Great first day in the Bay Area to talk about how the solar industry is entering and integrating energy storage. What is your top issue when studying storage for your solar project?
Solar Wins In Africa. Just a few years ago there was a conversation about the need to energize Africa using central power and transmission. The data now shows that solar is doing the job needed to electrify many areas without the need for costly transmission. Add hybrid power systems in microgrids to high power demand areas and you can create an entirely distributed grid.
100% Renewables? Can we get to a grid with 100% renewables by the middle of the century? In my mind, it is absolutely feasible if we have the right price signals.
Are Corporates Getting Smarter? From a development standpoint, corporates and other C&I customers have so many tools at their disposal to control their energy costs. Islanded and behind the meter microgrids can be built to their needs with the power inputs that the client wants. With steep declines in energy storage costs and new technologies, distributed power will not only be distributed but also potentially a microgrid that is smarter than we have been accustomed to.
- New Yorker: The Race to Solar-Power Africa
- Axios: Study rebuts renewables-only approach to climate-friendly power
- GreenBiz: How hybrid energy storage aids corporate sustainability
- PV-Magazine: Could a moderate influence be coming to the EPA?
- Utility Dive: New PJM white papers aim to integrate state power policies into wholesale markets
- Midwest Energy News: Regulatory overhaul could give boost to independent generation in Michigan
- Washington Post: A bitter scientific debate just erupted over the future of America’s power grid
- Grist: Here’s how Trump could crush cheap solar
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Have a great day!
Yann