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 ...

Hurricane Sandy and subsequent hurricanes that hit the United States often leave many electric utility executives, their customers, local and state government leaders and regulators contemplating ...

The number of smart meters in North America reached almost 146 million at the end of 2023 and with ongoing growth is expected to number 182.9 million in 2029. In a new study, Berg Insight reports that ...

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 ...

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar and a global developer and owner of solar and energy storage assets, has announced that Recurrent Energy B.V. has secured a $500 million investment ...

Courtesy: Laura Cleffmann via Unsplash. Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW), the largest three-service municipal utility in the United States, has selected Nokia to deploy a comprehensive private 5G ...

In Delaware, the Public Service Commission (PSC) is investigating why none of the 200+ community solar projects that applied with the state’s investor-owned utility, Delmarva Power, were in operation ...

Utility-scale batteries are commonly touted as a way to store excess renewable energy and dispatch it back to the grid when generation slows. But how are most utility-scale batteries in the U.S.

The Edwards & Sanborn Solar + Storage Project features the largest PV array and BESS in the United States, but two proposed California projects could soon claim the crown. Courtesy: Mortenson The ...

It’s a tricky time to invest in domestic solar manufacturing, but don’t tell that to First Solar. The solar panel producer has inaugurated its new $1.1 billion manufacturing facility in Lawrence ...

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 ...

Powin is partnering with BHE Renewables as the energy storage solutions provider for a solar and storage microgrid that the companies claim will be one of the world’s largest once completed. The ...