Following up on the history of solar power, I thought I’d run down the history of wind turbines a bit. Enjoy! People have caught the wind to propel their boats for many thousands of years. I’m ...

The last few years have seen an increasing trend of negative power prices in the region served by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), particularly in Southern California. Negative ...

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) 2025 capacity prices are higher than historical prices because this is the first year adopting a Reliability Based Demand Curve (RBDC). MISO moved to ...

(Note: this is Part IV in a series. The previous articles can be found at this link.) Grid coordination is the operational alignment of assets to provide electricity delivery. Although the grid has ...

You probably know what a watt is. It’s a unit of power. Old, inefficient incandescent light bulbs were rated by how many watts they used (e.g., 60 watts, 70 watts, or 100 watts). A kilowatt is 1000 ...

Experts anticipate significant growth in onshore and offshore turbine size. Credit: Berkley Lab Technology and commercial advancements are expected to continue to drive down the cost of wind energy, ...

As renewable energy generation continues to grow, the use of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in solar farms has become increasingly important for stabilizing the grid and enabling the ...

Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, has filed a joint settlement addressing power demand increases with the recently announced data centers to be located in ...

Wisconsin’s first large-scale energy storage project — the Paris Solar-Battery Park in Kenosha County — is now online and powering the grid. The 110-megawatt (MW) battery portion of the Paris ...

Wind energy continues to see strong growth, solid performance, and attractive prices in the U.S., according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and prepared by Lawrence ...

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions developed the 60 MW Palmer Solar Project in partnership with Colorado Springs Utilities, which secured the generating capacity through a 25-year power purchase ...

Image art by Paul Gerke via ChatGPT 5.2. Data center siting and construction have been frontiers of a new Wild West in recent years, but best practices are emerging from the occasionally messy ...