As California moves toward a zero-carbon electricity grid by 2045 under Senate Bill 100 (SB100), system planners are confronting a major challenge: how to keep the lights on after sunset—when solar PV stops producing, but demand remains high.

To date, most modeling for California’s Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) process has focused on wind, solar PV, and short-duration lithium-ion battery storage. But new findings from a U.S. Department of Energy-funded study led by Solar Dynamics LLC and supported by NREL, reveal a missing opportunity: concentrating solar power (CSP) with thermal energy storage (TES).

Join us in this live webinar to explore how CSP could provide a significant share of California’s future electricity—offering dispatchable, long-duration, non-lithium storage capable of delivering clean energy well into the evening and overnight hours, with domestic manufacturing potential, and a supply chain free from Foreign Entities of Concern.

Join us on July 30 to:

• Discover new modeling that shows CSP could provide up to 9 GW (18%) of California’s electricity by 2045
• Understand the value of long-duration energy storage that doesn’t rely on critical minerals or lithium supply chains
• See how CSP complements PV and BESS to stabilize the grid during high-demand, low-solar periods
• Learn how CSP could be integrated into California’s IRP framework for maximum reliability, equity, and decarbonization

Speakers

Moderator: V. John White, Executive Director – Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies

Henry (Hank) Price, P.E., Managing Director – SolarDynamics LLC
Fred Morse, CEO – Solstor Energy LLC
Alex Zolan, Researcher  –  National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Allison Lenthall, Community Engagement Specialist – Lenthall Advisors, LLC