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3 weeks ago | 
pv-magazine-usa.com | Michael Puttre |Michael Puttré
Photovoltaic solar power is now an essential element of grid infrastructure throughout the world. As the technology have moved from residential early adopters into the mainstream of utility generation resources that solar’s profile as a target for those who would damage or exploit the electric grids for criminal, political or opportunistic reasons has increased.
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1 month ago | 
pv-magazine-usa.com | Michael Puttre |Michael Puttré
Virginia-based consulting company ICF released a report saying utility leaders are looking to energy efficiency programs to help manage existing and future demand. To meet new demand from data centers, EV charging and electrification efforts, utilities say they had to implement modern energy management systems and artificial intelligence (AI).
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1 month ago | 
pv-magazine-usa.com | Michael Puttre |Michael Puttré
The growth in data centers is creating significant new demands on power generation in the United States, perhaps accounting for 12% of all electricity demand by 2030. This represents a quintupling of annual demand growth. Utilities are eager to attract this business, which expected to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
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1 month ago | 
pv-magazine-usa.com | Michael Puttre |Michael Puttré
The rapid growth in data center construction is complicating the energy transition, said a panel of energy specialists during a recent online event. The webinar, hosted by Roxana Bekemohammadi, founder and president of the U.S. Hydrogen Alliance, and presented by Reuters, featured three experts from Mitsubishi Power who addressed the demands that new data centers are putting on the grid and how to meet this demand while achieving decarbonization goals. What is that demand going to look like?
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1 month ago | 
discoursemagazine.com | Michael Puttre |Michael Puttré
If it seems striking that a U.S. president would rebuff another national leader as overtly as Donald Trump did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last Friday, really the oddness is mostly in the public nature of the encounter. This is because of what we expect from the ossified pageantry of the White House and the newsless encounters of the past, and the seriousness of the situation at present.
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1 month ago | 
pv-magazine-usa.com | Michael Puttre |Michael Puttré
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2 months ago | 
discoursemagazine.com | Michael Puttre |Michael Puttré
The corridors of power are empty. Many Americans who commute to work every day would be surprised to learn that occupancy of federal buildings in Washington, D.C., is just 12% according to a recent report to Congress. The workers are home, working remotely. Or they are just home. Either way, they are not coming into work in their mostly empty federal buildings. Buildings we are paying for.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
pv-magazine-usa.com | Michael Puttre |Michael Puttré
New York-based hydrogen producer Plug Power Inc. recently secured a $1.66 billion loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office, one of the last loans to close before the change in administration. The company says the money will help finance the construction of up to six projects throughout the United States to produce and liquefy hydrogen at scale using zero- or low-carbon techniques.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
pv-magazine-usa.com | Michael Puttre |Michael Puttré
Despite the many economic, environmental and social benefits of clean energy generation, solar, wind and battery storage introduce complexities the grid was not designed to accommodate. The project of electrifying of our power structure, while also replacing fossil fuels, requires components, systems and digital management tools. Complicating the transition is the fact that it comes at a time of increased electricity demand.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
pv-magazine-usa.com | Michael Puttre |Michael Puttré
The U.S. government, largely through the Department of Energy (DOE), has been active in the development and commercialization of hydrogen production methods, particularly so-called “clean” processes involving carbon capture or electrolysis. A recently updated DOE report projects clean hydrogen could achieve commercial liftoff, a term it defines as being cost-competitive with fossil-fuel-based production methods or carbon-intensive alternatives, in certain sectors by 2030.
