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PG&E’s Latest Energy Storage Procurement Includes Fleet of Behind-the-Meter Batteries

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Pacific Gas & Electric is asking state regulators to approve another massive round of energy storage procurements, including its first large-scale contract for behind-the-meter batteries to serve grid needs. The 15-year agreement calls for Nexus Renewables U.S., gigawatt-hours, of energy storage projects.

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The Texas Polar Vortex Resurrects the Question of Fuel Diversity for the Decarbonized Grid

GreenTechMedia

natural gas supply network was stressed by record demand and prices. Energy Information Administration, for the 9-day stretch from February 9 through yesterday February 17, natural gas provided about 35 percent of the U.S. Weighing the costs of redundant natural gas or renewables build-outs.

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Funding the Next Generation of Efficient, Electric, Grid-Interactive Communities

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homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions.

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Why Flexible Gas Generation Must Be Part of Deep Decarbonization

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Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane.

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CO2 Storage Plans Risk Leaving Future Generations with ‘Carbon Bombs’, Energy Expert Warns

DeSmogBlog

Integrity failure rates for oil and gas wells can range between 1.4 according to a 2014 study. But a 2014 research paper suggested that due to how carbon interacts with certain rock formations, not all such aquifers are necessarily effective for storing it. percent and 75 percent.,

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Des Moines looks for leverage to push MidAmerican on carbon-free power

Renewable Energy World

However, it continues to burn coal and natural gas for baseload power and has not announced plans to phase out those power plants. In 2014, Minneapolis used the expiration of its franchise agreement with Xcel Energy to press the utility on clean energy. The full power of that demand is not being felt. Bonugli said.

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5 States Blazing the Trail for Integrating Distributed Energy Resources

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Batteries are another important tool in the kit, but so are air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, pumps, and other behind-the-meter flexible loads — not to mention electric vehicles. The Golden State is by far the biggest market for solar, behind-the-meter batteries and plug-in electric vehicles. California.