Look what DERs can do: 580 MW sent to the grid in largest-ever VPP dispatch
During a heat wave on the evening of September 9, 2026, Sunrun and Tesla dispatched more than 580 megawatts to the California grid in the largest VPP demonstration to date.
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AMI-enabled grid edge intelligence improves affordability for utilities
AMI 2.0 closes the grid intelligence gap, helping utilities improve affordability, writes contributor Prasanna Venkatesan, CCO of Landis+Gyr.
Winter storms Fern, Gianna tested the US power grid. 2027 could bring a bigger reliability challenge.
Generators performed better and winterization paid off, but a multi-day cold event exposed fuel and supply chain strains that rising demand will only intensify.
Harnessing the electricity supercycle to build US energy stability
Sustained disruption could provide the push needed to rebuild our energy systems faster, laying the groundwork for lasting stability, writes contributor Frédéric Godemel of Schneider Electric.
Scaling DERs for reliability and resilience | Factor This Policycast
This episode of the Factor This Policycast explores how customer-sited technologies, including batteries, smart thermostats, backup generators, microgrids, rooftop solar, and flexible load, can be aggregated and operated as dependable grid assets.
DOE targets next-gen geothermal development with $99M for field-scale tests, exploration drilling
The U.S. Department of Energy announced over $99 million for 21 geothermal energy projects across the United States to advance technology and exploration.
Hydropower licensing needs a refresh – could this new bill do the job?
The U.S. Senate has passed the Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act, aimed at improving hydropower licensing efficiency.
Not the worst time for an AI data center to spill 5,500 gallons of backup fuel into a tributary | Factor This Brief
An AI Data center dumps diesel fuel in New Jersey, Georgia Power starts operations on an Air Force base, Branch Energy raises $33M for its 'grid-in-a-box,' SRP approves the Marigold Energy Center, 38 Degrees North closes on community solar financing, and Excelsior sells two solar sites to Enel.
Is Trump’s EPA going too far? — This Week in Cleantech
On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Jake Spring from The Washington Post discusses the EPA's move to repeal Biden-era limits on carbon pollution from power plants.
Beyond cannibalization: Structuring hybrid renewables for bankable returns
The European renewable energy industry is pivoting to hybridization- combining wind and solar assets with battery energy storage- to improve capture rates and restore revenue quality.
Hydropower licensing requirements have exploded. The industry says the grid could pay.
With more than 12 GW of hydropower facing relicensing over the next decade, NHA says rising regulatory requirements could threaten existing generation.
Why Texas builds, and everyone else waits
When it comes to developing, owning, and operating utility-scale renewable energy projects, there is the ERCOT standard- and then there is everybody else, writes contributor Sabah Bayatli, president of OCI Energy.
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