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How We Need to Think about AI Energy Demand Now

Tech journalist Rich Miller explains why the bears and the bulls may both be wrong about AI energy demand.

Elisa Wood
February 6, 2025
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How to Position Distributed Energy Now?

Trump’s energy emergency declaration tries to upend how the nation thinks and talks about energy. What happens to distributed energy in the upheaval?

Elisa Wood
January 25, 2025
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10 Intriguing Distributed Energy Projects & Plans to Watch in 2025

Hat’s off to the innovators, inventors, and risk-takers who are remaking the grid with distributed energy. Here are 10 projects we’re watching.

Elisa Wood
January 12, 2025
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3 Trends to Watch in 2025 if You’re on Team Distributed Energy

Energy Changemakers looks at 3 distributed energy trends to watch in 2025 that signal the the industry’s future.

Elisa Wood
January 3, 2025
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What 2025 Holds for Distributed Energy

Trouble and promise seem to characterize what’s ahead for distributed energy. So how should we approach 2025?

Elisa Wood
December 22, 2024
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Why So Many Industries Want to Own the Home Energy Management Market

The competition for dominance is just beginning as various industries enter the home energy management space.

Anna Demeo
December 12, 2024
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Five US States Now Ripe for Grid Defection: Study

Economic conditions are now favorable for grid defection by electricity customers in five US states. Will they actually go off grid?

Elisa Wood
December 10, 2024
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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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How Energy Customers are Reshaping the Grid

Homeowners and businesses are investing in distributed energy for their own reasons and collectively—and maybe inadvertently—also rewiring how the entire electric system evolves.

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When the Grid Can’t Keep Up

Why Large-Load Developers Are BecomingTheir Own Power Suppliers 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? Utility and regional grid planning efforts often take years […]

Energy Changemakers Media Kit – The Voice of Distributed Energy

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.

Ultra-Reliable Onsite Generation How Enchanted Rock Delivers

For decades, commercial and industrial facilities operated under a simple assumption: electricity service was readily available and highly reliable. Backup generators were installedprimarily to meet regulatory requirements or protect against rare emergencies. Today, that assumption is becoming less certain. The US grid is under mounting pressure from severe weather, aging infrastructure, and rapid growth in […]

2026 Market Survey: Microgrid and Distributed Energy Projects Grow in Complexity

Reports of distributed energy’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, according to a 2025 survey of distributed energy and microgrid industry professionals. When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act became law in July 2025, many industry experts feared solar-heavy distributed energy development would dry up with the loss of federal incentives. While survey respondents (67%) say […]

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