With the publication of a study by Mark Z. Jacobson of Stanford University, the push for 100% renewables is seeing renewed fervor. A group of U.S. Mayors just announced that they will back 100% renewable energy targets, and Senator Kevin de León recently introduced a new bill, SB100, to establish an overall state target of 100% clean … Read more
By Woody Hastings, CCP | February 10, 2016 California ranks number one in terms of modernizing its electrical grid for the 21st century according to a new study by the GridWise Alliance in collaboration with Clean Edge. The study also finds that the number of smart meters capable of two-way communication surpassed that of old-fashioned … Read more
I attended a symposium last week hosted by Joint Venture Silicon Valley on energy storage. As renewable energy becomes an increasingly significant part of California’s generation resources, storage will become critically important. Enough solar pv has been installed in the last few years to actually change the peak demand profile of the load in California. … Read more
Experts in the power industry have long said that our grid infrastructure is old and inefficient and that we need to move to a smart grid. But what exactly is a smart grid and how will changes in the grid affect climate change? There are many smart grid definitions – some functional, some technological, and … Read more
