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Distributed Energy Resources as a Solution to the San Onofre Outage
In 2011, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station supplied nearly 20 percent of Southern California's electricity. This year, the plant has generated almost nothing. Since early January, the plant has sat idle after the plant's operators discovered leaks in the steam generator.
Lovins On How To End Blackouts Forever
Come hell or high water—and Sandy brought both to many Americans—most of us can’t get the electricity we need. More than two weeks after the…
Breaking Down the Buzz about Big Data
“Big data” is the buzzword du jour in the energy efficiency world. That’s right, “smart grid” is losing its title as the little understood, least agreed upon term that everyone loves to use. But that is not to say that such concepts are without merit. In fact, one would be foolish to discount their importance.
Price, Risk Standards Required for Scaling U.S. Commercial & Industrial Solar
By most measures, the U.S. solar industry is doing very well with gross installation rates, growing by at least 2x per year for the past several years. Yet, sustaining recent growth rates—or even accelerating the market’s pace—is far from guaranteed.
Six Critical Levers to Transform our Energy Future (Video)
Originally posted on October 18, 2011 and written by Kelly Vaughn. Today as Americans go to the polls, we're running this post from last year because transforming our energy future—especially in the wake of tragic and destructive weather events like Hurricane Sandy—is more important than ever.
