Three underlying trends in the energy markets will drive the growth. They are favorable federal and state regulations on energy storage, falling costs for batteries due to advances in technologies, and an improved ability by energy storage owners to tap into multiple revenue streams.
Hedging bets on wind development & project returns
By Michelle Froese, Senior editor Windpower Engineering & Development Life as a wind developer is far more challenging today than in previous years. Granted, the work has always been a complex process that involves many steps, including land prospecting, permitting, financing, designing, constructing, and many others. However, the current market landscape is unlike any other the…
How wind economics change as the PTC steps down
Power market factors will become increasingly important to the wind economics going forward as opposed to raw capacity factor.
CPP and other drivers will change utility asset values
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) final Clean Power Plan (CPP) rule will drive shifts in market prices and unit dispatch that will significantly impact generation asset values, especially in coal-intensive regions such as western PJM Interconnection LLC, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, and others.
Distributed generation’s future Impact on the U.S. capacity markets
Editor’s note: This is the executive summary from a report by Samir Succar of ICF International The impact of distributed generation on market operations and system reliability becomes increasingly dire as penetration levels increase in those regions where capacity market mechanisms provide the primary vehicle maintaining resource adequacy. The variability of the resource and its…