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VanTran, MGM Transformers open new manufacturing facility in Texas

A new transformer manufacturing facility in Waco, Texas, will unlock $1 billion in production capacity to power data centers, the renewable ...

April 24, 2025
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Getting up to speed on grid-enhancing tech

There are emerging opportunities for solar developers to work with alternative transmission technology providers on pilots and full scale pr...

April 1, 2024
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DOE offers $18 million to fund for Flexible Innovative Transformer...

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced an $18 million funding opportunity for Flexible Innovative Transformer Technologies (FITT). Thro...

February 13, 2024
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Report: U.S. electric decarbonization hinges on grid modernization, Resilience  

As megatrends such as decarbonization, electrification and climate adaptation continue to transform the U.S. energy ecosystem, a new report ...

September 12, 2023
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Solar power adds grid stability in extreme heat

Solar power has proven itself as a stable energy resource amid record-breaking heatwaves and droughts. In fact, distributed solar + storage ...

September 26, 2022
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CPUC makes major ruling to ease solar, storage interconnection

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) made a landmark ruling last week to dramatically simplify the interconnection process for ...

June 27, 2022
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Smarter coatings needed to protect smart energy meters from failures...

Since the Wrestlemania-like standoff between Pacific Gas & Electric and a fired up crowd of naysayers and conspiracy theorists in 2010, ...

March 16, 2022
News AIGridPrototype
Protecting the electric grid with AI? Stony Brook team awarded...

Keeping our nation’s energy and power grids safe and dependable remains essential for society to function. It is possible that new tec...

October 1, 2021
Featured electric grid upgrades
Runaway costs: Renewable developers are paying for electric grid upgrades...

Renewable energy developers know that the hidden costs of developing new solar energy projects are often led by the utility interconnection ...

September 29, 2021
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New England needs grid upgrades and solar developers are footing...

From Energy News Network: Solar developers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts say soaring charges to interconnect with the electric grid are ...

April 5, 2021
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Alliant Energy tries batteries over grid upgrades to boost solar...

The next frontier for solar energy is solutions that do not affect the performance and efficiency of the electric grid. An innovative batter...

July 13, 2020
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Smarter Grid Solutions explains how it can double the capacity...

Clean energy software firm Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) says it has developed five methods that could double the capacity available for sola...

May 20, 2020
News grid resilience covid 19
Improving grid resilience in the face of climate change, natural...

At the start of 2020, climate change, natural disasters and public policy were the biggest concerns when it came to grid resilience. Fast fo...

May 13, 2020
News grid modernization
IREC publishes a slick playbook for evaluating grid modernization plans

Grid modernization is a cool thing to say and support, but it is also a nebulous term, which makes it difficult to implement. What counts as...

May 7, 2020
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Sunverge raises $11 million to expand its DER control, aggregation...

The global energy landscape is undergoing a rapid transition and transformation. The latest FERC report shows generation from renewables out...

August 7, 2019
Financing renewable energy funding
Get your proposals ready: New York sets first $6 million...

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the first round of funding for the $15 million Future Grid Challenge, a program to help solve te...

July 11, 2019
News solar corporate funding
Siemens awarded $6.4M by DOE to develop solar’s role in...

Siemens’ central research and development unit in the U.S., Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) US, was selected for a $6.4 million...

May 15, 2019
News utility grid modernization
New report explores 10 grid reform concepts, case studies for...

A frequent topic on this site over the last year is the need for more advanced utility business models and a new report from the Advanc...

November 12, 2018
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Internet of Energy update: Google, Stanford, SunTech to collaborate on...

SunTech Drive is part of a new collaboration with both Stanford University and Google that is tied to the Department of Energy’s NODES...

October 25, 2018
News Advanced Energy Economy
Five ways to modernize the U.S. electric power grid via...

Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) and Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum (CRES Forum) released a policy paper outlining five recomm...

August 6, 2018
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