The industrial sector can drive massive efficiency gains by making low- to no-cost changes Reducing energy consumption through behavioral or user-based behavior and upgrading to more energy-efficient technology is an early and essential step in any commercial and...
Behind the Meter
Choosing the Right Energy System for Your Facility
Aug 5, 2024
After determining which site is ideal for onsite energy, companies must figure out what energy technology meets the needs and goals of the facility. There are many affordable, reliable and sustainable solutions widely available: Gas-powered turbines (including...
Grid Energy Gluttony & Ozempic
Jul 25, 2024
There’s a strong analogy to be made between our food and energy systems. If you had a choice, which of the following options would you choose: A diet of mass-produced and processed foods for the rest of your life; or A diet of home-cooked meals made with locally...
Microgrids: The Ultimate Distributed Energy Solution
Jul 9, 2024
Microgrid adoption has been increasing among commercial and industrial customers in recent years due mainly to the benefits they provide around improved energy reliability and resilience, cost savings, decarbonization and energy control. In this post, we explore...
How the Energy Transition Mirrors an Ultramarathon
Jun 26, 2024
This week, at 6 pm on Friday, I am taking on a 100-mile run. The hard work of training (681 kilometers of running since January and 8,884 mins of total training) is done. There is not much more I can do aside from staying healthy, working on some niggling aches and...
How to Set a Portfolio-Wide Onsite Energy Strategy
Jun 26, 2024
Deploying onsite energy systems across a large portfolio of sites is an immensely complex undertaking. So much so that doing it successfully at scale as eluded most companies. Each site has location-specific characteristics, such as utility rates, energy consumption,...
Insights from a Policymaker Fighting to Get Us an Equitable 21st Century Grid
Jun 18, 2024
In this post, we unpack more of our conversation with Allie Detrio, Chief Strategist of Reimagine Power, for a recent Renewable Rides episode. Our talk wove in and out of the dynamics at play to create a more sustainable, resilient, decentralized, and participatory...
The EU Energy Transition
Jun 12, 2024
Europe's electricity landscape is witnessing a rapid evolution, with renewables achieving record-breaking shares in electricity production. Last year, renewable energy sources contributed to 44% of the EU's electricity, a pace of growth that surpassed expectations and...
Microgrid-Integrated Electric Fleet Charging
Jun 6, 2024
By Emily Harris With carbon emission reduction goals, transportation electrification, and renewable energy investments growing across the U.S., there is ample opportunity to utilize new technologies and create efficiencies in these systems working together....