This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 28, 2026. Toronto-based energy storage developer Hydrostor has secured permission to build a 500-megawatt compressed-air energy storage system in the Mojave Desert and is now [Read more]
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This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 31, 2025. By Lori Aniti The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator for most of the state, is increasingly curtailing solar- and wind-powered [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on April 30, 2025. By Matt Simon Around the world, farmers are retooling their land to harvest the hottest new commodity: sunlight. As the price of renewable energy technology [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Dec. 9, 2024. By Kevin Hack On October 14, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed bill Abx2-1 into law, empowering California regulators to set and adjust minimum [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 5, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia The launch of one of the first utility-scale solar+storage peaker plants in the United States is paving the way for [Read more]
This article was published by Capital & Main on Nov. 20, 2024. By Aaron Cantú For years, large drillers in California sold unprofitable wells to smaller companies willing to wring the last drops of oil out [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Sept. 5, 2024. By Energy Mix Staff California is moving ahead with plans to procure two gigawatts of long-duration energy storage as part of a wider [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 15 2024. By Carrie Buchanan California recently hit a new renewable energy milestone: 100 days of 100 per cent renewable energy powering the state’s electricity [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on July 18, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Confronted with classrooms overheating beyond 32°C, a resolute group of students at an Oakland, California, middle school used their persuasive [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 18, 2024. By Alex Gorski, Katherine Antonio California residents are increasingly pairing battery storage with solar installations, according to the latest preliminary data [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 7, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia A nearly two-week-long fire at a battery energy storage facility in California highlighted the risks associated with emerging battery storage [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 29, 2024. By Mitchell Beer A fleet of 74 new electric school buses in Oakland, the first to serve a major school district in the [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 16, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia California is using giant batteries to deploy solar energy even after sunset, boosting grid stability and evening out demand spikes [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on May 9, 2024. By Syris Valentine We take for granted the endless flow of electrons that enable modern life just as we take for granted the air we [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 26, 2024. New rules from California’s utilities regulator will finally allow distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar and battery projects to help balance the state [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 25, 2024. By Andrew Iraola Natural gas prices at SoCal Citygate, the major price hub in Southern California, averaged $3.61 per million British [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on Feb. 28, 2024. By Kate Yoder When oil and gas companies attack a climate campaign, activists usually focus on the obvious negative: One of the world’s biggest industries, [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 1, 2024. By Gaye Taylor As California’s utility regulator moves to complete its community solar program guidelines, hopes are high that a widely-supported tariff proposal [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on Jan. 26, 2024. By Tik Root The past five years have been something of a blur for the crew at Energy Concepts Enterprises. The company, which has been [Read more]
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