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Category Archives: Battery – Utility Scale
Turlock AB 2514 California Energy Storage
Notes from 29 page: Turlock Irrigation district Energy Storage Study. 2014. Willie G. Manuel 9/17/2014 Recommendation. The analysis performed shows that the benefits of deploying various types of storage systems fall short of the capital cost of such systems. Furthermore, … Continue reading
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Vernon VG&E AB 2514 Energy storage report
STAFF REPORT: VERNON GAS & ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT September 2, 2014 [some of the 25-page report is shown below as I attempted to get up to speed on energy storage. Since California is the first state to mandate this, and … Continue reading
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Sacramento SMUD AB 2514 Energy storage report
[The state of California has realized that it’s unlikely a larger or national transmission grid will be built to share and balance variable renewable power, and is going to Plan B, energy storage. The problem is, all of the utilities … Continue reading
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