EIA: "The 250-year history of U.S. energy consumption." Only appropriate after the recent celebration of the ...

When discussing BESS safety, most attention is given to thermal runaway, fire suppression, flammable gas management, and ...

For most utilities with wildfire exposure, the era of relying on the USFS' Wildfire Hazard Potential (WHP) maps is ...

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.” ...

In today’s episode, the Substack Shipping News follows the major project-fantasyland adventures of anti-oil, net-zero-carbon ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Kennedy Maize A multi-year battle at state and local levels over banning use of natural gas in individual stoves or for ...

July is here, and so is our latest batch of Energy Central Top Contributors—community members who are starting compelling ...

The state PUC has approved Portland General Electric’s nearly 30% rate hike for large customers like data centers. It’s the first utility to increase data center rates under the state’s ...

AAAS: "Proposed new satellite fleets could overwhelm the night sky." Orbiting data centers + sunlight reflectors would ...