Inside This Company’s Effort to Unite Microgrid Stakeholders
An inside look at what led to creation of Xendee’s University Week, June 8-10, 2026.
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How to Achieve True Energy Abundance: Start Local
Three grid experts say the US needs a new blueprint to fix its power system, one that creates energy abundance from the bottom up.
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Ameresco and VoltaGrid Deals Show Investor Appetite for Energy Alternatives
New investments involving VoltaGrid and Ameresco underscore rising demand for behind-the-meter power and renewable natural gas.
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DERs Disrupt the Simple Story of AI’s Energy Surge
As AI drives unprecedented load growth, DERs, efficiency, and flexible demand are complicating the supply–demand equation
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States Deliver a Record Year for Distributed Energy Policy
2025 was a record year for distributed energy policy, with states accelerating action on solar, storage, EVs, and resilience. New Pew data shows just how widespread the shift has become.
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Why is the Business Vibe So Weird for Distributed Energy?
What is the distributed energy forecast for 2026? A mix of survival and gold-rush fever as incentives disappear, but demand for energy surges.
What Caught the Most Attention on Energy Changemakers Platforms in 2025?
Here is a list of the most popular articles and podcasts that ran on the Energy Changemakers platforms in 2025.
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Another Day, Another Virtual Power Plant Deal
New York-based EnergyHub, which offers a distributed energy management resources platform, has acquired Resideo Grid Services, a virtual power plant developer and manager. The companies say the acquisition reflects a growing industry shift toward a single integrated distributed energy resource management system platform for utilities to manage virtual power plants (VPPs) that include EVs, batteries, […]
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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.
Microgrids Aren’t What They Used To Be
Microgrids have always been hard to define succinctly because they are not really just one thing. They can morph to serve a variety of energy needs. Veteran energy journalists Lisa Cohn and Peter Asmus describe how they’ve evolved.