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defining decentralized grid
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What is the Decentralized Grid? Let’s Agree on a Definition

The decentralized grid is an electric network of distributed energy resources that interact with each other or with the central grid to improve efficiency, lower costs, reduce emissions and provide greater local control of energy assets.

Elisa Wood
February 22, 2024
EV charging
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Where Will We Get Our Fried Chicken When the Gas Stations Are Gone?

EV charging stations may influence how we spend time, gather, and maybe even where we live.

Elisa Wood
January 25, 2024
non-pipeline alternatives
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After We Ditch the Gas Pipes, What Then?

How non-pipeline alternatives create opportunities for distributed energy resources

Elisa Wood
January 8, 2024
Distributed energy projects to watch 2024
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10 Intriguing Distributed Energy Projects to Watch in 2024

Ameresco, Arc Motor Company, ARENA, Community Electricity, CPower, Google, Intellihub, Maine, NYSERDA, OhmConnect, Pennsylvania Turnpike and Sunnova made this year’s list.

Elisa Wood
January 2, 2024
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An Energy Wonk Comes Face-to-Face with the Real World. It isn’t Pretty

Well known energy analyst and writer, Peter Asmus, faced red tape and confusion when he tried to install solar plus storage on his home. If it was hard for him, what’s it like for the rest of the world?

Peter Asmus
December 13, 2023
Dervos 2023
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Five Big Ideas Out of Dervos 2023

Dervos 2023 stimulated some of the most thought-provoking discussion about distributed energy I’ve heard at a conference. Here are a few (of many) big ideas floated at the event hosted by the DER Task Force last week in Brooklyn, NY.

Elisa Wood
November 14, 2023
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Virtual Power Plants: The Taylor Swift of Modern Energy

When I first wrote about virtual power plants in 2014, it was a mystery term applied to an energy efficiency project in my town. Now it’s the big start on the platform.

Elisa Wood
November 9, 2023
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The Death of Electric Vehicles Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Automakers say demand is down for electric vehicles, but the numbers say something else.

Elisa Wood
November 1, 2023
distributed energy conferences
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Distributed Energy Conferences for Your Calendar

Here’s my take on five energy conferences that I believe offer value to those working in distributed energy resources. Let me know of others you’d suggest I add to this list.

Elisa Wood
September 12, 2023
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