Artificial Intelligence promises to revolutionize the utility industry, from predicting outages to integrating distributed energy resources. But between headlines and hype, a dangerous pattern is ...

Be sure to sign into your Energy Central account (register for free here) to access this full post with the podcast recording. With electricity demand in the U.S. surging—driven by data centers, ...

Achieving and maintaining "cutting-edge" results is not something that happens "by chance". It is, in fact, a stance that begins with upper managers trying to find out what analyses they can do: Of ...

A “leasing loophole” in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act made it easier and cheaper for consumers to lease EVs than to purchase them outright. Now, with most two- to three-year leases about to expire, ...

Methane is the most energy-dense hydrocarbon gas and can be stored at moderate pressures (250–500 bar) for months or even years. Unlike hydrogen, methane doesn’t require deep cryogenic storage or ...

Warehouses that burst at the seams with overstock use copious resources to keep the lights on and products temperature-controlled. Sustainable warehousing should become the standard, and energy ...

experimentally determine dust particle charge by conducting Stokes experiments under an electrostatic field. By considering electrostatic, van der Waals, and gravitational forces, we define the ...

Power sector emissions just hit a three-year high—with no signs of slowing down. Over the first five months of 2025, US power sector emissions from the burning of fossil fuels rose 5% to about 640 ...

The new law hopes to boost the number of low and moderate income subscribers, reduce interconnection congestion, broaden the geography and increase the size of community solar gardens.

The Nevada-based company launched Redwood Energy to convert lightly used battery packs into stationary storage, starting with a 12 MW/63 MWh system serving AI infrastructure firm Crusoe’s GPU-powered ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) presents a profound paradox in the global pursuit of sustainability. It is simultaneously emerging as a powerful catalyst for environmental solutions and a significant ...

Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) consist of two types of resources. The first one is price-responsive demand, which is the original form of demand response. Some also call it the natural form of ...