California Energy Commission (CEC)
Hydrostor
The Willow Rock Energy Storage Center is expected to bolster reliability of the California grid with 500 MW/4,000-MWh of long-duration storage.
Grid Status
Answering the question isn’t easy, according to CAISO staff and other electric industry experts, who say that while batteries are having a notable impact, several factors complicate the narrative that they’re displacing gas on the grid.
CalWave
Waves off the California coast could provide as much as 140 TWh of electricity a year with today’s technology, but the state faces several obstacles to achieving that potential, according to a new CEC report.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
California’s floating offshore wind industry is getting a boost from $30 million in research and development funds from the state Energy Commission’s EPIC program.
Blue Lake Rancheria
Energy projects designed to accelerate decarbonization and strengthen reliability in vulnerable communities are receiving significant investment from a California Energy Commission program.
Intersect Power
Intersect Power is seeking approval for two 1.15-GW solar-plus-storage projects in California using a streamlined permitting process.
Jplourde umaine, CC-BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The California Energy Commission is offering $43 million in grants to fund waterfront facility improvements to support the development and operation of floating offshore wind energy off the state’s coast.
Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom
The bills signed by the California governor cover rules around transmission approval, GETs, grid reliability standards and bi-directional EV charging.
Condorchem Envitech, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The California Energy Commission is exploring the use of heat pump technologies to accelerate decarbonization of the sector, which accounts for 2.5% of the state's energy consumption and 1.4% of greenhouse gas emissions.
Water Emergency Transportation Authority
The California Energy Commission award was among $87M provided for medium- and heavy-duty ZEV chargers.
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