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July 22, 2024

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Berkeley Lab: Wind Generation Needs More Flexible FTRs
Researchers at Berkeley Lab say growing renewable generation mean it’s likely time to retool the design of financial transmission rights in wholesale markets.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Study: Solar+Storage Can Be Effective Home Backup
Residential solar-plus-storage systems can in some cases meet nearly all of a home’s critical load during extended power outages, according to a new study.
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Planners, Developers: Transmission not Keeping Pace with System Needs
Time is running out to build the infrastructure needed to meet climate challenges, transmission planners, generation developers and others warned.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
DOE Initiative Aims to Make Interconnection ‘Simpler, Faster, Fairer’
The DOE's message is clear: interconnecting solar, wind and other clean energy projects to the grid must be made simpler, faster and fairer.
Encore Renewable Energy
Study: Solar Land-use Estimates Overstated for Low-carbon Future
A new Berkeley Lab study estimates that the land needed for utility-scale solar is dramatically lower than previously thought.
PNNL
Study Links Western Wildfires to Arctic Ice Melt
A PNNL study has solidified the link between melting Arctic Ocean ice and the wildfires that regularly ravage the Western U.S.
Berkeley Lab
Solar Surpasses Wind in MISO, SPP Queues
Solar has overtaken wind in the interconnection queues of MISO and SPP as declining PV costs make solar attractive even in wind belt states.
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New Bill Would Tackle Transmission Cost Allocation
The Efficient Grid Interconnection Act would require FERC to revise rules on cost allocation and push RTOs and ISOs to consider grid-enhancing technologies.

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