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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 .
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Climate crisis
Hurricane-driven blackouts in New Orleans send a dire warning about the need for distributed energy
Entergy's new gas power plant couldn't stop a grid collapse. Community groups want to give local solar and batteries a chance.By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
How to hurricane-proof a solar plant
PV arrays and microgrids on islands need to stand up to storms supercharged by climate change.By Kiernan Dunlop .
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Transportation
Microgrids + mass transit = resilient mobility in a future clouded by climate change
Transit agencies can use microgrids to cleanly power electric buses and other systems during blackouts, but they'll likely need help building them.By Gordon Feller .
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Climate justice
From climate justice organizing to legislating: How Rep. Khanh Pham helped pass Oregon's 100% clean grid law
A Q&A with Pham on how building a wide-ranging coalition and sitting down with affected industries led to a clean energy victory.By Julian Spector .
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Long-duration energy storage
Stealthy storage contender Form Energy reveals secret formula: Iron and air
And it raised another $200 million to get to market.By Julian Spector .
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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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Clean energy
Camus Energy: Grid software for small utilities with big clean energy ambitions
A San Francisco startup with Google software talent is helping rural co-ops and municipal utilities make big gains in renewables and distributed energy — without the high-tech price tag.By Jeff St. John .
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Newsletter: The rooftop solar vs. transmission showdown that wasn't
Reports of a clean energy schism are generating a lot of solidarity.By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy
A microgrid powered only by solar and batteries points the way to bigger all-renewable grids
Australia’s Horizon Power and partner PXiSE showed they could power a town without generators. The implications for expanding renewable energy are massive.By Jeff St. John .