Electricity
Location, Location, Location: DERs Find a Market Opportunity in Texas Through Locational Pricing
Much has been made about the potential of improving grid reliability and supporting a new era of distributed energy resource (DER) utilization via new pricing and grid integration business models. Locational pricing has been one of the pillars of this dialogue.
U.S. Wind Power Demand: Corporations Take the Lead
Non-utility customers accounted for 52 percent of last year’s total of over 4,000 MW of wind PPAs. Non-utility customers include some universities and city governments, but the vast majority are corporations.
First-Time Buyers Are Dominating Corporate Renewable Purchasing
First-time corporate buyers are entering the market in droves and now account for the majority of both deal announcements and contracted MW of wind and solar energy.
Lockheed Martin Signs Its First Major Renewables Deal for 30 MW of Solar
Earlier this week, aerospace, defense, and advanced technology company Lockheed Martin announced that it had concluded a deal to buy 30 MW of solar power from Duke Energy Renewables, a Business Renewables Center (BRC) sponsor and part of Duke Energy.
New York Just Proposed Its Plan to Reach 50% Renewables
In December, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the state's regulators to come up with a plan to reach 50 percent renewables by 2030. Early last week, the NYDPS released its proposed plan to do just that.
