What a New Federal Proceeding Reveals about Distributed Energy’s Role in the AI Race
A new FERC proceeding reveals distributed energy’s growing role easing pressure on an oversubscribed transmission system.
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DER Advocate Sees Colorado Program as Sign of Broader Shift
Another sign that utilities are beginning to understand the full worth of distributed energy comes from Xcel Energy’s Colorado utility, which last week released a framework to procure over 100 MW of dispatchable distributed generation (Docket No. 25A-0194E). “Those who know me recognize that I don’t always agree with electric utilities. But when I do, […]
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We Have 1,000 Days to Get it Right for Distributed Energy
The US needs to address impediments to energy growth in the next 1,000 days to realize the full benefits of distributed energy and electrification by 2050, says Schneider Electric.
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Distributed Energy’s Big Chance to Capture a New Kind of Capital: Attention
In era where attention may be the most valuable form of capital, it’s no small thing that the power industry is on the minds of the electorate. Now’s the time to cement the economic value of distributed energy in the public psyche.
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The Problem with Distributed Energy: How a New Coalition Hopes to Solve it
Common Charge hopes to create a unified voice for the multiple industries that make up the distributed energy sector.
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In Case You’re Wondering if You are in the Right Business
The International Energy Agency has proclaimed we’re now in the Age of Electricity with demand growing across all scenarios.
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What’s Next for Distributed Energy?
Energy Changemakers, Factor This Renewables, and Xendee are conducting a microgrid survey and welcome your input.
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The Energy Transition’s Sobering Present and Where to Go Next
Headwinds and tailwinds have left the energy transition pulled in two different directions. What can get it going the right way? And why is distributed energy well-positioned?
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What It Takes to Curb Data Center Energy Use
Are data center energy forecasts overblown? Can energy efficiency trim megawatts and even gigawatts off predictions? And if so, what must data centers do to significantly curb their energy use?
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Petition Filed with FERC to Protect Virtual Power Plants from “Death by a Million Pdfs”
A federal complaint filed last week alleges that utility data blocking hinders distributed energy within PJM.