Microgrids Surge as the Best Answer to Backup Power Generation
We all know the feeling. We typically see and hear it as the pitter-patter of rain intensifies and the winds begin to follow course. We...
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Oil Industry Gets a Jolt From Wave of Electrification
Electrification has changed many industries and oil is no exception. Leaders realize there is a growing push to make sustainable choices whenever possible, which means...
Biden-Harris Administration Attempts New Deal Nostalgia with $7.3 Billion in Clean Energy Investments
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt started a revolution for new jobs and investment in domestic infrastructure with his New Deal campaign. Included in its framework, he...
Biggest Trends in Grid-Scale Energy Storage
The Inflation Reduction Act has grid-scale energy storage adoption underway. Industry experts and stakeholders in the sector know significant changes are coming, but is there...
Is the DOE’s Investment Plan for the Grid Actually a Good Idea?
In October 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled the largest-ever investment in the country’s utility grid — nearly $3.5 billion in awards to...
VPPs Can Help Improve the Resilience of the Texas Power Grid
Texas is growing accustomed to experiencing system-wide power grid disruptions. The first recent major event was winter storm Uri in February 2021, which left 4.5...
The Power Flow
With the energy transition away from fossil fuels and coal a top priority among many policymakers and voters, hydropower stands to play a much larger...
Uncharted Power: Last Mile Infrastructure
“I always wanted to be the love-child of Beyoncé and Bill Nye the Science Guy,” Jessica O. Matthews says with a laugh. “That’s the perfect...