When it comes to the levelized cost of energy (LCOE), “Unsubsidized renewable energy remains the most cost competitive form of new-build generation…. Wind, solar and storage are expected to continue ...

That was quick: In May, PacifiCorp and CAISO launched EDAM (which builds off the real-time Western Energy Imbalance Market). Two months in, EDAM is helping PacifiCorp improve resource planning. The ...

⚡ It has been an electric month for Energy Central. We had a steady current of game-changing insights from our editorial team, community, and partners. 💬 We hosted a DC event with IFS Copperleaf, ...

The vast majority of companies and institutions have become "free-market" energy consumers in Brazil. As such, they receive two bills: one for the energy itself and one for grid usage (transmission ...

EIA: "The 250-year history of U.S. energy consumption." Only appropriate after the recent celebration of the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence is a review of the evolution of ...

When discussing BESS safety, most attention is given to thermal runaway, fire suppression, flammable gas management, and explosion venting. Humidity and condensation, however, are often viewed as ...

On nuclear: Global capacity is projected to rise by 44% over the next decade and reach 535 GW, thanks in part to rapid buildouts in India and China. The latter is set to eclipse the US and become the ...

Sunrun wants to tap its 1.1M customers to offer extra compute power to AI developers. How? The company is testing compute nodes in homes with its solar and battery systems and selling that ...

The playbook: Everybody’s talking about the grid operator’s connect-and-manage framework. How it works: Resources don’t have to wait for the transmission upgrades required for “full deliverability.” ...

Last week’s heat dome had the power system working overtime: Electrical output surpassed 100K GWh…for the first time in history, EEI reported. (The previous record: >99K GWh in July ...

I don't think this is a good idea, but the New York legislature has passed a moratorium on data center construction in the state. It is not clear to me whether this will only apply to private data ...

For decades, utility inspection meant one of two options: expensive helicopter flyovers or slow, risky ground and climbing crews. Neither scales well against today's grid reliability demands, and both ...