Transmission
Newsletter: New Orleans leaders put off building microgrids, and now the people are paying the price
Advocates tried for years to build local grid resilience.
By Julian Spector .
Grid edge
Grid edge
California’s patchwork push to scale up virtual power plants
The state has created more ways for solar-and-battery-equipped homes to get paid to help the grid — but not enough to save the crashing rooftop solar market.
By Jeff St. John .
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Carbon-free buildings
We already have the low-cost tools we need to cut the carbon hidden in buildings
A new report from RMI shows how materials and technologies available today can slash "embodied carbon" nearly in half.By Jeff St. John .
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Utilities
California's biggest utility plans to bury 10,000 miles of power lines. How much will that cost residents?
Wildfires and other climate disasters are pushing PG&E to put lines underground, but it's a notoriously expensive process.By Elizabeth McCarthy .
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Batteries
Enphase wants customers to know exactly how much money they earn with batteries
Basic transparency could encourage homeowners to use their batteries for the benefit of the grid.By Julian Spector .
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Policy & regulation
Calif. governor makes emergency bid to prevent blackouts. Is it too little, too late?
Power plant shortages and delayed batteries are part of the problem. So is stalled progress on behind-the-meter resources.By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
How digitizing the transmission grid can enable the energy mix of the future
EirGrid and Smart Wires team up to build software that could help Ireland reach its ambitious wind energy goals.By Jeff St. John .
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Grid edge
What could Tesla’s virtual power plant do for California’s grid — and what will customers get out of it?
Will customers sign up for its incentive-free program or flock to other distributed energy aggregators that are willing to pay?By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
Can smart solar inverters help keep grid voltages in balance? Sunnova, SolarEdge and National Grid team up to find out
One of the largest tests of its kind will tap thousands of rooftop solar inverters in Massachusetts and Rhode Island — and examine what it’s worth to both utilities and customers.By Jeff St. John .
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Grid edge
Could digital circuit breakers make EV charging and home energy controls even smarter?
Startup Atom Power is dragging Edison-era electrical equipment into the 21st century.By Jeff St. John .
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Grid edge
Why vertical farms could be the next big microgrid market
Building on-site power supplies is one way plant factories can manage their hefty electricity bills. Playing them into grid markets is another.By Jeff St. John .
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