Resilience Energy is betting that a new kind of long-term energy contract can turn home solar and batteries into capacity for data centers — without asking households to buy the equipment themselves.
The California program assembles an ecosystem of distributed energy companies to install new home energy systems and aggregate existing devices.
Forget the idea that a virtual power plant is just thousands of batteries and thermostats. New Jersey players are pushing for something much broader.
From a $2.6 billion microgrid move for data centers to home solar services, it’s been an active few weeks for onsite energy investments.
Electric cooperatives already know how to federate for scale; Keith Taylor says the same model could accelerate microgrids, distributed energy and a more democratic grid.
How a New York City real estate veteran built a community solar business model to ease landlord pain
Distributed energy — and especially batteries in homes — emerged as one of the strongest parts of the U.S. clean energy economy for the second quarter 2026.
Documentarians Jeff Spies and Jason Vetterli tell the full story in their upcoming film, Solar Roots — the Pioneers of PV.
Seventy percent of likely voters surveyed said they support using personal or community energy devices to lower their utility bills.
Once it was two solar guys in a truck disrupting the utility monopoly; now it’s the world’s most valuable companies.