Half of US electricity CO2-free in May?

At the end of May, the US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its most recent Electric Power Monthly, which provides data through the end of March 2021. The report notes that for the month, solar photovoltaic generation (solar) has grown 35% over March 2020. Solar accounted for ~4.19% of total US electricity…

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Low emission electricity down as solar up 14%

The US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released April’s Electric Power Monthly, which showed that low emission electricity production declined despite a solar production increase of 14%, and despite newly installed capacity being 99% clean. The report provides data through the end of February 2021, and notes that in that month, photovoltaic…

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Pennsylvania Energy storage returns up to 841%

Pennsylvania energy storage battery bank

Solar power and energy storage are coming to Pennsylvania in a massive way. As of February 2021, the PJM transmission interconnection queue showed 64 solar-plus-storage projects across 26 Pennsylvania counties, totaling over 2.3 GW/~9.2 GWh. However, in its current form, the local electricity market’s structure will not support the economics of energy storage. A new…

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Hydrogen space rockets, world’s largest water turbine looks like an X-Wing, more! #42

Today from the Clean Power Hour, we discuss the world’s largest water turbine, renewable hydrogen rockets for satellites, a submarine cable connecting Morocco’s renewable energy to Great Britain, and more! This excessive commentary is brought to you by Tim Montague and yours truly – the CommercialSolarGuy – John Fitzgerald Weaver. First, here’s the podcast – now…

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Wind pricing beat expectations, 3.1GWh asparagus, & more! #41

Today from the Clean Power Hour, we discuss the development of a global power grid, wind pricing that beat expectations, an asparagus farm that generates electricity, a new whitest white, and more! This excessive commentary is brought to you by Tim Montague and yours truly – the CommercialSolarGuy – John Fitzgerald Weaver. First, here’s the podcast…

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