grid edge Archives - Renew Economy

How EV chargers and energy storage can make good grid partners
ChargePoint and Green Charge link batteries and public EV chargers to limit demand charges and make loads more flexible.
Jeff St John

Jul 23, 2015

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New York utilities take baby steps towards new energy future
In the not-too-distant future, New York’s distribution utilities will have to operate in a vastly different way than they do today.
Katherine Tweed

Jul 7, 2015

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Can distributed resources replace $1bn in substation upgrades?
New York’s main utility is proposing $200m distributed energy investments, to avoid $1 billion of upgrades to centralised grid.
Jeff St John

Dec 23, 2014

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Texas city aims for 950MW of solar, bold distributed energy goals
Austin city council approves plan for 55% generation to come from renewables, energy efficiency and other clean resources by 2025.
Jeff St John

Dec 15, 2014

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Texas to overhaul its grid-balancing services with energy storage
With coal-power being retired at an increasing pace, Texas’ grid operator needs alternatives; says faster, more diverse resources will be welcomed.
Katherine Tweed

Dec 4, 2014

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Texas utility wants to invest $5.2b in battery storage
Oncor is asking the Texas deregulated market to allow 5 gigawatts of utility-owned, distributed grid batteries.
Jeff St John

Nov 12, 2014

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4 Trends shaping the US solar-plus-storage market
Energy storage is expensive but offers a host of opportunities, both in revenue generation and cost reduction. Paired with solar, storage is even more attractive.
Mike Munsell

Nov 6, 2014

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The local and global impact of Tesla’s giga factory
Tesla giga factory in Nevada will make it the epicenter of real-world energy storage work.
Jeff St John

Sep 5, 2014

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Why utilities should give up operational control of distribution grid
Regulators in New York are about to make one of the most important changes to the modern electric grid. But is it enough?
Stephen Lacey

Aug 20, 2014

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California takes first step toward creating grid of the future
California utilities and regulators embrace challenge of integrating solar and storage into the grid – and why it can’t wait.
Jeff St John

Aug 14, 2014

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New York utility proposes community solar, microgrids-as-a-service
As NY debates proposal to reform state’s distribution utilities, Central Hudson Gas & Electric is getting out in front of the coming changes.
Katherine Tweed

Jul 30, 2014

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What is Google plotting for the smart grid?
Google is developing secret power grid plan based around energy software and hardware, and led by clean-tech guru Arun Majumdar.
Jeff St John

Jun 13, 2014

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