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Ameresco energy allies

Energy Allies: Communities and Utilities Building Resilience Together

This white paper examines how
successful partnerships among communities, utilities, and energy service providers can improve the grid
and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

May 27, 2025
data center

The Power Industry’s Love/Hate Relationship with Data Centers

Data center guru Rich Miller interviews Elisa Wood about data centers and onsite power.

Elisa Wood
May 17, 2025
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Is Siloed Electric Grid Model Management Hurting Your Utility’s Bottom Line?

Network model management (NMM) overcomes the siloed approach that limits effective planning by electric utilities.

Energy Changemakers Content Services
May 12, 2025
Iberian Peninsula grid outage
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What Do All Big Power Outages Have in Common? A Big Grid

The Iberian Peninsula grid outage underscores the vulnerabilities of centralized grids and reinforces the need for more decentralized energy.

Elisa Wood
May 5, 2025
distributed solar
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How to Make Distributed Solar Projects Pencil without the Federal Tax Credit

Distributed solar can still offer an impressive return without the tax credit. But it requires some rethinking about how projects are structured.

Elisa Wood
April 18, 2025
clean and distributed energy
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Strong, Weak and Mixed Signals for Clean and Distributed Energy

Clean and distributed energy came barreling out of 2024 with force. Now, they face walls. Do they have enough momentum to knock them down? Consider these signals.

Elisa Wood
April 13, 2025
solar on wheels
Credit: Gismo Power

Solar on Wheels: How a Family-Run Startup is Transforming Driveways into Clean Power Stations

Gismo Power offers solar on wheels to take advantage of a vast untapped energy resource: our driveways.

Elisa Wood
April 4, 2025
electric grid
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What Engineers and Manufacturers Don’t Like About the Electric Grid

Doors are opening for distributed energy resources as centralized electric grids falter.

Elisa Wood
March 29, 2025
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Distributed Energy Is Misunderstood and Underrepresented

Even green energy advocates sometimes don’t fully understand the role distributed energy resources play as grid and community assets.

Elisa Wood
March 21, 2025
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Goodbye to Solar Plus Storage. Hello to Solar-led Electrification

A California study indicates that 65% grid defection with solar may be the best way to electrify a home.

Elisa Wood
March 4, 2025
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