Virtual Power Plants Could Do Even More For Utility Customers & the Grid
Virtual power plant (VPP) provider CPower Energy provided 38 GWh to the grid between January and September, which was 137% higher than all of 2024, […]
Podcast: What’s Next for Renewables, When ITC Phases Out
With the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” Act phasing out the investment tax credit (ITC) for solar and wind, what’s next for renewables? In this podcast, […]
Musician Makes Clean Energy Cool, Deploys Renewables at Off-Grid Concerts
Listen to my interview with AY Young in the player above. Musician AY Young has staged more than 950 renewable-energy powered off-grid concerts as part […]
Frustrated DER Developers See Relief Via Flexible Interconnection
Listen to the podcast episode here, in which ComEd and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) provide details about their flexible interconnection pilots. Two hardware and […]
Clean Energy Today Podcast Preview
In this episode of my new Clean Energy Today podcast, I give you a preview of some of the topics I’ll cover. Listen here: I […]
Microgrids Past and Present: Podcast Interview
In 2014, Elisa Wood, Kevin Normandeau and I co-founded Microgrid Knowledge, a news site about microgrids and distributed energy. In 2022, we sold the news […]
New Podcast: Clean Energy Today
I just launched a new podcast, Clean Energy Today. For the podcast I’m interviewing innovators, businesses and consumers shaping the clean energy transition. Follow the […]
The Warm & Fuzzy Feeling of Converting Gas Guzzlers to Electric Vehicles
EV West takes old gas guzzlers and converts them into zero-emission electric vehicles (EV). Not only does that wipe out car emissions; it sometimes sparks a light bulb in customers’ minds and they begin looking into solar or other renewable energy systems.
Community Solar is a Force For Good. But I Can’t Get it Now
Community solar can cut your electric bills by 20%. I can’t get it right now, can you?