I think it’s time we let ourselves free of the shackles of energy storage pragmatism, and embrace some futurism. What once was true: “There aren’t enough resources, the prices are too high, the density is too low, it can’t scale, too short a...
Vistra Energy has received approval from the local building authority to install a 1.5 GW/6 GWh energy storage system at Moss Landing in California. The approval, technically, was to expand the prior approved energy storage facility that was 300 MW/1,200 MWh. No...
Energy storage safety is not a game: UL has released its report on the energy storage fire at the McMicken Energy Storage facility located in utility Arizona Public Service territory just outside of Phoenix. Julian Spector, whose been reporting on this event from...
For some, solar power is about clean electricity, while others find the financial aspects of it most compelling. Still others, a very important batch of people, want the independence that distributed electricity generation offers. With independence comes...
It’s not that we don’t see far into the future, it’s that the variables are too great for us to pick a single specific future. And it’s not that we shouldn’t to listen to those who make projections. I’m just reminding you that...
