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Big jump in Battery Storage for California! Note: new totals do include some out-of-state systems - probably 1-2 GW.
Justin Gerdes@justingerdes.bsky.social · last mo.@calenergy.bsky.social: "Today, total battery storage capacity is 21,112 MW, an increase of more than 2,500% in just seven and a half years. That’s equivalent to roughly one-third of the statewide peak demand." www.energy.ca.gov/news/2026-08... 🔌💡
Big jump in Battery Storage for California! Note: new totals do include some out-of-state systems - probably 1-2 GW.
Justin Gerdes@justingerdes.bsky.social · last mo.@calenergy.bsky.social: "Today, total battery storage capacity is 21,112 MW, an increase of more than 2,500% in just seven and a half years. That’s equivalent to roughly one-third of the statewide peak demand." www.energy.ca.gov/news/2026-08... 🔌💡
Low water levels across Europe are causing operators to cut back and/or shut down some of their nuclear reactors. Ouch! oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
Europe's Electricity Prices Spike to €500 a Megawatt-Hour as Drought Bites | OilPrice.com
Drought has forced Hungary to shut down its Paks nuclear plant, sending European electricity prices spiking to €500 a megawatt-hour.
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Let's see if California sees a bump in EV registrations ... #energysky cleantechnica.com/2026/08/05/t...
The 14 Manufacturers Participating in California's New MyFirstEV Program - CleanTechnica
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Good info.
Christian Roselund@roselund.bsky.social · last mo.Finally we get some critical coverage of the #FCC #inverterban in the United States, and its potential impact on #solar and #energystorage markets in the United States. Before this all we had was: "FCC said this." Which is the lowest form of reporting. /1 www.energy-storage.news/concerns-ove...
1)Let's see if the opening of this new factory can ramp up the growth of large Tesla utility-scale battery installations. - The capacity of this factory is 50GWh per year - Single Megapack 3 has a capacity of 5MWh - A Megablock bundles up to four Megapack 3 units (about 20 MWh) #energysky
Electrek@electrek.co · last mo.Tesla starts Megapack 3 production with 28% more energy per unit
On a very warm night in California, @caiso.com set a new record for battery discharge at 13,096 MW. Sat - Aug 2nd. In the past, this demand would have been split between imports and natural gas. #energysky Source: www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
EV Sales in the US have stalled, but enablers for the EV ecosystem, like chargers and batteries, have continued to expand. Hyundai's second battery plant in Georgia is live: - full capacity = 35GWh #energysky insideevs.com/news/801765/...
Hyundai’s $5 Billion EV Battery Plant In Georgia Powers Up
The automaker is teaming up with Korean battery maker SK On to supply batteries to the nearby Metaplant America.
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Nice to see manufacturing/assembly of next-gen Sodium-Ion #batterystorage technology moving onshore. Initial capacity is small, but we need the baby steps. Initial capacity: 4GWh Location: Sacramento Go-Live : Q1 2027 #energysky #WesternGrid www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...
A pioneering grid-battery factory is headed for this California city
Sodium-ion batteries promise cheaper, more durable energy storage. Peak Energy seeks to kick-start the next-gen battery market by building the first big…
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Utilities in Arizona continue to add renewable sources to their portfolio. Coal is disappearing in the state. #energysky #WesternGrid media.srpnet.com/salt-river-p...
Salt River Project to Add 600 MW of Wind Energy to Arizona Grid from Pattern Energy’s SunZia Project
Today, Pattern Energy, a leader in clean energy and transmission infrastructure, and Salt River Project (SRP), a not-for profit public power utility serving 1.2 million people in central Arizona, anno...
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"The geothermal potential at this site is enormous — 50 MW by 2030 is just the first step. #energysky #WesternGrid www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...
Quaise Energy raises $134M to fuel superhot geothermal ambitions
The startup closed the first tranche of Series B funding as it pushes to build a novel geothermal plant in Oregon and advance its rock-melting drilling…
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Large solar/storage project being built for Meta in Wyoming. The interesting part is the duration of battery storage - 8 hours. Phase1: Solar = 365 MW Storage = 200 MW / 1600 MWh More clean energy for the #WesternGrid #energysky www.enbridge.com/stories/2026...
Enbridge and Meta expand partnership with Cowboy Project
Solar-plus-storage project will rank among the larger utility-scale installations supporting U.S. data center growth
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The California grid - @caiso.com seems to be really dialed in lately. - More solar growth - Sun Zia wind from NM - continued expansion of batteries are combining to produce record-low natural gas generation. The 12.5 GWh of generation was a record low for a day and the 2.5% was a record low share.
The California grid - @caiso.com seems to be really dialed in lately. - More solar growth - Sun Zia wind from NM - continued expansion of batteries are combining to produce record-low natural gas generation. The 12.5 GWh of generation was a record low for a day and the 2.5% was a record low share.
@gridstatus.io has some really nice regular analysis about what is happening on grids around the US. Here is a great tidbit on SPP today. #energysky Check out this post on Grid Status Insights by Abby Lestina ⚡ www.gridstatus.io/insights/417...
Despite over 5 GW of wind curtailment is currently being seen in SPP, the grid
Despite over 5 GW of wind curtailment is currently being seen in SPP, the grid just set a new maximum renewable record of 27,486 MW. Part of it might be thanks to SWPW, which is showing strong wind, s...
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What a great idea! Redwood Materials to deploy a "used battery" storage facility at Rivian vehicle factory. Every large industrial facility should have some battery storage - and better yet, make it used batteries. #energysky electrek.co/2026/04/14/r...
Rivian partners with Tesla co-founder's Redwood on energy storage
Rivian is partnering with Redwood, founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, to deploy 10 MWh of second-life battery storage at its Illinois plant.
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California's grid @caiso.com needs to complement its massive solar/storage capabilities with other sources, like wind and geothermal. The wind from the SunZia project will displace more natural gas generation in California. #energysky
Joe Deely@jdeely.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew peak wind generation records are occurring almost daily for @caiso.com. Before this trend started, the previous record was from 2022 - what gives? My guess: this wind is the beginning of the massive wind imports CA will be receiving from the SunZia project in NM. Thanks to @gridstatus.io
@caiso.com Battery discharge went over 12 GW for the first time last night! Just two years ago, the record was about 6GW. #Energysky Source: www.gridstatus.io/records
Google will add: 1,400 MW of wind 200 MW of solar 300 MW/30 GWh of Form Energy batteries to the Minnesota grid for future #datacenter usage. #energysky blog.google/innovation-a...
Google is coming to Minnesota and advancing clean energy goals
An overview of Google’s new data center and collaboration with Xcel Energy in Pine Island, Minnesota.
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The first utility-scale battery storage system is live in Montana - 75 MW/150 MWh. BHEM is also building a 120MW solar system, which should go live this year. More clean energy for the #WesternGrid Huge potential for solar/storage in Montana. #energysky www.energy-storage.news/berkshire-ha...
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Montana energises 150MWh BESS
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Montana has successfully energised its 75MW/150MWh Glacier Battery System project in Montana, US.
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1) Here is some good news for the #WesternGrid and the Northwest in particular - 1.2 GW of pumped hydro storage with 12 hours of duration. The Northwest needs to add a LOT more storage in the coming years. Let's see if this project goes live by 2028. #energysky www.powermag.com/former-smelt...
Former Smelter Site Now Home to 1.2-GW Pumped Storage Hydro Project
Developers of a new pumped storage hydropower installation in Washington state said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a 50-year
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A. new 300 MW solar project is now under construction in Arizona. Also has 300 MW/1200 MWh of battery storage. The #WesternGrid continues to get cleaner. #energysky www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/01/cons...
Construction underway on 300-MW solar + storage project in Arizona
Construction is underway on the 300-MW solar and 1,200-MWh storage Pioneer Clean Energy Center in Arizona. The project is developed by BightNight and
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The Trump administration recently ordered/forced coal plants in Washington and Colorado to remain open past their closure dates. DOE Secretary Chris Wright said the region faces emergency conditions... Where/what is this emergency? Coal generation has plummeted over the last decade. #energysky
Here is a decent-sized (8.75MW) behind-the-meter solar project that went online last year in Arizona. There are numerous additional municipal opportunities like this across the #WesternGrid. #Energysky www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/01/solo...
SOLON energizes Arizona's largest behind-the-meter solar project
SOLON Corporation has completed a 8.75-MW behind-the-meter solar project at Tucson Water’s Central Avra Valley Storage and Recovery Project (CAVSARP) in
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1) ERCOT released its 2025 Demand and Energy report www.ercot.com/files/docs/2... Although overall demand increased by 26.2 TWh, fossil generation was flat, with an increase in coal mostly offset by a decrease in gas. Most of the new demand was met by a solar increase of 19.6 TWh. #energysky
Battery storage continues to spread across the #WesternGrid. This 200MW/800 MWh project for utility Puget Sound Energy goes live in 2026. Washington is just getting started with batteries - 4MW of capacity today - 2,000 MW over the next three years. #energysky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/04/8...
800 MWh battery project reaches financial close for BrightNight and Cordelio Power in Washington
Power company BrightNight and joint venture partner Cordelio Power have announced the financial close of its Greenwater Energy Storage Project, a 200 MW / 800 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) ...
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Massive new solar project goes live in Utah - 685 MW. More good news for the #WesternGrid. Interestingly, this project is not listed in any of the EIA tables. Seems like a pretty big miss. #energysky www.heraldextra.com/news/2025/no...
Rays of power: Utah’s largest solar plant becomes operational, set to power Eagle Mountain data center
A massive solar plant recently opened near Eagle Mountain in Utah County and will power a data center of one of the biggest technology companies in the world. Excelsior Energy Capital’s Faraday Solar ...
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