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How will energy utilities and customers adapt in an era of distributed, clean energy sources and smart-grid technologies?
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Surprise: Racing to 100-percent renewables isn't just about tech innovation.
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How utilities are taking advantage of customer-owned energy storage and demand flexibility.
by Mark Dyson
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A New England Clean Energy Council report identifies steps to optimize the region's electrical grid beyond energy preparedness.
by Robert Kropp
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While they can't capture as much energy as batteries, the technology is finding advocates in the transportation sector.
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Simplicity and efficiency are just two benefits associated with this fast-emerging concept in power distribution.
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After more than a century with little change, electricity infrastructure is being remade. Is a microgrid coming soon to your backyard?
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The Army base is marching forward with a system to direct backup power where it's needed, regardless of where it's generated.
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Former top U.S. energy regulator Jon Wellinghoff explains why the vertically integrated power paradigm of electric utilities is about to disintegrate.
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The market for microgrids in the military is in the tens of billions of dollars — and growing.
by Lisa Cohn
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Three programs illuminate the potential for renewables and distributed resources at the university, city and state levels.
by Rebecca Cole
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Distributed renewable energy resources are coming to communities across the nation as part of a new initiative.
by Rebecca Cole
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McDonald's, AT&T and Jones Lang LaSalle have learned that to achieve energy priorities, engaging execs, employees and communities is key.
by Ellen Bell
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The batteries could step in as a substitute for inefficient peaker plants or to back up intermittent renewable energy.
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The startup's growth reflects how commercial and military users are key to driving adoption of grid energy storage.
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The heads of two progressive utilities offer clues on how to profit with solar, combined heat and power, and microgrids.
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Microgrids and cogeneration kept the lights on for NYU and a housing development while Sandy caused widespread outages.
by Mary Barber
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We tend to think of colleges, and especially students, as our future -- not only the students themselves, the next generation of leaders, but the actual
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"We have met the enemy and he is us."So said the long-running American comic strip character Pogo in a 1970 Earth Day poster about pollution. The
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Many say the power grid is becoming less reliable. Proposed laws aim to bring thermal energy storage closer to home.
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The electricity industry’s been abuzz recently about the need for a more resilient grid. As a result, microgrids are quickly becoming the industry’s topic
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Want proof that the smart-grid ecosystem is alive and well? Nest Labs' news that it has signed partnerships with some of the US's biggest utilities should suffice. But more innovation is still needed.
by Jamie Fine
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Some say energy storage promises to make renewables a more attractive proposition to utilities. But the truth may be more complicated.
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This revolution will definitely not be televised -- it's being delivered via facebook apps, plus old-fashioned technology like letters that show customers how their energy usage compares to their neighbors.
by Marc Gunther