Energy Update
Developers plan to install 17.8 GW of utility-scale solar PV generating capacity this year, according to the June 2022 Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory from the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).
San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) ordered Mitsubishi Power’s battery storage and equipment for four microgrids the utility is planning.
The total capacity across the utility-scale projects would be 39 MW/180 MWh.
By Tim Allen, Chief Operating Officer of PXiSE Energy Solutions
The company has signed a letter of intent with German automotive producer MAHLE to drive home wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging. Plans include technical collaboration and joint interoperability tests.
Siemens and MAHLE intend to collaborate in the field of inductive charging of EVs. Both companies have signed a letter of intent to this effect.
Around 70% of solar systems in the U.S. are less than five years old, and with a lifespan of 30 years or more, recycling may not seem urgent. But multi-gigawatt demand for solar recycling awaits the industry in the decades to come.
How can solar recycling scale to meet the need, and who’s going to capture that market?
The California Energy Commission (CEC) adopted a report setting offshore wind goals that it said move the state closer to developing energy resource off the state’s coast.
The report set planning goals of 2,000-5,000 MW of offshore wind by 2030 and 25,000 MW by 2045.
David Hochschild, chair of the CEC, called the goals “ambitious yet achievable.”
Falling battery prices and the growth of variable renewable generation are driving a surge of interest in “hybrid” power plants that may combine utility-scale wind and/or solar generating capacity with co-located batteries.
While most of the current interest involves pairing photovoltaic (PV) plants with batteries, other types of hybrid or co-located plants with a range of configurations have been part of the U.S. electricity mix for decades.
The project brings a new twist to “solar+storage.”
A 500 kW community solar system has been completed on the roofs of Extra Space Storage in Neptune, New Jersey.
The project is the first of a 10-project, 6.5 MW portfolio being developed by Solar Landscape on Extra Space Storage facilities as part of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Community Solar Pilot Program.
A demonstration project in California plans to use concentrated solar power and green hydrogen to produce what its development partners said would be sustainable aviation fuels.
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