Via The New York Times, a look at how America’s electric grids may need to expand by two-thirds by 2035 to handle future growth in clean energy, but the nation isn’t on track: The Energy Department on Monday announced $1.3 billion to help build three large power lines across six states, part of a new gusher of […]
Read more »Via Quartz, a report on a recent Biden administration announcement of $3.5 billion for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electric grid resilience as extreme weather events such as the deadly Maui and California wildfires continue to strain the nation’s aging transmission systems: The Biden administration on Wednesday announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects across […]
Read more »Via Energy Daily, a new IEA report forecasting that the world must add 50,000 miles of power lines by 2040 to hit climate targets: The world must double existing power grid networks to 100,000 miles globally by 2040 to avoid missing the internationally agreed 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature rise target and eroding energy security, the […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at how you can now get solar power with a Netflix-style subscription: No roof, no solar power. That has been the dispiriting equation shutting out roughly half of all Americans from plugging into the sun. But signing up for solar soon might be as easy as subscribing to Netflix. […]
Read more »Via Energy Central, a look at virtual power plants and demand flexibility: The rapid growth of distributed energy resources (DERs) plus digitalization of devices and artificial intelligence (AI) is leading to increased interest in virtual power plants (VPPs). The fundamentals are straightforward: aggregate large numbers of smart devices such as rooftop solar panels, smart thermostats, […]
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