August 13, 2020
Almost a third of solar projects in US interconnection queues are solar-plus-storage hybrids
FERC chairman Neil Chatterjee said at that conference that, following success in moves to change regulations of the country’s regulated electricity wholesale markets to allow distributed energy storage to participate (through FERC Order 841), the regulator is now eyeing the accelerated deployment of hybrid resources as a vital next step for both the energy sector and the wider energy transition to clean energy.
Following that conference, the Energy Storage Association offered an exclusive statement to Energy-Storage.news which said that focusing on hybrid resources is a “reflection of a core value of energy storage – providing flexibility.”
“Storage-generation hybrids are being planned for a variety of reasons, including adapting to federal investment tax credit (ITC) rules, overcoming barriers to interconnection and market participation, and providing project cost-savings and hedging opportunities,” the ESA said.
