Cassady Craighill is the technical education director at GridLab. The challenges facing the grid can often feel intimidating and beyond grasp. How much of the load growth is hype and how much […]
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California off to a strong clean electricity start with solar up 33.8%
Forty-eight days into 2025, CAISO gas use for electricity is down almost 28%, while battery use is up 78%, and solar has already met 100% of demand in the midst of winter. […]
Heads Explode As Virtual Power Plants Meet Self-Defending Grids
The virtual power plant movement has primed the pump for advanced grid management systems designed to prevent power disruptions. The post Heads Explode As Virtual Power Plants Meet Self-Defending Grids appeared first […]
Natural Gas is Still a Dirty Word, But It’s Here to Stay: WoodMac
Natural gas will play a critical role in the global energy transition, serving as a bridge fuel between coal and renewables, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie. Despite concerns over […]
Hydrogen Hype Meets Hard Costs: Europe’s Pipeline Plan in Trouble
The molecules for energy industry has been working hard for years to make it seem as if transporting hydrogen by pipeline is going to be cheap and easy, cheaper and easier than […]
Hydrogen Fuel Cells vs. Combustion Engines: BMW’s Experiment in Logistics
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks Join BMW Group’s Logistics Fleet BMW Group has taken a bold step in shaping the future of sustainable logistics with the introduction of two zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell […]
Is the West Losing the Race for Uranium?
This year, the world will generate more nuclear energy than it ever has before. “The market, technology and policy foundations are in place for a new era of growth in nuclear energy […]
Colorado Utility Looking at Adding Nuclear Power to Fleet
A volunteer advisory group told the utility that serves Colorado’s second-largest city that it should look at adding a small nuclear reactor for additional power generation. The post Colorado Utility Looking at […]
U.S. LNG Exports Surge But Long-Term Growth Uncertain
The new U.S. federal government, unlike the last one, is a big fan of liquefied natural gas. It is an even bigger fan of cementing the country’s top position as LNG supplier […]
Torus, Rocky Mountain Power sign MOU for 70-MW C&I demand response capability
Dive Brief: A memorandum of understanding between PacifiCorp subsidiary Rocky Mountain Power and Utah-based distributed energy solutions provider Torus could deliver 70 MW of commercial and industrial demand response capability to RMP’s […]