California Legally Commits Its Energy Future To Batteries And Solar Power
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law a sweeping and admittedly ambitious bill that requires the state to produce half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 while also doubling its energy efficiency.
While the law did not specify exactly how the state will accomplish this, industry experts say utility-scale solar is likely to comprise a large part of its new energy strategy. While solar is becoming more advanced with each passing month there are still baked-in assumptions that issues with where to place such facilities and how to transmit the produced power can be solved. The bill also seems to require innovations in energy storage.
“Looking at present trends, we'll see a lot more solar photovoltaics at utility-scale size,” said Ethan Elkind, the University...
