“We are living in the future of virtual power plants in places like Puerto Rico, and California, and New England, and increasingly Texas,” said Chris Rauscher, Sunrun’s head of grid services and electrification. “It’s just about other states putting that in place in their territories and letting it run.” In May, Virginia passed a law requiring that … Continue reading “As rooftop solar gets hammered, virtual power plants offer a way forward”
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AESC has stopped construction on two U.S. battery manufacturing facilities. The company was in the process of investing $3.6 billion in the two new factories. This is seen as a direct result of import tariffs and the cooling of EV demand in the United States. The Chinese-owned battery manufacturer Automotive Energy Supply Corp. (AESC) had … Continue reading “Why Another Battery Maker Slammed The Brakes On More U.S. Plants”
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Wind projects made up 12 percent of new additions during the same period. Nuclear power contributed another 5 percent of the new capacity additions, thanks to the completion of the 1.1 GW Vogtle 4 reactor in April. Just 400 megawatts of new fossil gas went online in the first six months of 2024. If developers follow through with their construction … Continue reading “Chart: Almost all new US power plants are carbon-free”