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The report “Glass Half Full: Building a Decarbonized US Power Sector” published by MIT - Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research assesses how much the current policy environment preserves the benefits of the prior policy environment, situates those modeled results within the real-world forces shaping delivery, and draws out what the findings imply for future policy priorities and public spending. Key suggestions: 🔹 The Glass is more than Half Full: across the three dimensions of power-sector decarbonization – clean electricity, fossil electricity, and emissions reductions and the substantial majority of the IRA trajectory’s benefits remain under the OBBBA scenario. 🔹 The clean shortfall concentrates in a few mature technologies, with onshore wind comprising the majority of it and being the sole metric that fails the Glass Half Full test. 🔹 The OBBBA scenario’s larger emissions come from higher fossil utilization and a dirtier fleet composition, not new fossil buildout. 🔹 The Glass Half Full result matters because it suggests that the next era of policy should seek to be additive to existing policy, not rebuild what was lost. 🔗 Read more and access the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gJ4KYw4j #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #PowerSector #Decarbonisation #ClimatePolicy #USenergy

The Government of Indonesia has unveiled plans to develop a 194 km Green Hydrogen Corridor linking Jakarta, Karawang and Patimban as part of its strategy to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy and strengthen national energy security. The initiative was announced during the 2026 Global Hydrogen Ecosystem Summit (GHES) and is designed to establish an integrated hydrogen supply chain connecting green hydrogen production plants, hydrogen refuelling stations, industrial zones, logistics hubs, ports and end users. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gZ_YrcEr #GreenHydrogen #HydrogenEconomy #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #Indonesia #HydrogenInfrastructure

Brookfield has launched Lumara Energy, a new renewable energy platform focused on accelerating the development and construction of renewable energy projects. The platform aims to address key market bottlenecks, including delays in power purchase agreement contracting, slow grid connection queues, and prolonged land acquisition timelines. Lumara will deploy approximately $600 million, anchored by an initial portfolio of more than 6 GW across solar, wind, and battery energy storage system projects. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gX8_CXEn #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #SolarEnergy #BatteryStorage #IndiaEnergy

Ark Energy Corporation has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the $1.3 billion Richmond Valley solar farm & battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia. The project will be supported by a financing package comprising $586 million in equity and $716 million in debt. The priority stage includes development of a 200 MWac solar farm and a 275 MW/2,200 MWh lithium-iron-phosphate BESS. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gjTrtr2f #SolarEnergy #BatteryStorage #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy #Australia #CleanEnergy

REGlobal's Second Annual Pumped Storage Hydro US Conference ended with the session on Case Studies and Learnings, which was moderated by Dominic Peters, Senior Analyst - Clean Electricity, Environmental Defense Fund. The speakers Jeffrey Mobed, Director of Engineering Projects, New England Hydropower Company LLC; and Victor Rojas, Managing Director, Premium Energy Holdings presented certain project case studies highlighting the key parameters of the projects. They shared insights on the major design considerations as well as their recommendations for planning, pre-development, and execution of these projects. We thank all our speakers and delegates for taking time out of their busy schedules for this conference and sharing their insights. A big thanks to our sponsors Carpi Tech and GHD. #pshus26 #pumpedstorage #hydropower #pumpedstoragehydro #cleanenergyincalifornia #pumpedstorageinus #longdurationstorage #LDES #energystorage

The session on Plans and Experience of Developers was moderated by Jeanne Sole, Principal Power Resources Specialist, San José Clean Energy. The panelists in this session included Yadu Banjara, P.E., PMP, DBIA, Lead – Hydropower & Pumped Hydro Energy Storage, GHD; Kamal Gautam, PhD, PE, F. ASCE, Director of Engineering, rPlus Energies; and Brianne Wilson, PE, PMP, Vice President of Development, Rye Development. The speakers focused on real world examples of how projects have been built in other countries and the trends in the United States. Further, the discussion also focused on plans of various developers to build these projects, investments and buyer commitments, project execution challenges, technology trends and the outlook for pumped storage in the US. Carpi Tech l GHD #pshus26 #pumpedstorage #hydropower #pumpedstoragehydro #cleanenergyincalifornia #pumpedstorageinus #longdurationstorage #LDES #energystorage

The post lunch session on Transmission Infrastructure and Grid Considerations at the 2nd Annual Pumped Storage Hydro US Conference focused on grid integration themes and technologies driving transmission development. The key topics of discussion included managing long Interconnection queues, demand growth planning, production growth planning, market participation, and FERC Order 1000. Our panelists included Sandeep Arora, Senior Vice-President - Transmission and Markets, REV Renewables; Andrew Freigang, Special Advisor, Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); Chelsea Loomis, Manager-Regional Transmission Planning Services, Western Power Pool; Steve Purdy, Technical Director, Engineering Policy, Southwest Power Pool; and our moderator Monterey G., Chief Engineer Hydrogen Strategy & Partnerships, National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) Carpi Tech l GHD #pshus26 #pumpedstorage #hydropower #pumpedstoragehydro #cleanenergyincalifornia #pumpedstorageinus #longdurationstorage #LDES #energystorage

The Policy and Regulatory Landscape session at the Pumped Storage Hydro US Conference was moderated by Robert Chun, Chief of Staff to Chair David Hochschild at the California Energy Commission. The panelists included Chadia Abreu-Fellmann, Interim Project and Program Supervisor Integrated Resource Planning – Transmission & Interconnection, California Public Utilities Commission; Nick Blair, MPP, Senior Policy Advocate, Association of California Water Agencies; Surabhi Karambelkar, Ph.D., Policy Director, Low Impact Hydropower Institute; and John Newton, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Ava Community Energy The speakers examined the status of pumped storage projects in the US as well as the evolving policy and regulatory landscape for LDES. The discussion brought together four perspectives that are essential to answering those questions: statewide resource and transmission planning, electricity procurement, water-agency operations, and responsible project siting and development. Carpi Tech l GHD #pshus26 #pumpedstorage #hydropower #pumpedstoragehydro #cleanenergyincalifornia #pumpedstorageinus #longdurationstorage #LDES #energystorage

The second session moderated by Nick Blair, MPP, Senior Policy Advocate, Association of California Water Agencies focused on the benefits and potential of pumped storage projects. Andrew Peters, Founder & Director, River Connectivity Systems, spoke about the case for co-locating pumped storage hydro and land-based aquaculture. Meanwhile, Jonghwan Kwon, Principal Energy Systems Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, gave a presentation on developing a revenue model for long-duration energy storage. Finally, Angela Islas, Water Projects Coordinator, Central California Environmental Justice Network gave an environmental justice perspective on pumped storage projects. The conference is sponsored by Carpi Tech and GHD #PSHUS26 #PumpedStorage #Hydropower #PumpedStorageHydro #CleanEnergyInCalifornia #PumpedStorageInUS #LongDurationStorage #LDES #EnergyStorage

The 2nd Annual Pumped Storage Hydro US Conference continued with the session, "Energy Storage Market in US." The session explored the evolving energy storage landscape in the United States and the growing necessity of long duration energy storage. The speakers highlighted market trends, regulatory developments and the key measures required to scale up long duration energy storage for a reliable, resilient and decarbonized power system. Speakers include: • Britta Bradshaw, Power Resources Manager, Silicon Valley Clean Energy • Sara Kayal, PE, PMP, Vice President of Engineering and Procurement, AMPYR Energy USA • Jerri Strickland, Director of Regulatory Affairs & Compliance, Central Coast Community Energy Moderator: Chadia Abreu-Fellmann, Interim Project and Program Supervisor, Integrated Resource Planning – Transmission & Interconnection, California Public Utilities Commission The conference is sponsored by Carpi Tech and GHD #PSHUS26 #PumpedStorage #Hydropower #PumpedStorageHydro #CleanEnergyInCalifornia #PumpedStorageInUS #LongDurationStorage #LDES #EnergyStorage