{"id":5664,"date":"2013-02-12T09:42:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2013-02-12T09:49:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:49:09","slug":"germanys-feed-in-law-adds-energy-storage-huge-project-slated-for-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/germanys-feed-in-law-adds-energy-storage-huge-project-slated-for-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany’s Feed-In Law Adds Energy Storage, Huge Project Slated for California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: SustainableBusiness.com News<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In February, Germany will begin\u00a0offering incentives for\u00a0people to\u00a0tie\u00a0energy storage systems to their\u00a0solar arrays.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0three-year subsidy program is for relatively small solar systems, less than\u00a030 kilowatts,\u00a0that\u00a0send electricity to the grid. Grants of $1080 will be available for each kilowatt hour\u00a0of energy storage added. The program is capped at $67 million.<\/p>\n

This new, if temporary addition to\u00a0Germany’s feed-in law<\/a>\u00a0is meant to reduce peaks in electricity production and take pressure off the grid.<\/p>\n

Storing excess energy in batteris can reduce peaks in electricity production up to 40% and grid capacity by 66%, according to\u00a0 Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems.
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\nCalifornia Solar Plant W\/ Energy Storage<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first large-scale solar plant in California that includes energy storage starts\u00a0construction early next year, after having been approved to sell the energy to PG&E.<\/p>\n

SolarReserve’s 150 megawatt Rice Solar Energy Project\u00a0now has all its permits. Located in eastern\u00a0Riverside County and bearing a $750 million price tag, it’s expected to generate more than 5,300 solar jobs (direct and in-direct) during its 2-year construction period.<\/p>\n

When complete, the\u00a0project will supply power to over\u00a065,000 homes during peak electricity periods.<\/p>\n

The solar tower design focuses sunlight from thousands of mirrors onto a central tower that contains molten salt, which retains heat and can produce power at night.<\/p>\n

There will be 8-10 hours of fully dispatchable energy storage, a key factor in the project’s approval. In fact, more than 20 hours of full power energy storage is possible, making it equivalent to coal, natural gas and nuclear plants.<\/p>\n

SolarReserve’s flagship 110 MW\u00a0Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project<\/a>\u00a0in Nevada comes\u00a0online late this year – the first commercial scale molten salt\u00a0tower in the world.<\/p>\n

Another 150 MW project has been approved in\u00a0Arizona, the 150 MW\u00a0Crossroads Solar Energy Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has rejected solar project proposals because they lack\u00a0energy storage and is\u00a0considering approving only those plants that have it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: SustainableBusiness.com News In February, Germany will begin\u00a0offering incentives for\u00a0people to\u00a0tie\u00a0energy storage systems to their\u00a0solar arrays. The\u00a0three-year subsidy program is for relatively small solar systems, less than\u00a030 kilowatts,\u00a0that\u00a0send electricity to the grid. Grants of $1080 will be available for each kilowatt hour\u00a0of energy storage added. The program is capped at $67 million. This new, if … Continue reading Germany’s Feed-In Law Adds Energy Storage, Huge Project Slated for California<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5666,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664\/revisions\/5666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}