Good Monday morning!
In the news today and from the weekend…
Renewables:
- Chicago Tribune reports that in northern Illinois and across the nation, waitlists to connect large renewable energy projects to the electric grid have ballooned, leaving over 1,400 gigawatts of wind and solar projects in limbo.
- Washington Post reports California grid operators look to exports, added transmission and battery storage to tame the deepening “duck curve” resulting from a growing solar power glut.
Grid:
- Canary Media reports Georgia’s approval of the construction of more natural gas-fired power plants to meet soaring energy demands of data centers is causing concern among the tech companies operating those data centers, many of which have aggressive clean energy goals.
- Utility Dive reports New York’s grid operator launches new market rules setting a minimum 10 kW capacity for distributed energy resources to participate in the wholesale markets, the first-such program of its kind in the country.