Source: ieefa.org
California energy regulators on Feb. 10 adopted a plan to add roughly 25,500 MW of new renewable energy capacity and some 15,000 MW of energy storage and demand response by 2032 to help decarbonize the world's fifth-largest economy.
The California Public Utilities Commission's decision cuts the state's planning target for greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector to 35 million metric tons, or MMT, within the same timeframe, nearly a quarter lower than the previously approved 46 MMT.
"It means that in 2032, our grid will be at 86 percent greenhouse gas-free," Commissioner Clifford Rechtschaffen said ahead of a unanimous 4-0 vote.
Državni zakon Kalifornije zahtijeva da 60 posto sve maloprodajne prodaje električne energije dolazi iz obnovljivih izvora energije do 2030. godine, na putu do 100 posto nulte{3}}ugljične energije do 2045. godine.
The preferred system plan, which the CPUC updates every two years, incorporates its June 2021 order for investor-owned utilities, community choice aggregators and other load-serving entities to add at least 11,500 MW of clean energy resources between 2023 and 2026 to help replace the state's last nuclear power station, the 2,240-MW Diablo Canyon plant, and several aging natural gas-fired power plants.
Novi kapacitet predviđen planom uključuje tešku kombinaciju solarnih-komunalnih kapaciteta, vjetroelektrana na kopnu i skladištenja baterija. Također uključuje više od 1,000 MW geotermalne energije i otprilike 1700 MW vjetra na moru. Portfolio izdvaja 1,000 MW za dugotrajno-skladištenje energije, modelirano kao pumpna hidroenergija.
