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Order 2023 has driven significant changes to interconnection processes, including the move to a cluster study approach. One of the implications is that developers have limited time and opportunity to resolve issues raised during the ISO’s model review process. Our power system engineering team supports developers throughout the interconnection process to minimize delays and ensure compliance with evolving requirements. See our blog post below discussing new benchmarking requirements and feel free to reach out if we can help support your project!

Keep your eyes open, but don't hold your breath. Original report from American Council on Renewable Energy here: (https://lnkd.in/equ4JFDj) "The PJM Interconnection should reform its rarely used Surplus Interconnection Service process — a fast-track pathway for adding capacity to its system — which is effectively unusable for battery storage resources, according to a report from the American Council on Renewable Energy. The report calls for three changes to PJM’s SIS process: 1) End the effective prohibition of SIS participation by grid-charging battery storage resources. 2) Harmonize battery storage and pumped hydro storage modeling assumptions.  3) Adopt the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s standard allowing SIS if resources do not trigger the need for new network upgrades." https://lnkd.in/eTuaarbP

Increasing renewable energy and energy storage systems on the power grid are driving changes to interconnection requirements including Model Acceptance Tests. Earlier benchmarking can ensure ISO compliance and mitigate potential deficiencies. Daymark provides valuable assistance throughout the interconnection process, ensuring seamless compliance with industry standards and enhancing the likelihood of project success. Learn more below and connect with our team to continue the conversation. 🚀 #PSCAD #PSSE #CleanEnergy #Benchmarking #GridIntegration https://lnkd.in/eQZDFyf5

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A recent report from the American Council on Renewable Energy highlights how PJM Interconnection's current Surplus Interconnection Service (SIS) rules are preventing battery storage projects from utilizing unused capacity at existing generation sites. The report, co-authored by Gabel Associates’ Michael Borgatti, calls for PJM to align its SIS process with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) guidelines, which could unlock tens of thousands of megawatts of additional capacity. Proposed reforms include allowing battery storage to participate in SIS, harmonizing storage modeling assumptions, and adopting FERC's standard for network upgrades. EDP Renewables, alongside other industry groups, has filed a complaint with FERC, arguing that PJM’s restrictive approach is stifling the potential for battery storage to address capacity shortfalls in the coming years. https://lnkd.in/e6Mf7ygs

Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has expressed concern over the slow pace of deployment of harmonic filters by renewable energy developers. In a very recent meeting, Chairperson, CEA, expressed concern at the slow pace of installation of harmonic filters by renewable energy (RE) developers, despite being granted time extensions. The installation of harmonic filters at RE power generation plants is required for secured grid operations in compliance with “CEA (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) Regulations.” #cea #renewableenergy

The American Council on Renewable Energy authored a report suggesting that the PJM Interconnection should reform its rarely used Surplus Interconnection Service process — a fast-track pathway for adding capacity to its system — which is effectively unusable for battery storage resources. SIS allows a new resource to use any unused portion of an existing generating facility’s interconnection service as long as the total amount of interconnection service at the point of interconnection remains the same. Per the report, PJM could unlock “tens of thousands of megawatts” of additional capacity with certain rule changes consistent with FERC requirements.

How PJM Interconnection Can Reform Its Interconnection Processes to Expedite Battery Storage and Avoid Looming Electricity Shortfall The paper outlines how PJM has prevented storage technologies from using a tool to expedite connection to the grid, Surplus Interconnection Service (SIS), that has been endorsed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and successfully utilized by other grid operators. PJM Interconnection (PJM), America’s largest electric grid operator with a service territory that spans 13 states and the District of Columbia, risks a shortfall of electricity within the next six years yet continues to apply processes that discourage the deployment of batteryenergy storage systems (BESS), according to a new Gabel Associates, Inc. report commissioned by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) in partnership with the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) $30 million funding to advance solar fuels from #Concentrated #Solar DOE expects to release the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) in March 2024. SETO is interested in funding projects in three topic areas: 🔹 Topic Area 1: Scalable Concentrating Solar Collectors 🔹 Topic Area 2: Scalable Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) Turbomachinery 🔹 Topic Area 3: Scalable Concentrating Solar-thermal Receivers and Reactors #CSP #thermal Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), U.S. Department of Energy

Solar and wind energy continued to dominate renewable capacity expansion, jointly accounting for 97.6% of all net renewable additions in 2023. This growth in wind and solar led to the highest annual increase in renewable generating capacity as well as the highest growth on record in percentage terms. Renewable capacity statistics 2024 This publication presents renewable power generation capacity statistics for the past decade (2013-2023) in trilingual tables.