The following is a contributed artcle by Fredrich Kahrl, managing partner at 3rdRail and Jim Williams, associate professor at the University of San Francisco
Achieving the Biden administration’s ambitious plans for decarbonizing the U.S. electricity sector will require a historic political compromise among states. The logic of this grand bargain has grown increasingly clear over the past decade. It requires a stronger federal role in the electricity sector and a greater regionalization of electricity markets that will chafe state lawmakers, but the opportunities outweigh the risks.
From an external perspective, it appears that the Biden administration has devoted much time and effort to defining the endpoints of ambitious climate goals, but less time navigating the politics of incremental steps. This is out of step with experience of the past decade: long-term federal goals and signature policies will change with the vagaries of political cycles, but incremental changes in techno
German developer Juwi plans to have a 36 MW off-grid solar plant and 7.5 MW of battery storage operational at the Sukari mine during the second quarter of next year.German renewables developer Juwi has
Published: 4 May 2021, 12:47
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Reporter, Solar Power Portal
Both Foresight and JLEN have taken a 50% stake in Sanbridge, JLEN s fourth battery investment alongside assets such as the co-located battery at its Yorkshire Hydropower asset in North Yorkshire (pictured). Image: JLEN.
Foresight Solar Fund and JLEN have each acquired a 50% equity stake in Sandridge Battery Storage Limited, which holds the development rights to the 50MW lithium-ion Sandridge Battery Storage project.
Located in Melksham, UK, adjacent to the Sandridge solar park which is already owned by Foresight, the asset - which is Foresight s first battery storage project - will share the distribution network point of connection with the solar park. It will be connected to Southern Electric Power Distribution’s network and have a 49.9MW import and export connection.
Image: eleXsys
EleXsys Energy has completed a £3.65 million fundraise to support the global expansion of its solar and storage microgrid platform.
The Series A capital raise saw investment from predominantly UK and Australian resident investors, with eleXsys Energy itself being incorporated in the UK.
Its tech platform enables grid-connected commercial and industrial solar and battery microgrids, with the raise to allow it to continue its investment as it looks to grow rapidly globally.
Its flagship project – the IKEA eleXsys microgrid – is currently under construction in Adelaide, Australia.The company outlined how with the increasing integration of renewables, its technology is required if networks both in Australia and internationally are to continue to provide safe and stable energy supply to consumers without the need for expensive network infrastructure upgrades.