Microgrids have always been hard to define succinctly because they are not really just one thing. They can morph to serve a variety of energy needs. Veteran energy journalists Lisa Cohn and Peter Asmus describe how they’ve evolved.
Rory McIlmoil, a researcher at NREL and a local volunteer firefighter, found himself cleaning up from Hurricane Helene and thinking about how much easier it would be with a microgrid.
Host Elisa Wood interviews energy innovators and leaders who are remaking the electric grid on the Energy Changemakers Podcast.
Data center guru Rich Miller interviews Elisa Wood about data centers and onsite power.
Sandeep Vaheesan, author of Democracy in Power, sees grassroots frustration with the status quo invigorating public interest in energy democracy.
What are microgrids now? By definition, microgrids have not changed, but their value proposition is evolving with the times.
Australia’s microgrid market — poised to nearly triple by 2030 — attracts new private equity investment for commercial microgrids.
The arcane concept of “grid inertia” is suddenly making headlines following Spain’s power outage.
The Iberian Peninsula grid outage underscores the vulnerabilities of centralized grids and reinforces the need for more decentralized energy.
Electricity costs could become a political issue as consumers across party lines grow anxious about their utility bills.