Grid edge
How distributed energy can harden the Texas power grid
Natural-gas microgrids and battery-backed solar can hedge against climate change risk — maybe even without major policy changes.
By Jeff St. John .
Energy storage
Energy storage
How Texas became the hottest grid battery market in the country
Battery developers love the freewheeling ERCOT system, and all the new energy storage is helping to bolster the grid. But will the good times last?
By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy
California tees up 7.5GW procurement to replace Diablo Canyon. Is it enough?
Can solar and batteries, geothermal power and long-duration energy storage replace the state’s last nuclear plant by mid-decade without increasing carbon emissions?By Jeff St. John .
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Energy storage
Massive energy storage system from Tesla and PG&E will use Fluence AI to optimize bidding and battery health
Fluence is bringing energy trading and renewable asset bidding into the 21st century to eliminate the traditional bidding method: human traders with spreadsheets.By Eric Wesoff .
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Energy storage
Swell Energy reveals 80-megawatt virtual power plant contract win with Hawaiian Electric
Swell Energy sells utilities a "virtual power plant in a box" built with customer batteries and solar.By Eric Wesoff .
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