Lower or Higher Prices for Renewable Energy in 2025?
If you’re confused about contradictory trends in renewable energy pricing, get ready. It may soon get worse.
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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.
Microgrids Aren’t What They Used To Be
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.
AI, Data Center and Microgrid Experts to Gather in Bend, Oregon July 10
Great Transformation is a forum for professionals in data centers, AI and microgrids to exchange ideas that address energy challenges.
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Building Grid Resilience through Partnerships
Achieving grid resilience requires new energy alliances.
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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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Alaska Forges New Ground with Innovative Non-Profit Independent Power Producer Model
Most independent power producers (IPPs) generate profit for private shareholders. But that’s not always so in Alaska where a non-profit IPP model generates revenue for communities and tribes.
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.
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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.