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Making the Crush of Utility Data Usable

In this episode of the Energy Changemakers Podcast, Elisa Wood interviews Awesense CEO Mischa Steiner about making utility data usable.

Elisa Wood
November 8, 2024
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, Begins Work on Utility Dedicated to Distributed Energy After Big Ballot Win

With a big mandate from voters, Ann Arbor hopes to have its sustainable energy utility up and running in 18-24 months.

Elisa Wood
November 8, 2024
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Unfair Charges to Distributed Energy Projects for Grid Modernization

When distributed energy projects trigger the need for grid upgrades, project developers can face huge costs.

Elisa Wood
November 3, 2024
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Alex Bazhinov, Founder and President, Lumin.

The Very Unusual Path to Success for this Distributed Energy Entrepreneur

Energy entrepreneur Alex Bazhinov had to take bigger steps than most to create his company. It wasn’t just a matter of finding the right business plan and financing. He had to find a new
country.

Elisa Wood
October 10, 2024
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Community Solar Needs a Bigger Boat

Only a limited number of states have pro-community solar policies. That has to change for community solar to continue to thrive in the US.

Elisa Wood
August 20, 2024
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Making Rural America into a Climate Migration Mecca with the Help of Distributed Energy

Two academics are pressing rural inland communities to seize the opportunity to recast themselves as attractive places for climate migrants to relocate. Distributed energy plays a key role in their reinvention.

Elisa Wood
August 8, 2024
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Community Solar is Having a Moment

Market moves and government activity indicate community solar is gaining a footing in the electric power mix.

Elisa Wood
July 30, 2024
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Households as Energy Investors and Other Good Economic Signals for Distributed Energy

Household investment in energy is on the rise as consumers install more distributed energy resources in their homes

Elisa Wood
July 17, 2024
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Data Centers as Energy Makers, Not Takers?

Data centers need to be incentivized to build onsite energy, says a Virginia county supervisor from deep inside Data Center Alley.

Elisa Wood
July 7, 2024
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Wendy’s Deal Shows How Community Solar Can Double as an ESG Play

The Wendy’s restaurants are using the Ampion program to help achieve goals set last year to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 47%, and Scope 3 emissions from franchisees by 47% per restaurant by 2030.

Elisa Wood
June 28, 2024
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Can Better Energy Choices Reverse the Data Center Backlash?

After decades covering data centers, journalist Rich Miller sees an industry struggling with public opposition, enormous energy demands and a growing realization that local energy may be part of the solution.

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About Energy ChangemakersEnergy Changemakers is a journalist-led media and content platform built exclusively for the distributed energy and grid-edge market. At its core, the company operates at the intersection of: Our mission is to Educate. Elevate. Amplify.

How Supercaps Can Help Solve the Geopolitical Challenge of Battery Over Deployments

The speed-to-power movement is driving decision-making in the data center industry as it searches for near-term solutions to its power supply needs. The inability of many utilities and wholesale market control areas to bring new capacity on-line in a timely manner has prompted many data centers to go behind-the-meter (BTM) and create microgrids and other […]
Large Load Developers Becoming Their Own Power Suppliers

When the Grid Can’t Keep Up

Headlines are everywhere about the electric grid straining under a surge in demand from data centers and other large loads. But the more urgent story is: How can the grid evolve to meet this new demand at speed?

Ultra-Reliable Onsite Generation: How Enchanted Rock Delivers

Many organizations are reassessing how they approach electric power. If the grid cannot deliver the reliability — or even the access — modern operations require, what alternatives provide resilience without compromising environmental performance or community well-being?

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