Amid a heat wave in the West, California’s largest solar state, it is struggling with power problems and keeping its electricity grid stable as demand increases. And in the coming sustainable future, those power outages could just be a sign of things to come. Energy consumers in California were warned …
Read More »LS Power makes energy the world’s largest battery, just in time for California’s Heat Wave
Stealthy grid infrastructure developer LS Power now operates the largest grid battery in the world. The Gateway Energy Storage project was launched earlier this summer, with an initial tranche of 62.5 megawatts / 62.5 megawatts-hours. That was enough to make it the most powerful battery in the US. But LS …
Read More »Heatwave in California: Rotating interruptions underway after Phase 3 emergency declared due to power demand
Rotating outages were underway Friday after a Stage 3 emergency went into action due to higher demand for power. Edison of Southern California said against the direction of the California Independent System Administrator, they implemented rotating power outages. According to SCE, the rotating outages typically take about an hour. Just …
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