Another Reason It’s a Bad Idea to Overhype How Much Energy AI Will Need
AI forecast hype could lead to overbuilding for tomorrow’s grid and neglecting electric reliability needs today.
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Grids Are the Center of Everything
What exactly is a digital grid? How does it play into the new world of data centers and prosumer energy?
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Energy Trends Inadvertently Unleashed by the Big Beautiful Bill
The Big Beautiful Bill may inadvertently accelerate off-grid power, microgrids and other forms of distributed energy.
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The Latest Version of the Big Beautiful Bill in One Chart
The US Senate Finance Committee released its version of President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Monday, which goes easier on clean energy than the version passed by the House in May — but not by a lot.
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Check Out the Latest Energy Changemakers Podcast
Host Elisa Wood interviews energy innovators and leaders who are remaking the electric grid on the Energy Changemakers Podcast.
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A New Era of Energy Wealth
Defining energy wealth in an era of distributed energy requires looking at not only energy access but also energy ownership.
Microgrids Aren’t What They Used To Be
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.
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Disaster Where a Microgrid Expert Lives
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.
The Power Industry’s Love/Hate Relationship with Data Centers
Data center guru Rich Miller interviews Elisa Wood about data centers and onsite power.
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Pursuing Energy Democracy from the Bottom Up and the Top Down
Sandeep Vaheesan, author of Democracy in Power, sees grassroots frustration with the status quo invigorating public interest in energy democracy.