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US&R Energy Storage: March 2010
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News and opinion on grid connected energy storage. Please join the discussion! Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Discover Efficiency of Pumped Hydro! Please help us ferret out (apologies to mink and weasel lovers! Information on what appears to be a great mystery - the round trip efficiency of Pumped Hydro Energy Storage. Prizes will be awarded! The round trip efficiency of storage technologies are of great interest and discussion. Some are concerned about "wasting energy" when storing. PHS plants can achieve r...
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US&R Energy Storage: CESA v. Itron, How Hard is it to Put Energy Storage in a Box?
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News and opinion on grid connected energy storage. Please join the discussion! Friday, May 13, 2011. CESA v. Itron, How Hard is it to Put Energy Storage in a Box? The California Public Utilities Commission hired Itron, Inc. to prepare a report on the “ Cost-Effectiveness of Distributed Generation Technologies. Legislation funding and defining the SGIP was changed by California Senate Bill 412 (SB412), and that has thrown a monkey-wrench into the program. (History of the SGIP program. The Itron report was...
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US&R Energy Storage: 420 Energy Storage Projects
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News and opinion on grid connected energy storage. Please join the discussion! Thursday, October 31, 2013. 420 Energy Storage Projects. The government has done something right! In contrast to the Obamacare website debacle, the DOE has provided a website. That provides extensive and useful information on large scale electric storage projects. The recent press release states,. T (not in the database) from the real projects. You can find our vanadium flow battery project at Gills Onions here.
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US&R Energy Storage: CPUC Revamp Trying to Kill Advanced Energy Storage?
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News and opinion on grid connected energy storage. Please join the discussion! Thursday, August 18, 2011. CPUC Revamp Trying to Kill Advanced Energy Storage? The California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) is revamping the rules for the Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) with a major, and completely inappropriate, performance requirement for Advanced Energy Storage. Now made by Prudent Energy. And Utility Savings and Refund, LLC. See pg 32 and 68 of the draft. That may make sense for a traditional ...
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US&R Energy Storage: May 2011
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News and opinion on grid connected energy storage. Please join the discussion! Friday, May 13, 2011. CESA v. Itron, How Hard is it to Put Energy Storage in a Box? The California Public Utilities Commission hired Itron, Inc. to prepare a report on the “ Cost-Effectiveness of Distributed Generation Technologies. Legislation funding and defining the SGIP was changed by California Senate Bill 412 (SB412), and that has thrown a monkey-wrench into the program. (History of the SGIP program. The Itron report was...
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US&R Energy Storage: September 2011
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News and opinion on grid connected energy storage. Please join the discussion! Thursday, September 22, 2011. Rebates Extended for Energy Storage in California. Today, Jerry Brown, Governor of California, will sign AB 1150 into law. Will allow for substantial installations of energy storage. But only if "associated" with a fuel cell or wind turbine installation. However, shortly after several projects began to come together, Strategen. On behalf of the newly formed California Energy Storage Alliance.
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US&R Energy Storage: CPUC Issues Rebate Revamp for Storage
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News and opinion on grid connected energy storage. Please join the discussion! Wednesday, July 20, 2011. CPUC Issues Rebate Revamp for Storage. Well, they've done it. After much delay, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has finally issued their draft decision in Rulemaking 10-05-004 to modify the Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) and the rebates available for Advanced Energy Storage (AES). In addition, the draft decision will incentivize stand alone. Measurement and verification wil...
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US&R Energy Storage: September 2010
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News and opinion on grid connected energy storage. Please join the discussion! Friday, September 17, 2010. CAISO Report - Integration of Renewable Resources. As a result, CAISO is always studying the problem, and the latest report just came out. Here are some of the highlights:. At the same time, we are going to need to keep. Those plants that are now uneconomic, because we need them to balance out the rapidly changing wind / solar PV generation. Exec Sumary, pg. iii. So, as long as we keep the current, ...
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US&R Energy Storage: August 2011
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News and opinion on grid connected energy storage. Please join the discussion! Thursday, August 18, 2011. CPUC Revamp Trying to Kill Advanced Energy Storage? The California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) is revamping the rules for the Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) with a major, and completely inappropriate, performance requirement for Advanced Energy Storage. Now made by Prudent Energy. And Utility Savings and Refund, LLC. See pg 32 and 68 of the draft. That may make sense for a traditional ...
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US&R Energy Storage: November 2011
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News and opinion on grid connected energy storage. Please join the discussion! Tuesday, November 29, 2011. California Energy Incentives - Shot-in-the-Foot. When is a rebate not a rebate? When the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) offers a rebate, then takes it back if the California Energy Commission offers a grant. Some people think there are too many energy agencies in California. This may be an example of how the mission of one agency can be derailed by another. The CEC published a Q&A.