When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in February, choking off 20 percent of the world’s crude oil supply, it sparked what the IEA called the “greatest energy security threat in history.” The war ...
Image art by Paul Gerke via ChatGPT-4o. While you were perhaps frolicking through backyard sprinklers with your kids or firing up the grill for a holiday cookout, the U.S. House of Representatives was ...
Today, variable output renewable power generation, such as wind and solar, represents an ever larger share of the world’s power output. But it represents a major challenge for grid stability. The ...
Image art by Paul Gerke via ChatGPT-4o. In what appears to be an unwitting ongoing act of self-sabotage that threatens grid reliability in an era of rapid load growth, the United States federal ...
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 ...
You will hear a different answer to this question about what is speed droop in the governor system from each person you ask at a hydroelectric installation. It is a ...
Image art by Paul Gerke via Gemini. The wait is over. After years of uncertainty, the largest grid operator in the United States is once again reviewing interconnection requests for new energy ...
A hailstorm earlier this month has damaged thousands of solar panels at the 350-MW Fighting Jays Solar Farm in Fort Bend County, Texas, KTRK (ABC13) reports. “Golf ball”-sized hail fell in the area on ...
FERC has affirmed its July 2023 rule, Order No. 2023, that aimed to address the country’s interconnection backlog. The rule requires all public utilities to adopt revised pro forma generator ...
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 ...
In an era of unprecedented projected power demand, utilities are scrambling to modernize. Single-function hardware devices, and the systems designed around them, may be obsolete or outdated as soon as ...
Eversource and project partners celebrate the groundbreaking for the Greater Cambridge Energy Program (Photo: Business Wire) Eversource has broken ground on the Greater Cambridge Energy Program (GCEP) ...