The article opens by recounting an intense September in Texas, where record-breaking heat resulted in an urgent strain on the power grid. The Texas grid operator had to declare an emergency to handle the surging electricity demand. Amid this crisis, the state narrowly avoided power outages thanks
Equinor ASA, a significant entity in the global energy sector, is downsizing its renewables unit, signaling a strategic shift from expansion to profitability in light of high costs and reduced returns. This decision comes at a time when many European utilities are reassessing their renewable
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently made a decisive move by unanimously rejecting AT&T’s application to cease landline and other essential services in regions lacking alternative options, thereby highlighting the crucial importance of these traditional communication l
The Gainesville community has recently voiced a resounding preference for transferring control of Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) back to the local government, with the referendum receiving nearly 73 percent approval from voters. This significant community decision emerged in the context of
The recent election results, which saw Donald Trump and the Republican Party gaining significant power, have sent shockwaves through the renewable energy sector. Investors are grappling with the potential implications of a second Trump administration on renewable energy policies. The immediate
San Diego-based company Redoxblox has raised an impressive $40.7 million in a Series A funding round to advance their pioneering high-temperature metal oxide battery technology. This technology aims at long-duration, grid-scale energy storage and industrial decarbonization. Using relatively
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative by unveiling a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at Full Circle Dairy (FCD) in Lee, Florida, signifying an important investment of $22 million. This cutting-edge establishment has been designed to transform dairy manure
Tesla has been making significant strides in the energy storage sector, marked by impressive deployment figures and ambitious growth projections. In the third quarter, Tesla reported a remarkable 75% year-over-year increase in energy storage deployments, reaching a total of 6.9 GWh. Although this
Balico LLC, an energy firm rooted in Herndon, Virginia, is embarking on an ambitious project to develop a significant natural-gas-fired power plant and a sprawling data center complex over 2,200 acres in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Currently designated for residential purposes, the site is up
In 2024, the energy sector faced unprecedented challenges due to severe weather-induced outages. These events highlighted an urgent need for robust disaster avoidance strategies, especially as we increasingly rely on digital IT infrastructure to oversee plant operations. The major outage events of
