AI
Trump’s Energy Vision
Daily Standup Top Stories How a Chinese AI Startup Just Shook the Tech Market Amid Security Concerns January 28, 2025 Clark Savage January 27, 2025 – The tech landscape was rocked today as shares of several major […]
Microgrid
AI
An on-site natural gas plant will help power Stargate’s first data center, public filings show
ENB Pub Note: The numbers that the Stargate data centers for power consumption are staggering. This is going to bring several key points to the front of the discussions. The first will be microgrids. The […]
Grid
First Nations Community-Owned Microgrid Launched in Australia
In the remote Barkly region of Australia’s Northern Territory, about halfway between Alice Springs and Darwin, sits the small First Nations outstation of Marlinja. Home to roughly 60 people, the outback community recently celebrated the […]
Electric Vehicles
Grid Limitations Could Scupper EV Adoption: New Report
As part of its second annual collaboration, Xendee and EBM, the parent company of Microgrid Knowledge, has stated in a report that EV sales in the US are not just rising but gaining significant momentum. […]
AI
Week Recap: US Gas Plants, Vietnam Coal, and Tech’s Impact
Weekly Daily Standup Top Stories The U.S. Data Center Energy Train Wreck May 26, 2024 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: I had the pleasure of interviewing Ron Miller on the podcast, and here is one of […]
AI
New Microgrid to Provide Resilience for a Houston Data Center and the Grid
The construction of a new 17-MW microgrid for ViVaVerse Solutions, a colocation data center services provider, was announced this week. Located at the former Compaq Computer/HPE headquarters in Houston, the more than 90-acre ViVa Center […]
Grid
PG&E Announces 6 New Remote Microgrids Coming in 2024
Northern California utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) announced Tuesday that it will expand its remote grid program, adding six new installations in 2024. Remote grids, also known as remote microgrids, operate independently from the […]
Cyber Terrorism
New Cybersecurity Center To Protect Grids Integrated With Renewables, Microgrids
Bringing renewable energy to the power grid raises all kinds of “internet-of-things” issues, said Iowa State University’s Manimaran Govindarasu. That’s because “everything is connected,” said the Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering. Solar inverters are […]
Grid
Philippine Government Awards Contract for the Development of 8 New Microgrids
Nearly 4 million Filipino households are either unserved or underserved by the nation’s power grid. However, the country has just taken a big step in achieving its goal of fully electrifying those homes. After concluding […]
Electrical Generation / Utilities
Minnesota utilities target small transmission upgrades with big grid impacts
A group of utilities that once went big on building transmission is now going small to open bottlenecks and move more wind power from western Minnesota and the Dakotas. Grid North Partners, which includes […]