Q&A With Secure Cyber-Energy Systems Manager Dane Christensen The modern grid transmits power, but making that happen relies on vast amounts of data from a rapidly increasing number of devices communicating digitally through highly interdependent systems. This complexity presents new challenges to maintain energy system reliability and resilience, particularly as … [continued]
The well-regarded, nonpartisan Pew Research Center fact tank has just sliced and diced the results of its Spring 2015 Global Attitudes Survey. The Pew climate change survey included a slew of questions about attitudes toward climate change and the relationship between climate change and other objective economic and environmental indicators. … [continued]
DOE will partner with New Jersey to develop the first-ever transit system microgrid as part of Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts.
NJ TransitGrid will cover rail lines and facilities across New Jersey Transit’s (NJT) busy northeastern corridor between Newark and New York City, and ensure trains keep running even if the centralized grid goes off the rails.
More than 50 US mayors and county elected officials have launched the Resilient Communities for America campaign by committing to build stronger communities that can meet their own energy needs and withstand the relentless onslaught of heat waves, floods, droughts, severe storms, and wildfires.
Your first thought about microgrids might be that they’re only a tiny aspect of the overall energy system. But you’d be wrong – microgrids are an increasingly important factor for distributed generation, grid reliability, and the green economy.
Two new reports from Navigant Research reveal more than 400 microgrid projects are currently under development worldwide, and forecast the global microgrid market will pass $40 billion in annual revenue by 2020.
20 communities showcase climate change adaptation and mitigation leadership happening in local governments across America …
A new report finds RGGI emissions auctions have created $617 million in clean energy and environmental investments for its nine member states. […]
Several of the world’s fastest-growing economies face the largest financial threats from natural disasters fueled by climate change, according to the new Natural Hazards Risk Atlas.
