What are Microgrids Now?
What are microgrids now? By definition, microgrids have not changed, but their value proposition is evolving with the times.
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Asset Manager Adds Microgrid Investment Fund in Bullish Australian Market
Australia’s microgrid market — poised to nearly triple by 2030 — attracts new private equity investment for commercial microgrids.
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Politics Rears Its Ugly Head Following Spain’s Power Outage
The arcane concept of “grid inertia” is suddenly making headlines following Spain’s power outage.
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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.
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South Australia Offers Lessons that Might Have Averted Spain’s Blackout
Grid flexibility could have helped avoid the Spain blackout, as South Australia learned nearly a decade ago.
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Coming Together to Build Energy Resilience
Partnerships among communities, utilities, and energy service providers offer a path to greater energy resilience. Here are examples.
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Will Electric Utility Rates Become More Political?
Electricity costs could become a political issue as consumers across party lines grow anxious about their utility bills.
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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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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.
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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.