The Electric Grid is No Longer a Natural Monopoly:
The electric grid is no longer a natural monopoly, argues climate group in California regulatory proceeding.
Enhancing AI digital infrastructure within planetary boundaries
AI''s resource-hungry scale demands resilient digital infrastructure. Optimizing data centres and deploying AI for global water efficiency is key to building social and economic stability.
Community Microgrids: Balancing Innovation and
The investor-owned electric utilities (collectively utilities) and other interest groups have proposed various frameworks to enable community microgrids in
Community Microgrids: Balancing Innovation and Ratepayer
The investor-owned electric utilities (collectively utilities) and other interest groups have proposed various frameworks to enable community microgrids in California. Below are some key policies the
The start-up tackling Nigeria''s reliable power challenge | World
Amid an electricity crisis, many Nigerian small businesses run on petrol generators. This solar-microgrid start-up is working to connect them to clean energy.
How to finance battery energy storage | World Economic Forum
Battery energy storage systems can address the challenge of intermittent renewable energy. But innovative financial models are needed to encourage deployment.
How buildings can solve energy security as demands surge
Surging energy demands and prices of buildings are turning leaders to efficiency retrofits to reduce energy costs and improve long-term energy security.
What are microgrids – and how can they help with power cuts?
Microgrids can step in when the main electricity grid fails. And as they can be powered by renewables, they are a sustainable and affordable option, too.
These Dutch microgrid communities can supply 90% of their energy
Local communities generating their own power could become 90% energy self-sufficient, with potential to be fully self-reliant in the future, according to a Dutch study.
Microgrid Overview
When the main electric grid loses power, the microgrid goes into island mode (i.e., operates independently of the main electric grid) and serves its own customers with the generation and other
Microgrids: a modern solution for America''s 100-year-old utility monopoly
Over a decade ago, microgrids began emerging as a plausible alternative to the century-old utility monopoly. Previously just used during power outages, these small-scale adaptations of
The small island states making big strides towards net zero
Pacific small island states, contributing only 0.03% of global emissions, are leading with ambitious renewable energy projects and net-zero goals by 2050.
US Microgrid Market Analysis
Hawaii has pioneered microgrid policies through the Microgrid Services Tariff (MST) and has the highest electricity rates in the nation (over 30 cents per kilowatt-hour), creating favorable economics for
The Electric Grid is No Longer a Natural Monopoly: California
The electric grid is no longer a natural monopoly, argues climate group in California regulatory proceeding.
Microgrids can secure electricity supply during disasters | World
Renewables-based microgrids and peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading can boost energy security as they are self-sufficient and run independent of large grids.
Solar, Microgrid Developers Say Xcel Has Monopoly
Solar and microgrid developers asked Minnesota regulators to overturn a March 15 ruling (Docket 22-170) allowing Xcel Energy to offer
California utilities commission rejects solar microgrid proposal
The commission deemed Sunnova''s application to be an attempt to create a monopoly, while simultaneously showing affinity toward investor-owned utility-run microgrids.
In California, Energy Freedom Starts with Freedom from Monopoly
The popularity of microgrids has grown as technology advances, prices fall, and concerns about the reliability of monopoly utility systems increase. Because microgrids can detach from the
The Future of Jobs Report 2025 | World Economic Forum
Technological change, geoeconomic fragmentation, economic uncertainty, demographic shifts and the green transition – individually and in combination are among the major drivers
Microgrids: A review, outstanding issues and future trends
A microgrid, regarded as one of the cornerstones of the future smart grid, uses distributed generations and information technology to create a widely distributed automated energy delivery
Microgrid Regulation Challenges and Opportunities
Microgrids contain multiple technologies and often have complex ownership structures. Currently, California and Hawaii are the only states that have approved preliminary microgrid tariffs.
Solar, Microgrid Developers Say Xcel Has Monopoly Advantage in
Solar and microgrid developers asked Minnesota regulators to overturn a March 15 ruling (Docket 22-170) allowing Xcel Energy to offer resiliency services to commercial and industrial
This bike path in the Netherlands is made from plastic waste
Dutch cyclists rode down the world''s first bike path made entirely of discarded plastic this week, in a move aimed at reducing the millions of tonnes wasted every year.
Microgrids: a modern solution for America''s 100-year
Over a decade ago, microgrids began emerging as a plausible alternative to the century-old utility monopoly. Previously just used during power