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Let’s reduce wholesale market costs by tapping the full potential of DERs
The cost and performance of distributed energy resources (DERs) have improved faster than anyone would have expected. Between 2010 and 2017, residential rooftop solar system costs fell over 60%, and lithium-ion battery prices fell 79%. Inverter prices have also fallen, while their functionality has improved in ways that enable the integration of higher penetrations of […]
Keeping the Lights on
Dr. John Hollins, past Chair CACOR Board of Directors, considers “Microgrids: renewables and resilience” Reduce emissions while keeping the lights on – always For millennia the renewable sources of wind and water have been used to provide intermittently useful energy in small quantities; they still are in the less developed world. For more than a […]
What Good are City Clean-Energy Targets?
By Stephen Abbott In the absence of federal action, the US has seen a groundswell of local efforts and leadership in the fight against climate change. In addition to various states and corporations, many cities in the US have committed to power their own operations with renewable energy. In fact, 132 US cities and counties have gone even further […]
Texas grid forced to call for energy emergency
A heat wave across parts of Texas forced the state’s grid operator to call for energy conservation on Tuesday and sent electricity prices soaring past $9,000/MWh. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA1) around 3 p.m., when operating reserves dipped from at least 3,000 MW to below 2,300 MW. […]