I am much more skeptical about this development than the scientists involved. My feeling is that the cement could be vulnerable to weather erosion, and the reflective quality of the material could ...

Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s startup Fermi America filed for an IPO to fund its $2B “HyperGrid” campus in Texas. (E&E News) The 5,200-acre gas, nuclear, solar, and battery hub is being pitched ...

Holtec—the firm decommissioning the 2,000 MW Indian Point nuclear plant on New York’s Hudson River—says it could restart the site for about $10B if it gets state and federal support. (Politico) Why it ...

I have moved from Blogspot to Substack as the main platform for my blog. Because of my long relationship with Energy Central, I will continue to publish my new posts that have to do with the electric ...

Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) have traditionally operated in distinct silos. OT refers to the hardware and software that detects or causes changes in physical processes ...

The precautionary approach to climate risks and their impacts on finance. With most climate impact risk assessments ranging from 0% to -20% losses, more work and knowledge are sorely needed. A ‘race ...

Corporate PPA demand remains stable, but with new entrants More deals, but smaller sizes: The number of transactions increased by 16% (+37 deals), even as total volumes declined. Innovative deal ...

Electricity is the bloodstream of modern civilization. Without it, no factory runs, no hospital operates, no digital economy breathes. It is the system that sustains all other systems, the invisible ...

You’ve just completed your FERC Form 1 quarterly reporting and you’re finally done with annual filing. When you step back to assess the impact on your teams, just how painful was your process this ...

The result is more than prediction. It’s insight. It’s the ability for utilities to align mitigation, operations, and capital planning with the true terroir of fire. For decades, wildfire risk has ...

An innocuous clause in Assembly Bill 205 has unleashed a fury among Californians that no assemblymember could have imagined: (e) (1) For the purposes of this section and Section 739.1, the commission ...

is a term that refers to the ability of an inverter-based energy source, such as solar, wind, or battery, to provide voltage and frequency support to the grid, especially during disturbances or ...