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Why Is Your Product’s Carbon Footprint Important?

Why Is Your Product’s Carbon Footprint Important?

Knowing your product's carbon footprint is important. We caught up with Infineon to explain why.


How Do Inverters Contribute to Grid Resilience?

How Do Inverters Contribute to Grid Resilience?

As renewable energy grows, advanced inverters plus battery energy storage systems are keys to grid stability.


AI Stabilizes the Grid by Sharing Energy Between Buildings

AI Stabilizes the Grid by Sharing Energy Between Buildings

Researchers demonstrated how algorithms can facilitate energy-sharing between urban buildings to ease grid strain. 


Thermal Batteries Take the Heat From Salt and Vinegar Chips

Thermal Batteries Take the Heat From Salt and Vinegar Chips

Sunamp has created a novel method to store excess power as heat.


tech insights Oct 15, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Breaking the Backlog: How To Solve Europe’s Wind Delays

Breaking the Backlog: How To Solve Europe’s Wind Delays

Wind farms wait for months for grid connection. What’s causing the delays, and what will it take to streamline the process?


Compact Battery Cycler-Emulator Offers Flexibility, Efficiency

Compact Battery Cycler-Emulator Offers Flexibility, Efficiency

NI’s scalable cycler and emulator tests batteries in laboratory or production environments.


Tapping DER Solar+Storage To Meet Peak Demand

Tapping DER Solar+Storage To Meet Peak Demand

Rocky Mountain Power retrofits storage batteries for solar users in Utah.


News Oct 10, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
Bringing Lightweight Solar to Commercial Rooftops

Bringing Lightweight Solar to Commercial Rooftops

Solivus installs rooftop solar where conventional solar panels won’t work.


News Oct 10, 2024 by Mike Falter
GET-ing More: Increasing Grid Capacity With Renewables

GET-ing More: Increasing Grid Capacity With Renewables

How can grid-enhancing technology help a strained power grid add more renewable resources without building more infrastructure?


The Internet of Things Is Making Renewables Integration Easier

The Internet of Things Is Making Renewables Integration Easier

How is the IoT taking over renewable energy management?


Solar Cells: The New Frontier of Cyber Warfare?

Solar Cells: The New Frontier of Cyber Warfare?

Why are solar energy systems so easy to hack, and what should be done to secure the systems?


Boosting Microgrids: Smart Algorithms Unlock Hybrid Storage Potential

Boosting Microgrids: Smart Algorithms Unlock Hybrid Storage Potential

How can a simple algorithm solve hybrid energy storage problems?


Protecting and Monitoring the Low-Voltage Grid

Protecting and Monitoring the Low-Voltage Grid

With increasing amounts of renewable energy, the power grid is changing with new and different types of electrical loads pulling energy from the…


Run by Rust: Massive Iron Air Energy Storage System

Run by Rust: Massive Iron Air Energy Storage System

Form Energy uses an unconventional battery in New England's largest capacity storage expansion.


News Sep 10, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
The Future of Transportation is Electric (or Hydrogen)

The Future of Transportation is Electric (or Hydrogen)

Strong arguments can be made for both hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and battery-electric vehicles. This article looks at both and how they work…


Powering the Future: IGBTs Boost Renewables

Powering the Future: IGBTs Boost Renewables

Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor technology is crucial for high efficiency in high-power applications, especially where blocking voltages are…


To Prevent Cyber Attacks, Secure These 5 Technologies

To Prevent Cyber Attacks, Secure These 5 Technologies

How can these five distributed energy resource technologies prevent power grid cyber attacks?


News Sep 03, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
WECs: Calculating Power Output Using Wave Characteristics

WECs: Calculating Power Output Using Wave Characteristics

This article explores wave energy converters and provides calculations for generated power output using wave characteristics.


Solar Combats Data Center Drain: Microsoft Plans 1 Billion kWh

Solar Combats Data Center Drain: Microsoft Plans 1 Billion kWh

Microsoft will help bring 500 MW of community solar capacity online across 150 projects.


News Aug 27, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
Wireless Retrofit Extends Smart Meter Range

Wireless Retrofit Extends Smart Meter Range

The Antenna Company and Texas Metering are collaborating to enhance wireless connectivity for off-network smart meters.


News Aug 26, 2024 by Jake Hertz