Southern Power retrofitting 640MWh of battery storage at two California solar power stations
US wholesale energy provider Southern Power is adding battery energy storage to two solar sites in California.
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Interviews
‘Energy storage is the first truly digital asset for the electric network’: Fluence, AMS Q&A
The acquisition of Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) saw energy storage technology provider and system integrator Fluence take on AMS' artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled optimised bidding software for energy storage and renewable energy assets. Energy-Storage.news editor Andy Colthorpe asked Fluence CTO Brett Galura and former AMS CEO Seyed H. Madaeni some key questions about the acquisition.
California utility PG&E breaks ground on 730MWh Moss Landing battery project
California investor-owned utility (IOU) Pacific Gas & Electric has begun work constructing a 182.5MW / 730MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project at a substation in California.
Geothermal company Ormat buys 80MWh ‘world record’ California energy storage facility
The 20MW / 80MWh Pomona battery energy storage facility, in operation in California since a fast-track process brought it online in partial response to the 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak, has been bought by Ormat Technologies.
Community energy utilities in California investigate long duration energy storage
A group of 11 community-focused energy utility groups in California have issued a Request for Information on long duration energy storage technologies that could be connected to the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) grid.
NREL: Longer duration battery storage can combat even more of the polluting peak in US
The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has put numbers on the significant potential for energy storage to replace peaking capacity on the grid in the US, albeit with an understanding that as the peak changes, the goalposts will also move.
Tough Texas market conditions defied as 42MWh battery system comes online
While market opportunities for energy storage in Texas are considered to be limited, the largest battery project in the state so far, a 42MWh system, has just come online.
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Guest blog
How California demand response has opened up to energy storage, virtual power plants
We often hear about California's leading position in solar and latterly in energy storage. Perhaps lesser known than direct policy support for energy storage and renewable technologies is the way California's network operator (CAISO) is starting to reconfigure how it procures demand response, with a positive impact for energy storage - and particularly behind-the-meter assets, as Ted Ko, policy director of Stem, explains.
US states reluctant to include energy storage in Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)
While it may seem like an obvious choice for US states to include energy storage into their Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) commitments, in reality, standalone targets and mandates for energy storage procurement have been preferred.
California system operator CAISO wants to incentivise solar load shifting with energy storage
Seeking ways to optimise the use of clean energy, California network operator CAISO (California Independent System Operator) is considering the introduction of a load-shifting product that would incentivise storing peak energy for later use.
Nine-hour energy storage requirement makes one natural gas replacement project in California tricky
The requirement of nine hours of energy storage duration at a project touted as a possible replacement for a new natural gas plant in California makes it tough for the newer technology to compete on cost, an analyst has said.
3,000MW of California energy storage will ramp to deal with solar eclipse
California’s grid operations will be supported by the ramping of an estimated 3,000MW of energy storage, when a solar eclipse expected across the Pacific North-West of the US will cause PV generation to dip.
Stem’s virtual power plants take heat off Californian grid
Stem’s virtual power plants (VPPs) have been utilised to provide emergency demand response services in California during a major heatwave.
Editor's blog
Blackouts & batteries: How California pulled off the world’s fastest grid-scale battery procurement
In the first of a two-part blog series on the energy storage response to the infamous Aliso Canyon gas leak in California, Energy-Storage.News sets the scene of how the California Energy Commission and chosen system suppliers got their heads around solving a mammoth power shortage with many, many batteries, in a race against time.
Quickfire Aliso Canyon gas leak project completed by Powin
Another energy storage system project expedited to meet the resource adequacy requirements of a California utility following the Aliso Canyon gas leak has been completed, Powin Corporation has announced.
PG&E first to participate in California electricity markets using battery storage
The utility has integrated battery energy storage systems into California’s electricity market CAISO for the first time.
Adobe earns money from California grid-balancing in aggregated storage pilot
Adobe is among the participants earning revenues from what is claimed to be an energy storage industry first – a trial rewarding California storage system users for conferring benefits to the grid.