San Diego Community Power recently added a pair of renewable energy projects to its energy portfolio, including one in South County. At its monthly meeting last week, the community choice energy program serving customers in seven jurisdictions across San Diego County approved signing contracts for a solar and battery storage project in Kern County and […]
There’s hardly an industry that artificial intelligence hasn’t touched by this point — and residential solar is no exception. That’s good news for solar customers: AI promises to make solar installations faster and potentially cheaper, while also improving the performance of a home energy system over time. In the not-so-distant future, AI could help you […]
Photo: Mortensen The US’s largest solar + battery storage project, Edwards & Sanborn, has come online in Kern County, California. Edwards & Sanborn, which sits on 4,660 acres in the Mojave desert, was developed and is owned and operated by Terra-Gen. It comprises 875 megawatts (MW) of solar and 3,320 megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy storage. The project sits […]
Also, thanks to a move by regulators to force a switch to time varying tariffs, you’ll also see that the price of power once the sun goes down will be jacked up significantly in price to help power companies maintain their revenues as they see less and less power consumed during daylight hours. While that […]
MERIDIAN, Idaho — Solar power users are starting to add large batteries to their systems to take advantage of peak reimbursement levels from Idaho Power. As a result, solar users must sell back power at a certain time of day and year to get the best rate. Changes in Idaho Power’s buyback formula went into […]
Their sleek curves offer the first clue that the half dozen benches scattered around downtown Tehachapi aren’t run-of-the-mill spots for the public to sit. Plaques on those benches say, “I’m Gus made from a wind turbine blade.” And QR code links explain that Gus is a line of outdoor furniture offered by Canvus, an Ohio-based […]
