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California Policy Makers and Grid Operator Work to Advance Energy Storage
With the growing demand for energy storage to help decarbonize the grid and balance out intermittent renewable resources, the California...
Pilot Projects Use Zinc Batteries to Provide at least a Full Day of Energy
Long-duration zinc air battery technology is advancing. Metal batteries using zinc are more advantageous than ones using lithium as a...
Energy Agencies Strive to Advance Cost-Effective, Long-Duration Grid Storage
Significant amounts of energy storage with continuous output of eight hours and far longer will be needed to reach a...
Calif’s Zero Emissions Goal Drives Huge New Demand, Weird Math and Dunkelflaute
California may face up to a 90% growth in electricity demand to meet its economy-wide zero emissions by 2045 goal,...
GUEST JUICE: Smart Solar Reform is within California’s Grasp
by V. John White and Ed Smeloff New appointments by the Governor to the California Public Utilities Commission create an...
News Roundup: PG&E, GM Team Up on Vehicle-to-Home Pilot; Community Energy Lines Up More Long Duration Storage
Pacific Gas & Electric and General Motors agreed to test out connecting GM electric vehicle batteries with two-way grid ties...
More Storage in the Queue for San Diego Region
Updated Feb. 10 San Diego Gas & Electric has lined up three contracts to build 161 megawatts of utility-owned energy...
Grid Operator Proposes $30 Billion for Green Grid
For the first time, the California grid operator has released a draft 20-year plan for a grid that supports total...
Long-Duration Storage Projects Gaining Steam
Just days after the California Energy Commission announced the first application in the state for storage using compressed air, another...
California Could Get Its First Compressed Air Energy Storage
Given the four-hour limitations of lithium-ion battery storage to date, the California Energy Commission is welcoming applications from a Canadian...
Big Utilities Go Big on Utility Storage Deals
Pacific Gas & Electric will install 1.6 gigawatts of large energy storage projects between August 2023 and June 2024 to...
LA Green Hydrogen Hub Prospects Growing
HyDeal Los Angeles, a public-private renewable hydrogen advocacy consortium seeking to make Los Angeles a global renewable hydrogen hub, appears...
Green Hydrogen Development Depends on Funding
Public and private financial support is critical to attaining a viable green hydrogen industry, which is considered a key strategy...
EPIC Funding Update: CEC Approves $750M for Clean Energy R&D
The California Energy Commission has okayed a $750 million budget to support clean energy research and development—from projects that are...
Two SDG&E Green Hydrogen Pilots Aim to be Online in 2022
San Diego Gas & Electric launched two green hydrogen demonstration projects geared to help start the decarbonization of its system....
SDG&E and SoCalGas Parent’s Earnings Fall
Sempra Energy saw a sharp drop in net income for the second quarter, $424 million, or $1.37 a share, compared...
PG&E $1B bond, 11.5 GW order, Gas hookup subsidies
State utility regulators work through a packed agenda, with approval of Pacific Gas & Electric’s $1.2 billion ratepayer-funded bond to...
CPUC Mandates 11.5 GW of New Clean Electricity
State regulators stripped natural gas power plants from a new mandate that 11,500 MW of new resources be online by...
DOE Follows Los Angeles with Launch of Clean Hydrogen Plan
The Department of Energy proposed June 7 to drive down the cost of “clean hydrogen” by 80% over the coming...
State Utility Regulators Call For 11.5 GW of New Resources by 2026
Two competing California Public Utilities Commission proposals would require utilities, community energy and other provider investments in a combined 11,500...