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Why We Need True AI-Driven Virtual Power Plants 

Guest contributor Anna Demeo describes how to recognize true AI-driven software and its use in virtual power plants.

Anna Demeo
February 9, 2024
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How to Make Virtual Power Plants Available to More of Us

Virtual power plants are growing in popularity, but many states make participating hard.

Elisa Wood
February 6, 2024
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Here’s Why It’s Still Hard for Your Solar Panels to Earn Revenue in US Wholesale Power Markets

FERC Order 2222 doesn’t remove all of the barriers to aggregated DERs, according to a new Guidehouse white paper.

Elisa Wood
January 14, 2024
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10 Intriguing Distributed Energy Projects to Watch in 2024

Ameresco, Arc Motor Company, ARENA, Community Electricity, CPower, Google, Intellihub, Maine, NYSERDA, OhmConnect, Pennsylvania Turnpike and Sunnova made this year’s list.

Elisa Wood
January 2, 2024
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An Energy Wonk Comes Face-to-Face with the Real World. It isn’t Pretty

Well known energy analyst and writer, Peter Asmus, faced red tape and confusion when he tried to install solar plus storage on his home. If it was hard for him, what’s it like for the rest of the world?

Peter Asmus
December 13, 2023
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Five Big Ideas Out of Dervos 2023

Dervos 2023 stimulated some of the most thought-provoking discussion about distributed energy I’ve heard at a conference. Here are a few (of many) big ideas floated at the event hosted by the DER Task Force last week in Brooklyn, NY.

Elisa Wood
November 14, 2023
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Virtual Power Plants: The Taylor Swift of Modern Energy

When I first wrote about virtual power plants in 2014, it was a mystery term applied to an energy efficiency project in my town. Now it’s the big start on the platform.

Elisa Wood
November 9, 2023
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Distributed Energy Conferences for Your Calendar

Here’s my take on five energy conferences that I believe offer value to those working in distributed energy resources. Let me know of others you’d suggest I add to this list.

Elisa Wood
September 12, 2023
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What If Electric Co-ops Came Together to Build the Distributed Grid?

Electric cooperatives already know how to federate for scale; Keith Taylor says the same model could accelerate microgrids, distributed energy and a more democratic grid.

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How Supercaps Can Help Solve the Geopolitical Challenge of Battery Over Deployments

The speed-to-power movement is driving decision-making in the data center industry as it searches for near-term solutions to its power supply needs. The inability of many utilities and wholesale market control areas to bring new capacity on-line in a timely manner has prompted many data centers to go behind-the-meter (BTM) and create microgrids and other […]
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When the Grid Can’t Keep Up

Why Large-Load Developers Are BecomingTheir Own Power Suppliers Headlines are everywhere about the electric grid straining under a surge in demand from data centers and other large loads. But the more urgent story is: How can the grid evolve to meet this new demand at speed? Utility and regional grid planning efforts often take years […]

Ultra-Reliable Onsite Generation How Enchanted Rock Delivers

For decades, commercial and industrial facilities operated under a simple assumption: electricity service was readily available and highly reliable. Backup generators were installedprimarily to meet regulatory requirements or protect against rare emergencies. Today, that assumption is becoming less certain. The US grid is under mounting pressure from severe weather, aging infrastructure, and rapid growth in […]

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