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Brooklyn Navy Yard Sees Virtual Power Plant Potential in its EV Charger Plan

The RFP seeks to lease outdoor parking spaces at the Navy Yard for the installation, maintenance and operation of electric vehicle charging stations.

Elisa Wood
July 19, 2025
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Energy Solutions for Data Centers Aren’t Always Obvious. Take These Ideas.

Data center and distributed energy experts gathered on July 10 in Bend, Oregon, to explore energy innovations.

Lisa Cohn
July 19, 2025
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Another Reason It’s a Bad Idea to Overhype How Much Energy AI Will Need

AI forecast hype could lead to overbuilding for tomorrow’s grid and neglecting electric reliability needs today.

Elisa Wood
July 13, 2025
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Grids Are the Center of Everything

What exactly is a digital grid? How does it play into the new world of data centers and prosumer energy?

Elisa Wood
July 9, 2025
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Energy Trends Inadvertently Unleashed by the Big Beautiful Bill

The Big Beautiful Bill may inadvertently accelerate off-grid power, microgrids and other forms of distributed energy.

Elisa Wood
July 5, 2025
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Lower or Higher Prices for Renewable Energy in 2025?

If you’re confused about contradictory trends in renewable energy pricing, get ready. It may soon get worse.

Peter Asmus
June 19, 2025
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The Latest Version of the Big Beautiful Bill in One Chart

The US Senate Finance Committee released its version of President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Monday, which goes easier on clean energy than the version passed by the House in May — but not by a lot.

Elisa Wood
June 18, 2025
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Microgrids Aren’t What They Used To Be

Check Out the Latest Energy Changemakers Podcast

Host Elisa Wood interviews energy innovators and leaders who are remaking the electric grid on the Energy Changemakers Podcast.

Elisa Wood
June 18, 2025
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AI, Data Center and Microgrid Experts to Gather in Bend, Oregon July 10

Great Transformation is a forum for professionals in data centers, AI and microgrids to exchange ideas that address energy challenges.

Energy Changemakers Content Services
June 16, 2025
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Building Grid Resilience through Partnerships

Achieving grid resilience requires new energy alliances.

Energy Changemakers Content Services
June 16, 2025
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Latest Resources

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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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.
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Microgrids as a Building Block for Future Grids

This white paper is the fourth in a series of seven white papers in support of the DOE Microgrid R&D Program and presents a broad vision for future grids where microgrids serve as a building block along with technologies that would need to be developed, use case scenarios and the research targets. The DOE Microgrid […]
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Utility Bills are Rising: PowerLines

New polling by PowerLines, a nonpartisan consumer education nonprofit, reveals the toll of rising utility bills on American energy consumers.

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