Rooftop Solar & Virtual Power Plants Take Center Stage As Oil & Gas Wilt
The rooftop solar and home energy storage trends are pushing the case to replace gas peaker plants with zero emission “virtual” power plants.
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Wait, Don’t Recycle Those Old Wind Turbines… Re-Use Them!
A US firm is refurbishing, upgrading, and relocating older wind turbines for re-use in the distributed energy resources market.
Energy Efficiency: Why Are We Wasting Two-Thirds Of The Energy In Fossil Fuels?
Energy efficiency is the subject of a recent study by RMI, which finds two-thirds of fossil fuel energy is wasted each year.
DER: Yet Another Reason Why Renewable Energy Wins
Small-scale solar arrays, wind turbines, and other distributed resources are turning ratepayers from consumers into renewable energy heroes.
Why It’s Short-Sighted To Do Centralized Planning In A Decentralizing Electricity Grid
With financial rewards tied to building big things, and a 100-year history of doing so, utilities overlook distributed energy resources like rooftop solar. State regulators, expecting the grid future to unfold from a utility’s central plan, rarely push back. But the truth is that central planning may cost everyone (except utility shareholders) more, because the most cost-effective electricity system can be built from the bottom up.
We Should Drive EVs To Use Extra Electricity Capacity
The need to decarbonize our economy presents new opportunities to increase electricity demand beneficially. And doing that — particularly by electrifying transportation — has never been cheaper or easier to do than it is now.
Kansas Supreme Court Invalidates Demand Charges For Residential Solar Customers
Solar energy advocates have won an important legal battle against demand charges imposed on rooftop solar customers in Kansas.
GridBeyond Closes $11.7m (€10.5m) Transaction To Support Company Growth Plans
GridBeyond, the leading intelligent energy & smart grid platform provider for Distributed Energy Resource Management, has successfully concluded its Series B financing round. A number of high-profile partners have invested in a $11.7m (€10.5m) transaction to support the scale-up of the business and international expansion.
US Energy Dept. Has A Solar Power Message For Coal: Get Lost!
The cost of solar power is set for yet another steep slide at the expense of coal, regardless of the love showered on coal miners by the Commander-in-Chief.
Why Minnesota’s Community Solar Program is the Best
Minnesota’s community solar program hit a record 435 megawatts of operational capacity in September 2018.
