Paul Gerke

1 day ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Paul Gerke

Utilities are doing all they can to accommodate large load customers like AI data centers, but some worry those efforts come at a cost to other customers. On this episode of the Factor This podcast, West Monroe Partner Sam Uyeno explains how the proliferation of data centers could actually lower electricity prices and provide greater grid benefits. “We are now seeing unprecedented load growth that we haven’t been able to deal with before,” Uyeno explains.

2 days ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Sean Wolfe |Paul Gerke

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) said it plans to restart operations at the Moss Landing battery storage facility as soon as June, after Vistra Energy’s “flagship” California storage system, went up in flames in January, shutting down Highway 1, evacuating more than 1,500 people, and closing local schools and businesses. PG&E made the announcement last week in a letter to chair of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, Chris Lopez, KSBW reports.

3 days ago | power-eng.com | Paul Gerke

Leonardo da Vinci preferred a palette. Michelangelo massaged marble. Banksy? Savant with spray paint. Billy Roberts does his best work with data. Roberts, a gifted cartographer for the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), makes maps. Gorgeous, sprawling, informative maps. His latest masterpiece was illustrated for the eyes of an energy industry audience: Data Center Infrastructure in the United States, 2025.

3 days ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Paul Gerke

The executive team leading the new SunPower has devised a plan to attract and incentivize employees to encourage growth “Silicon Valley style,” but to make it work, the company needs a concession, or rather 21.6 million of them, from its largest shareholders. SunPower (SPWR) is hosting its annual virtual meeting of stockholders on May 29, 2025. The residential solar company, which just posted its first profitable quarter in four years, is seeking approval for three proposals.

3 days ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Paul Gerke

Leonardo da Vinci preferred a palette. Michelangelo massaged marble. Banksy? Savant with spray paint. Billy Roberts does his best work with data. Roberts, a gifted cartographer for the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), makes maps. Gorgeous, sprawling, informative maps. His latest masterpiece was illustrated for the eyes of an energy industry audience: Data Center Infrastructure in the United States, 2025.