Sep 24, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
Curtailment is a power grid deliberately throwing away electricity it could have used — almost always wind or solar, almost always free at the point of generation. In the first half of 2026, China alone spilled an estimated 360 terawatt-hours of clean power, more than...
Aug 22, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind
In the first half of 2026, US wind and solar generated about 420 terawatt-hours — 20% of the country’s electricity, up from 18.6% a year earlier — and passed both coal and nuclear for the first time in a comparable six months, according to federal generation...
Aug 14, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids, Wind
Build a 100 MW wind farm in PJM and the grid will pay you for about 34 MW of it. The turbines are real, the nameplate is real, and the other 66 MW is not a penalty or an accounting trick. It is the grid’s estimate of how much of your wind farm it can count on...
Aug 1, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids, Wind
In PJM’s 2026/27 capacity auction, onshore wind was credited at 41% of its nameplate rating and a four-hour battery at 50%. In the 2028/29 auction held this July, wind was credited at 34% and the battery at 59%. Storage has overtaken wind on the one measure wind...
Jul 31, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids, Solar
Solar and battery storage account for 79% of every gigawatt the United States expects to add to its grid this year. The Energy Information Administration projects 86 GW of new utility-scale generating capacity in 2026 — a record if it lands — of which solar...
