Electricity
5 Hot Topics at Energy Storage North America
Last week nearly 2,000 policymakers, technology developers, and utility representatives from over 1,000 organizations and 42 countries gathered at the Energy Storage North America conference (ESNA 2015) in San Diego, California. Here we highlight the top five topics that defined ESNA 2015.
Why and How GM Bought Mexican Wind Power
Multinational companies have multinational electricity needs, leading some to investigate wind and solar projects in foreign countries. RMI’s Business Renewables Center (BRC) team sat down with the General Motors deal team to discuss the 34 MW power purchase agreement the company signed in Mexico with an Enel Green Power wind project. We wanted to find out: Why renewables? Why Mexico? And how the team succeeded.
Driving the Rain: Electrifying Transportation in Juneau, Alaska
As Juneau moves further in its path of vehicle electrification, the hope is tourists will be able to experience Juneau without any carbon emissions.
Supreme Court Considers FERC 745: What’s At Stake for Demand Response
As an integrated grid continues to evolve that more-seamlessly blends centralized and distributed assets and capabilities, Order 745 might prove itself in hindsight the first of many debates about who regulates what and how the electricity grid operates.
Hawaii just ended net metering for solar. Now what?
Earlier this week, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a ruling ending net energy metering (NEM) for all new solar customers in the state. Now, new customers will have a choice to make between two new tariffs: a “grid-supply” option and a “self-supply” option. (More on their details…
