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Solar panels track the morning sun at Rosamond Central, a newly completed 192-megawatt solar farm developed by Clearway Energy Group in California’s Kern County, on Feb. 4, 2021, with wind turbines in the background.(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Joe Biden wants 100% clean energy. Will California show that it’s possible?
The undersea power line would run south from San Luis Obispo County hugging the California coast for 200 miles before making landfall in or near Los Angeles. It would be able to carry electricity from a fleet of offshore wind turbines, providing Southern California with clean power after sundown and helping to replace fossil-fueled generators.
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Hybrid projects a marriage made in heaven?
The US market leads the way in solar-battery hybrid facilities, while wind-battery projects are becoming more common in the UK
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California Energy: One Grid Under Too Many Assumptions
Adenike Adeyeye, Western States Energy Manager and Senior Analyst | February 4, 2021, 9:00 am EDT
California’s energy grid is essentially a very complicated group project. Multiple regulatory bodies, including the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Energy Commission (CEC), and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) have a role to play in how the grid functions. They develop and implement energy policy alongside public and investor-owned utilities, as well as NGOs, power generators, and other advocates who participate in public decision-making processes. All of these players have different responsibilities and different levels of authority. But much like a group project in school, California is much more likely to
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Fending Off Forced Power Plant Outages
The changing profile of the power system has added new stressors on conventional power generation and may have raised the potential for forced outages. Addressing them requires a closer look at traditional and emerging risks.
Hidden within the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s (NERC’s) July–released 2020
State of Reliability report was an underreported bright spot: The annual Weighted-Equivalent Generation Forced Outage Rate (WEFOR) for 2019 stood at 6.97%, falling below the five-year average of 7.16% for the first time since 2015.