CAISO hit a new renewable energy record this week, with wind, solar, hydro and other renewables?serving nearly 42% of electricity demand on May 16. Furthermore, during peak renewables production over the 2 p.m.?hour, renewables supplied nearly 72% of?total demand. See the CAISO report here.

As of December 2016, the US Energy Information Administration reported that the US had over 21.5 GW of utility-scale solar in operation, more than half of which came online in the past two years. ?Utility-scale solar has been the fastest growing power generation technology in the US over the past five years, expanding at an average of 72% per year. Read the full article here.