Energy Changemakers

What’s Next for Distributed Energy?
Energy Changemakers, Factor This Renewables, and Xendee are conducting a microgrid survey and welcome your input.
The Energy Transition’s Sobering Present and Where to Go Next
Headwinds and tailwinds have left the energy transition pulled in two different directions. What can get it going the right way? And why is distributed energy well-positioned?
What It Takes to Curb Data Center Energy Use
Are data center energy forecasts overblown? Can energy efficiency trim megawatts and even gigawatts off predictions? And if so, what must data centers do to significantly curb their energy use?
What is Speed to Power? And How Can Data Centers Achieve It?
Speed to power now permeates the data center and power industry’s lexicon and has become the metric by which all data center development is measured.
Petition Filed with FERC to Protect Virtual Power Plants from “Death by a Million Pdfs”
A federal complaint filed last week alleges that utility data blocking hinders distributed energy within PJM.
Yes, It Is Data Center Growth Causing High Costs in PJM’s Territory
Two new reports place the blame for PJM’s growing energy costs squarely on data centers.

The Energy Transition’s Sobering Present and Where to Go Next