California municipalities. (Photo: City of Gonzalez)

California Town Tests New Model for Microgrids

New $70 million microgrid will provide reliable, round-the-clock power at competitive rates and overcome a grid-upgrade bottleneck.

by Jeff St. John

10.07.20 Grid Edge 9

A new report identifies the need to fix gaps in planning for extreme weather and post-solar net peak grid demand.

Behind California’s Rolling Blackouts: Planning and Market Failures

A long-awaited study confirms the state’s resource adequacy system and day-ahead markets weren’t ready for a regionwide heat wave.

by Jeff St. John

10.06.20 Grid Edge 1

The joint venture will specialize in onsite energy in the U.S.

Siemens and Macquarie Form Calibrant Energy to Tackle Distributed Energy Market

The two are joining up on a distributed energy venture to sell an energy-as-a-service concept.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

10.06.20 Grid Edge 44

Enbala’s DER software platform currently orchestrates around 600 megawatts of capacity.

Generac Acquires Enbala, Boosting Plan to Harness Behind-the-Meter Energy Resources

The deal puts Generac in the business of aggregating distributed energy resources as virtual power plants.

by Jeff St. John

10.01.20 Grid Edge 15

Talk of the theoretical benefits of pricing carbon in electricity markets collides with real-world policy conflicts.

FERC Carbon Pricing Conference Highlights State-Federal Divide on Clean Power Policy

Wholesale market carbon prices may work better than state mandates, but can both be balanced? New York may be the first test.

by Jeff St. John

10.01.20 1

Measuring energy efficiency in terms of avoided CO2 emissions could incentivize building electrification.

Research Spotlight

This California Utility Is Now Measuring Building Electrification in “Avoided Carbon”

Sacramento’s municipal utility has introduced a new energy-efficiency metric to align efficiency, electrification and decarbonization.

by Fei Wang and Francesco Menonna

09.30.20 Grid Edge 18

California is taking steps to unlock the flexibility of its growing fleet of solar systems, batteries and electric vehicle chargers.

California’s Interconnection Rules Open Doors to Flexible Solar-Storage, Vehicle-to-Grid Charging

Revisions to Rule 21 could allow distributed energy resources to play a more active role on the California’s grid.

by Jeff St. John

09.28.20 Energy 8

Ameren Missouri plans to add 5.4 gigawatts of wind and solar over 20 years.

Ameren Sets Goal of Net-Zero by 2050, Plots Major Wind and Solar Expansion in Midwest

Ameren Missouri’s IRP calls for 5.4 GW of renewables by 2040, but it keeps some coal and retains natural gas as an option.

by Jeff St. John

09.22.20 Grid Edge 10

Electric vehicle chargers, behind-the-meter batteries are a major untapped resource for balancing California's grid.

Unlocking California’s Gigawatt-Scale Distributed Energy Potential

California has nearly 5 GW of distributed energy resources today and may have 13.5 GW by 2025. How can they help stop rolling blackouts?

by Jeff St. John

09.21.20 Solar 22

Duke Energy opened its new 560MW Asheville combined cycle natural gas plant this year. (Photo: Duke)

‘Math Doesn’t Yet Add Up’ for Utility Decarbonization Goals: Deloitte

There are big gaps between U.S. utilities’ net-zero targets and their plans for retiring coal and gas plants.

by Jeff St. John

09.17.20 Grid Edge 11

FERC allows full-scale market participation by batteries, EV chargers, smart appliances and more — but the rules for making that happen will be complicated.

‘Game-Changer’ FERC Order Opens Up Wholesale Grid Markets to Distributed Energy Resources

A huge opportunity for solar, batteries, EVs and other DERs — and a huge challenge to integrate utility grid operations with bulk energy markets.

by Jeff St. John

09.16.20 Grid Edge 8

Major utilities including Dominion and Duke have committed to eliminating their carbon pollution by midcentury.

The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

Utility net-zero carbon pledges are piling up, even if the companies are a long way from kicking their fossil fuel habits.

by Jeff St. John

09.09.20 Grid Edge 7

FERC Order May Undermine Renewables, Energy Storage in New York’s Capacity Markets

Another setback for clean energy resources heightens tension in states considering alternatives to federally regulated markets.

by Jeff St. John

09.08.20 Solar 63

Winter-peaking electric heating and seasonally variable renewables make for Southeast-specific challenges.

How Duke’s Unique Energy Landscape Dictates Its Path to Net Zero

Duke’s director of integrated resource planning and analytics speaks to GTM about the utility’s options — and challenges — for getting to net zero.

by Jeff St. John

08.31.20 Grid Edge 0

OSI provides DERMS software to 14 utilities in North America, including SMUD and PSE&G.

Emerson Acquires OSI for $1.6B as Grid Edge Software Landscape Consolidates

OSI is expanding its portfolio of utility software to the growing market for integrating distributed energy into the grid.

by Jeff St. John

08.28.20 Grid Edge 27

California's growing behind-the-meter energy resource mix could play a bigger role in solving grid emergencies, advocates say.

Distributed Energy Helped Fight California’s Grid Outages, But It Could Do Much More

Battery and demand response providers say policy and market reforms could turn emergency help into stable, consistent grid relief.

by Jeff St. John

08.24.20 Grid Edge 4

‘First of a Kind’ UK Project Aims to Unleash Residential Grid Flexibility

Kaluza is combining V2G with near-real-time trading as it looks to open up the U.K.‘s largely untapped residential flexibility market.

by John Parnell

08.20.20 Solar 4

First Solar's 141MW Luz del Norte plant in Chile is tapping a new revenue stream: grid services.

First Solar Is Being Paid to Help Balance Chile’s Electric Grid — With a Solar Plant

Intermittent renewable plants can offer grid services, too. But will this model make sense in other, less peculiar markets?

by Jeff St. John

08.18.20 Grid Edge 1

Solar-centric microgrid venture aims to deliver megatons' worth of carbon reduction in North America.

Schneider Electric and Huck Capital Launch ‘Energy-as-a-Service’ Microgrids for the Mass Market

A new company, GreenStruxure, will pitch no-money-down solar, storage and backup power for small and medium-size C&I customers.

by Jeff St. John

08.13.20 Energy 1

The ‘Climatetech’ Hype Cycle: Buy, Sell or Hold?

This week on The Interchange podcast, we wager on six different industries at different levels of hype.

by Stephen Lacey

08.11.20 Grid Edge 19

Many trucks are parked for more than six hours a day, which means they could rely on Level 2 chargers.

Research Spotlight

WoodMac: 54,000 Electric Trucks on US Roads by 2025

That’s a 27-fold increase over today’s fleet, and the expansion of charging infrastructure will be nearly as dramatic.

by Kelly McCoy

07.30.20 Energy Storage 4

Northern California community-choice aggregators target 6,000 homes for batteries to ride through blackouts.

Sunrun Lands Contract for 20MW Backup Battery-Solar Project in Blackout-Prone California

It will be one of the largest solar-battery aggregations for grid services to date, and the deployment timeline is aggressive.

by Jeff St. John

07.29.20 Grid Edge 2

San Antonio's municipal utility wants to more than double its solar capacity to meet its goal of net-zero carbon by 2050.

Texas Utility CPS Energy Kicks Off Search for More Than 1GW of Clean Resources

The utility plans to add 900 MW of solar, 50 MW of storage and 500 MW of undefined resources to replace natural gas.

by Jeff St. John

How Cheap and Abundant Can Clean Power Get?

Climate Fintech Startup Atmos Financial Puts Savings to Work for Clean Energy

Could Chile’s Auction Help Save CSP From Oblivion?

What the Coming Wave of Distributed Energy Resources Means for the US Grid

Extreme Weather Keeps Maxing Out the Grid

A Wartime Plan for Electrifying America

An Island’s Path to 100% Renewables

Greentech Media Chronicled Clean Energy Before It Was Cool

Are Batteries at a Turning Point?

Vestas Ventures Makes First Investment With Stake in Wooden Tower Start-Up

Vestas Launches World’s Largest Turbines as 'Big 3' Competition Ramps Up

BP, RWE and EnBW Win Big in UK Offshore Wind Leasing Round

How Cheap and Abundant Can Clean Power Get?

Climate Fintech Startup Atmos Financial Puts Savings to Work for Clean Energy

Could Chile’s Auction Help Save CSP From Oblivion?

Electric Car News

Amazon, Generac and Calibrant: Making Sense of Recent Distributed Energy Activity

The Startup Helping EVs Balance Out the Renewables That Power Them

California Town Tests New Model for Microgrids

Behind California’s Rolling Blackouts: Planning and Market Failures

Siemens and Macquarie Form Calibrant Energy to Tackle Distributed Energy Market

Generac Acquires Enbala, Boosting Plan to Harness Behind-the-Meter Energy Resources

FERC Carbon Pricing Conference Highlights State-Federal Divide on Clean Power Policy

This California Utility Is Now Measuring Building Electrification in “Avoided Carbon”

California’s Interconnection Rules Open Doors to Flexible Solar-Storage, Vehicle-to-Grid Charging

Ameren Sets Goal of Net-Zero by 2050, Plots Major Wind and Solar Expansion in Midwest

Unlocking California’s Gigawatt-Scale Distributed Energy Potential

‘Math Doesn’t Yet Add Up’ for Utility Decarbonization Goals: Deloitte

‘Game-Changer’ FERC Order Opens Up Wholesale Grid Markets to Distributed Energy Resources

The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

FERC Order May Undermine Renewables, Energy Storage in New York’s Capacity Markets

How Duke’s Unique Energy Landscape Dictates Its Path to Net Zero

Emerson Acquires OSI for $1.6B as Grid Edge Software Landscape Consolidates

Distributed Energy Helped Fight California’s Grid Outages, But It Could Do Much More

‘First of a Kind’ UK Project Aims to Unleash Residential Grid Flexibility

First Solar Is Being Paid to Help Balance Chile’s Electric Grid — With a Solar Plant

Schneider Electric and Huck Capital Launch ‘Energy-as-a-Service’ Microgrids for the Mass Market

The ‘Climatetech’ Hype Cycle: Buy, Sell or Hold?

WoodMac: 54,000 Electric Trucks on US Roads by 2025

Sunrun Lands Contract for 20MW Backup Battery-Solar Project in Blackout-Prone California

Texas Utility CPS Energy Kicks Off Search for More Than 1GW of Clean Resources