Blog Archive - Vero Bourg-Meyer
Why Virtual Power Plants—and Why Now
Or: How the Grid Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Coordination Electricity demand in the United States is growing quickly, and, like most things that grow quickly, it’s making people nervous. Data centers are multiplying like gremlins after midnight, cars are plugging in instead of filling up, factories are electrifying, and the grid is starting to sweat. Some have concluded that the only solution is…
“Solar for All” Applications Forecast Bipartisan Support for and Monumental Expansion of Low-Income Solar Market
“I have not pulled all-nighters like this since college!” is not something you hear every day from state energy officials. And yet, it reflects the excitement felt across the country in states both red and blue since last summer when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the $7 billion Solar for All competition, a…