Here Comes Hydrogen. Are Natural Gas Generators Ready?
Hydrogen blending lowers carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas generators, but It also can increase nitrogen oxides. What can be done about this?
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How to Make Virtual Power Plants Available to More of Us
Virtual power plants are growing in popularity, but many states make participating hard.
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How to Create a Consumer-First Energy Policy: An Interview with Congressman Sean Casten
In Energy Changemakers’ first video podcast, US Congressman Sean Casten describes a new bill he co-sponsored that addresses several problems facing decentralized energy
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Where Will We Get Our Fried Chicken When the Gas Stations Are Gone?
EV charging stations may influence how we spend time, gather, and maybe even where we live.
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How Regulation Creates Markets for Distributed Energy — And Why it Must
Regulators sometimes open up a piece of the utility monopoly’s business to competition from distributed energy providers.
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Here’s Why It’s Still Hard for Your Solar Panels to Earn Revenue in US Wholesale Power Markets
FERC Order 2222 doesn’t remove all of the barriers to aggregated DERs, according to a new Guidehouse white paper.
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After We Ditch the Gas Pipes, What Then?
How non-pipeline alternatives create opportunities for distributed energy resources
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10 Intriguing Distributed Energy Projects to Watch in 2024
Ameresco, Arc Motor Company, ARENA, Community Electricity, CPower, Google, Intellihub, Maine, NYSERDA, OhmConnect, Pennsylvania Turnpike and Sunnova made this year’s list.
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Maine Issues RFP in Next Step Toward Distribution System Operator (DSO)
If Maine goes forward with the DSO, it will be the first US state to do so.
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Is There an Easier Way to Create Public Power Utilities?
Does public power’s defeat in Maine mean it’s a fool’s errand? Or is there another way to create community-owned utilities? Take a look at what’s happening in California with targeted public power.