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Source: Northwest Arctic Borough

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.

Peter Asmus
May 28, 2025
Ameresco energy allies

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.

May 27, 2025
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The Power Industry’s Love/Hate Relationship with Data Centers

Data center guru Rich Miller interviews Elisa Wood about data centers and onsite power.

Elisa Wood
May 17, 2025
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Is Siloed Electric Grid Model Management Hurting Your Utility’s Bottom Line?

Network model management (NMM) overcomes the siloed approach that limits effective planning by electric utilities.

Energy Changemakers Content Services
May 12, 2025
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What Do All Big Power Outages Have in Common? A Big Grid

The Iberian Peninsula grid outage underscores the vulnerabilities of centralized grids and reinforces the need for more decentralized energy.

Elisa Wood
May 5, 2025
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Kūpono Solar Project In O’ahu, Hawaii. Courtesy of Ameresco

Coming Together to Build Energy Resilience

Partnerships among communities, utilities, and energy service providers offer a path to greater energy resilience. Here are examples.

Energy Changemakers Content Services
May 1, 2025
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How to Make Distributed Solar Projects Pencil without the Federal Tax Credit

Distributed solar can still offer an impressive return without the tax credit. But it requires some rethinking about how projects are structured.

Elisa Wood
April 18, 2025
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Strong, Weak and Mixed Signals for Clean and Distributed Energy

Clean and distributed energy came barreling out of 2024 with force. Now, they face walls. Do they have enough momentum to knock them down? Consider these signals.

Elisa Wood
April 13, 2025
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Credit: Gismo Power

Solar on Wheels: How a Family-Run Startup is Transforming Driveways into Clean Power Stations

Gismo Power offers solar on wheels to take advantage of a vast untapped energy resource: our driveways.

Elisa Wood
April 4, 2025
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What Engineers and Manufacturers Don’t Like About the Electric Grid

Doors are opening for distributed energy resources as centralized electric grids falter.

Elisa Wood
March 29, 2025
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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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