If We Could Just Fix This One Thing
Energy Changemakers community members describe what one change could hasten the energy transition
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California Bill Calls for RPS-Like Targets for Virtual Power Plants
Over half of US states use renewable portfolio standards to boost green energy. Now, a California state senator is proposing applying the same concept to virtual power plants (VPPs).
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Challenges Virtual Power Plants Face. Are they Fixable? Insights from DOE’s Jen Downing
Six months after the release of the DOE’s liftoff report on virtual power plants, how does lead author Jen Downing view the industry?
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Death by a Million PDFs: Confusing and Inaccessible Data Delays Virtual Power Plants
Why it’s hard for virtual power plant providers to access electric utility customer usage data and how it slows VPP growth.
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What is the Decentralized Grid? Let’s Agree on a Definition
The decentralized grid is an electric network of distributed energy resources that interact with each other or with the central grid to improve efficiency, lower costs, reduce emissions and provide greater local control of energy assets.
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Think Community Energy Can’t Work? Tell that to Kit Carson Electric
How did this small New Mexico co-op, far from the energy innovation meccas of California and New York, become a model for community energy? And can others follow its lead?
Why Virtual Power Plants are ‘In’ and Where They’re Taking Us Next
Elisa Wood of Energy Changemakers interviews Uplight’s Peter Asmus about the evolution of virtual power plants.
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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