EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) and MEAG, acting as Munich Re’s global asset manager, have entered into a strategic partnership under which a subsidiary of Munich Re will acquire a 50 per cent stake in two renewable energy projects in California. The two projects include the Maverick 6 Solar-plus-Storage Project and the Maverick 7 Solar Project.
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California Air Resources Board (CARB) annually completes an analysis of the current progress and projected future development of California’s hydrogen fueling station network and deploying fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). CARB completes these annual analyses based on information provided by auto manufacturers, station developers, and collaborating state agencies. Analyses characterize the past year of progress and identify opportunities for future hydrogen fueling network development.
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Canadian Solar’s majority-owned subsidiary, CSI Solar Co., has got a contract to supply a 350 MW/1,400 MWh fully integrated battery storage system to the Crimson stand-alone battery storage project in Riverside County, California. CSI will also provide EPC and long-term maintenance services as part of the contract.
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EDF Renewables North America and Clean Power Alliance (CPA) have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Desert Quartzite Solar-plus-Storage project. The project entails a 300 MW solar project, with an additional 600 MW battery energy storage system. The project is expected to begin the delivery of clean electricity to the Alliance’s customers across Los Angeles and Ventura counties in February 2024.
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As per the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) region is expected to increase its solar and wind power capacity in 2021. This will help meet the state’s target of achieving 50 per cent power generation from renewable energy by 2025.
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Waaree Energies has completed the delivery of 300+ MW solar modules for CIM Group’s Aquamarine 250 MW solar photovoltaic project, based in the United States. The PV project is part of the first phase of Westlands Solar Park (WSP) and is located in California’s San Joaquin Valley. For the installation at WSP, Waaree delivered 385Wp and 390Wp mono PERC solar PV modules.
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State legislators and Governor Newsom just signed a historic California budget that includes unprecedented levels of investment in clean transportation. The new funding will provide significant support for critical zero-emission vehicle and infrastructure programs, unlocking billions in public health, climate, and jobs benefits for all Californians.
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BayWa RE has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with San Diego Community Power (SDCP) to acquire electricity generated by a 90 MW solar plus 70 MW storage project in California. The PPA is for energy from the Jacumba Valley Ranch (JVR) Energy Park, which BayWa RE is developing near Jacumba Hot Springs in San Diego County.
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Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (GREC), , has acquired the 57.5 MW Altamont Winds Project, from a fully owned subsidiary of the global alternative investment manager Castlelake, LP. The project, which is located in Alameda County, is nearing completion.
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The waste-to-hydrogen company, SGH2 Energy has announced that it will supply 3,850 tonnes of green hydrogen annually to two of California’s largest owners and operators of hydrogen refueling stations under a ten-year contract. The deal represents the first and only long-term green hydrogen off-take agreement thus far globally. The plasma-enhanced gasification plant is scheduled to open in 2023 and will be owned jointly by SGH2 and the city of Lancaster.
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Hydrogen, and green hydrogen in particular, has become a topic for discussion and action across the United States, especially in the western state of California. It has also come up with initiatives to promote the uptake of hydrogen, which is a key piece of the puzzle for reaching net zero emissions. At the virtual conference on Green Hydrogen US hosted by Global Transmission Report with support from REGlobal, the Honorable J. Andrew McAllister, Commissioner, California Energy Commission, shared his insights on green hydrogen related developments in the state.
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Hydrostor Inc, a Canada-based company plans to develop 1,000 MW/10,000 MWh of long-duration energy storage projects in the state of California, United States. This includes major projects, one located in southern Kern County and the other in central California.
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San Diego Gas & Electric will deploy roughly 2,000 new electric vehicle charging stations at apartment and workplaces across the San Diego region, under a $44 million program approved by the California Public Utilities Commission. The investment will allow the utility to help fill the need for charging infrastructure at workplaces and apartment complexes where cars are parked for long periods, supporting accelerated EV adoption and California’s ambitious transportation electrification goals.
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Although both California and Texas recently faced traumatic weather events, the consequences for electric system reliability were dramatically different. Still, both underscore the need for electricity system reforms in an era of increasingly frequent extreme climate events.
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Energy storage capacity is set to ramp up at a rapid pace in the United States over the medium term. According to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Monthly Generators Statistics from November 2020, the country had just under 1,350MW of utility-scale battery storage capacity in operation, with LS Power’s 250MW Gateway Energy Storage System in California the largest project in operation.
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United States based electricity provider Peninsula Clean Energy has signed contracts to procure 245 MW of power from three wind projects located in California. This will help supplement the agency’s growing portfolio of solar generation so as to achieve its goal of providing reliable and clean power to its consumers by 2025.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has requested California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to approve six battery energy storage projects. These projects totaling 387 MW of capacity will help in integrating clean energy while ensuring future reliability of the grid.
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Driven by technological advances, facilities are being built with storage systems that can hold enough renewable energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes. The advent of “big battery” technology addresses a key challenge for green energy — the intermittency of wind and solar.
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One of United States’ largest electric utilities, Southern California Edison (SCE), has recently signed long-term agreements for four battery energy storage projects with a cumulative capacity of 590 MW. SCE, which serves Central, Coastal and Southern California, had also procured 770 MW of energy storage capacity in May 2020.
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Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) and OhmConnect are partnering to create Resi-Station, a 550-MW clean energy power plant that will go live in California next month. At full-scale, in three years, it will be the largest residential power plant in the world, said SIP and OhmConnect, a virtual power plant company that harnesses the power of a fleet of energy saving homes and smart devices.
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