A battle is brewing in southern California between a utility planning to build a new natural gas plant and clean energy advocates who say solar and storage facilities could provide the power for cheaper.
What We Know about the Climate Change–Hurricane Connection — Scientific American
July Heat was Unprecedented, NASA Scientists Say — Note to Editors from NC WARN
Harvey Didn’t Come Out of the Blue. Now is the Time to Talk About Climate Change — The Intercept
Duke Energy’s Nuclear Boondoggle: Cancellation After Tragic Delay – NC WARN News Release
Duke Energy abandons plans to build the Lee Nuclear Station — Charlotte Business Journal
Coal ash could raise your power bill: Duke Energy wants double-digit rate hike — Charlotte Observer
Keep it 100 — In These Times
The knock on environmentalists is that they’ve been better at opposing than proposing. Sure, being against overheating the planet or melting the ice caps should probably speak for itself—but it doesn’t give us a means. So it’s important news that the environmental movement seems to be rallying round a new flag. That standard bears a number: 100 percent. It’s the call for the rapid conversion of energy systems around the country to 100 percent renewable power.
Dutch Utility Bets Its Future on an Unusual Strategy: Selling Less Power — New York Times
When Eneco, a major Dutch utility, tested a promising energy monitor in several dozen homes, things could not have gone much worse. The company making the devices failed to deliver enough of them, and some of those provided did not work. But when Eneco sent workers to recover the monitors, something strange happened — a tenth of customers refused to open their doors. “They wanted to keep it,” said Tako in ’t Veld, a former Eneco executive who now leads the “smart energy” unit at Quby, the company that makes the energy meter.
Is the future finally here for utility-scale solar-plus-storage? — Utility Dive
America’s energy storage market just had its biggest first quarter in history, and is growing exponentially … Utilities across America are starting to learn storage through pilot projects, and as they install batteries, they realize operational benefits as well as economic benefits from avoided costs across their systems. Once these benefits become apparent, they want to add more storage and create a beneficial cycle of positive outcomes.