As communities throughout the western United States sort through the rubble from a series of extreme heatwaves, wildfires and wind storms that devastated the region in August and September, knocking […]
Leveraging the Benefits of Microgrids and DERs
The digitalization of power generation includes many new technologies, all designed to increase efficiency, along with reliability and resiliency. A group of energy industry experts came together Sept. 30 at […]
Microgrids Are The Future Of Energy
The vision of a household with a solar rooftop, a battery pack, and an EV in the garage is not just Elon Musk’s vision of the future of energy. It […]
Propelling the transition: The battle for control of virtual power plants is just beginning
The largest power plants in the the U.S. — massive feats of engineering like the over 5,000 foot-long, 6,800-MW capacity Grand Coulee Dam — are proving to be no match […]
Microgrid of the future emerges in Washington as Avista preps transactive DER project
New building control systems and a pair of solar+storage systems will test the business case for greater integration of distributed energy resources. Avista Energy is preparing to launch a “micro-transactive grid” […]