Utilities take note: Hybrid renewables projects are coming

Utility Dive: An innovation in renewables generation that could change the way utilities think about meeting reliability and peak demand took some big steps forward in 2017.

Only a few U.S. utilities are pursuing hybrid projects that combine wind, solar and/or battery storage in various combinations. Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) is operating a solar-plus-storage project that may be the first U.S. renewables-powered peaker plant. And Arizona Public Service (APS) just contracted with First Solar for what is said to be the first utility-scale renewables peaker plant.

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