Are We Expecting Too Much from Virtual Power Plants?
Many see virtual power plants (VPPs) as the best way to organize distributed energy. Here’s a contrarian view.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Are We In a Period of Runaway Hype about Electric Demand?
Distributed energy should be the first resource considered before we build riskier, larger projects to meet AI-driven electric demand.
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How Bad are Interconnection Delays for Distributed Energy? We’ll Know Soon.
Stories abound about interconnection delays on the distribution grid. But it’s mostly anecdotal. That’s about to change with a new project to map the delays nationwide — and make the information public.
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No One Said You’re Not Green, California. What’s in Question is Your Stance on Distributed Energy
After last week’s vote on community solar, distributed energy advocates have another reason to suspect California will not be a leader in grid decentralization.
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Technology Isn’t Causing the DER Industry’s Data Woes. It’s People.
Building a coalition of the willing may be what it takes to fix the problems that DER providers face accessing utility data.
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Time to set a Moonshot Goal for Distributed Energy Resources?
A moonshot goal for distributed energy resources could get us all rowing in the same direction and quicken the pace of local energy development.