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- “...batteries and other storage or flexibility options have not developed as quickly, meaning there are more and more periods where generators are in effect paying consumers to use up excess electricity”? Negative European energy prices hit record level
(Financial Times $)
- Article singles out California and Texas for avoiding blackouts by investing in both renewable energy and batteries? Renewables, and Good Luck, Prop Up Power Grid Through Extreme Heat
(Wall Street Journal $)
- “The increasing importance of batteries to the Texas electricity grid could be seen on a Tuesday in August when the state hit a new high for energy demand, a load that might have threatened the grid only a few years ago”? America’s Oil Country Increasingly Runs on Renewables
(New York Times $)
- Technologies mentioned include heat pumps, smart thermostats, and batteries? As Northwest homes and businesses get more energy efficient, that’s helping the power grid, report finds
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- These models help with forecasting opportunities for clean energy and free and open to the public? IBM and the United Nations debut AI-for-energy tool for the Global South
(Latitude Media)
- “...the project is moving beyond pilot status: the grid planning tool will be deployed at full scale for use in Chile’s annual transmission planning process in 2025” ?In Chile, Google X is taking AI-powered grid tools out of pilot purgatory
(Latitude Media)
- If this goes through, it should help VPP operators? NAESB rolls out draft standardized distribution services contract
(Utility Dive)
- “Most installations will be paired with storage by 2032…”? Rising power prices could drive nearly half of US households to rooftop solar: Enverus
(Utility Dive)
- Will have to see if the utilities actually meet these requirements? California PUC sets grid connection timelines for large investor-owned utilities
(Utility Dive)
- “Among its proposals, the paper suggests creating a new “capacity market” that would pay generators a flat fee based on size, unlike the current liberal market that rewards them for the energy they sell”? Berlin eyes rollback of liberalised power market, bets on fixed-pricing model
(Euractiv)
- This bodes well for repurposing used EV batteries for stationary storage? EV Batteries Can Outlast A Vehicle’s Lifetime With Minimal Degradation, Study Finds
(Inside EVs)
- More good news on the clean energy front
- Global solar growth is on track for another record-breaking year
(Electrek)
- China's green electricity trading sees massive growth
(China Daily)
- Wind and solar have risen to ‘new highs’ in the EU overtaking fossil fuels for the first time ever
(Euronews)
- COP29 to Call for Sixfold Increase in Global Energy Storage
(Bloomberg $)
- Middle East targets $75 billion renewable energy expansion
(Greenlogue)
- Microsoft, BlackRock form group to raise $100 billion to invest in AI data centers and power
(CNBC)
- Germany's onshore wind auction sets record with nearly 3 GW in bids
(Reuters)
- German power grid battery capacity up nearly a third in 2024, data shows
(Reuters)
- U.S. utility solar market has grown 34% since Q2 2023
(Solar Power World)
- U.S. residential solar prices hovering near all-time low
(PV Magazine)
- EU approves 682 mln euros Belgian state aid to support renewable offshore wind energy
(Reuters)
- Bezos-Backed Group to Prepare South African Grids for Investment
(MSN)
- Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone
’
(The Guardian)
- 2023 Was Another Big Year for Newly Installed & Proposed Hybrid Power Plants, Even with PPA Price Increases
(CleanTechnica)
- Huawei unveils world’s largest microgrid
(PV Magazine)
- California’s new rules will boost heat pumps in commercial buildings
(Canary Media)
- And some headwinds for clean energy
- National Grid blames old computer systems for sidelining batteries
(Financial Times $)
- Lawsuits buffet US offshore wind projects, seeking to end or delay them
(Renewable Energy World)
- After Layoffs, Tesla’s Supercharger Expansion Slows
(Wall Street Journal $)
- The good and the bad for clean energy
- Gore calls out climate backsliding amid progress on renewables
(Axios)
- BP to sell its US onshore wind business
(Reuters)
- Miscellaneous
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