By Steve Hanley PGE and NextEra Energy are building a new renewable energy facility in eastern Oregon that will combine wind, solar, and battery storage for the first time in the state. When completed, it will boost PGE’s renewable energy portfolio to more than 50%. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
Shell is to acquire German battery storage manufacturer sonnen in a bid to accelerate its home energy services position. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Michelle Froese Essential Energy Everyday (EEE) recently released a video called, “Future Powered by Lead Batteries”, which describes how lead batteries are an indispensable part of our everyday lives and our green energy future. Lead batteries have a 150-year proven track record and are poised to provide the energy storage demand for a growing…
By Giles Parkinson Tesla big battery bags another big dividend from energy market services, but storage projects still struggling to make money on time shifting and arbitrage. The post Tesla big battery earns another $4m from FCAS in fourth quarter appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Giles Parkinson NSW hinterland luxury rental home with 10kW solar, two Tesla Powerwall batteries, and a Model X EV, seeks to demonstrate Tesla’s vision of the new energy and transport future. So how does it shape up? The post Battery powered homes and battery powered cars: The fossil fuel era is fading appeared first…
By National Wind Watch Energy companies plan a giant renewable energy project in Morrow County, combining wind and solar power generation with battery storage. Plans for the facility have been in the works for nine years. On Wednesday, Portland General Electric said it wants to build the project with a big Florida company called NextEra…
By National Wind Watch Norfolk landowners must accept they are in a “David versus Goliath” battle when negotiating with wind farm developers who want to dig cables across their property. This was one of the key messages for farmers and rural professionals at a series of spring update seminars run across East Anglia this week…
By [email protected] The Tennessee Valley Authority has voted to close a coal-fired power plant that President Donald Trump took to Twitter to defend this week, yet another statistic in coal’s losing economic battle against natural gas and renewable energy alternatives, even in the heart of coal country. At a Thursday meeting in Nashville, Tenn., board…
After China connected a huge battery to a project combining solar, wind and other generation sources, a US utility project has just been announced which will likewise combine solar and wind with a grid-scale battery. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Kelsey Misbrener Tigo Energy announced the new UL certification of its TS4 Platform Rapid Shutdown Systems (RSS) with SolaX Power, a leader in the development, production and distribution of solar inverters and battery storage. The eight SolaX inverters listed below were successfully certified with Tigo’s RSS solutions: TS4-F (Fire Safety), TS4-O (Optimization), and TS4-L…
BYD boasts the world’s largest selection of battery electric buses, and a clientele that spans across 300 cities around the world. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
By Richard A. Kessler in Fort Worth An Oregon utility and NextEra propose to co-locate and integrate 380MW of wind and solar capacity and battery storage – a first in North America. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By National Wind Watch New York City officials want to explore exactly how soon renewables and battery storage could displace natural gas as the Big Apple’s core source of backup power. A bill under consideration by the City Council’s environmental committee calls for sustainability authorities to study the storage potential of six battery types and…
By Michelle Froese By 2021, almost half (49%) of institutional investors expect to increase their exposure to assets supporting and participating in the energy transition, according a new study by Aquila Capital. This transition involves the progressive replacement of fossil fuels by renewable sources of energy production. According to the research by Aquila Capital, 68%…
Described as a project of ‘strategic importance’ for India’s entire energy sector, the country’s first grid-scale lithium-ion battery energy storage system officially went into service this week. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech