Today on Insight, we re looking at new workplace guidelines, how the state is preparing the power grid for heatwaves and possible blackouts, California s carbon-free energy goals and the Mondavi Center s new season.
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Policymakers should use tax incentives and more flexible interconnection rules to encourage development of hybrid projects combining renewable energy production and storage, according to a panel at the Clean Power 2021 conference hosted by the American Clean Power Association.
According to projections from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S power grid will have an estimated 59 GW of battery storage by 2050. In the near term, a significant amount of that will be part of hybrid projects with renewables, as EIA data shows that paired sites will increase from 19 installed in 2016 to more than 100 by the end of 2023.
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This is the June 3, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.
It feels like just yesterday that California was roiled by rolling blackouts during an epic summer heat wave.
But that was nearly a year ago, and now summer is dawning once again. Across the West, power grid managers and utilities are preparing for heat waves, and for the dry, windy conditions that have toppled electrical infrastructure and ignited wildfires.
Temperatures are already spiking, which is happening more frequently as the planet warms. It’s not too bad in Los Angeles, but the mercury was forecast to hit 107 degrees in California’s Central Valley on Wednesday, two days after a 109-degree record was set in the Northern California city of Redding, per the New York Times’ Derrick Bryson Taylor. States including Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington are also scorching, with
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