California

Microgrid

Four Microgrids for California Water Treatment Facilities

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is preparing to build four new microgrids at its facilities.

Solar Power Plant

Canadian Solar Will Retrofit 300MWh of Batteries at Goldman Sachs’s Mustang Solar Plant, California

Vertically integrated solar PV company Canadian Solar will install 75MW / 300MWh of battery energy storage at an existing California solar power plant owned by …

Energy Technology

Pacific6 Enterprises Invests in Californian Waste-to-Hydrogen Company

Californian waste-to-hydrogen company Ways2H has today closed an investment from Pacific6 Enterprises.

Hydropower Plant

Safety Work Completed at Boca Dam

A project to upgrade the safety of the 81-year-old Boca dam in California has been completed, the US Bureau of Reclamation has announced.

Energy Storage Project

Canadian Solar to Install 75 MW/300 MWh of Energy Storage in California

Canadian Solar Inc today said it has secured an order to integrate a lithium-ion battery storage system with a capacity of 75 MW/300 MWh into a solar farm owned…

Microgrid

Schneider Launches California Energy Action Program

Underscoring how much California has become an epicenter of microgrid development, one of the industry’s leading players, Schneider Electric, this week announc…

Energy Storage Project

California Energy Commission Picks Vanadium Instead of Lithium Batteries for Major Storage Project

The California Energy Commission has recently selected four energy storage projects incorporating vanadium flow batteries from UK-based operator Invinity Energy…

Nuclear Fuel

A Battery Made from Nuclear Waste that Can Last 28,000 Years

​A California-based company NDB has made a self-charging battery by trapping carbon-14 nuclear waste in artificial diamond-case.

United States

California to Ban Sale of Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered all passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035 to fight climate change and smog-foul…

Distributed energy

Unlocking California’s Gigawatt-Scale Distributed Energy Potential

California has nearly 5 GW of distributed energy resources today and may have 13.5 GW by 2025. How can they help stop rolling blackouts?

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

Shell Plans Expansion of Californian Hydrogen Station Network

​Shell Hydrogen has been awarded $40.8m, subject to formal approval, by California Energy Commission regulators to expand the hydrogen refuelling network in Ca…

United States

SunHydrogen Accelerates Hydrogen Technology Development

Californian developer of hydrogen production technology SunHydrogen has renewed and expanded its sponsored research agreement with the University of Iowa for an…

Solar Power Panel

India’s Waaree Eyes US Push Following 300MW California Order

Indian PV manufacturer Waaree Energies is eyeing a major push in the US market after receiving an order for more than 300MW of mono PERC modules in the country.

Electric Car

Why is Toyota Making Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars When Plug-in Electric Vehicles are so Popular

​Large auto manufacturers like Toyota and Honda are expanding outside garden variety hybrids and battery electric vehicles and selling hydrogen fuel cells cars…

Power Construction

California’s Renewable Energy Conundrum

Amid a heatwave in the West, the largest U.S. solar state, California, is grappling with power issues and with keeping its electricity grid stable as demand exc…