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Dispatches from the build — energy policy as it changes, the engineering underneath our hybrid systems, and the communities we power. Written by the people doing the work.
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Grid-forming inverters: how solar and storage learned to hold the grid
As spinning generators retire, grid-forming inverters let solar and batteries supply stability themselves — setting frequency, riding through faults, even black-starting the grid.
The demand supercycle: how data centers and electrification are reshaping power markets
After roughly two decades of flat demand, data centers and electrification have flipped the grid to fast growth — and the community backlash is bending the trend toward renewables.
Sharing the land: agrivoltaics and the dual-use solar farm
Sheep grazing under 4,000+ MW of U.S. solar and crops that need less water in the shade — how dual-use solar keeps land working.
Texas's $5 billion bet on dispatchable power
Texas voters created a multibillion-dollar fund lending cheaply to build dispatchable generation — and a state paying for firmness validates clean-firm power.
California's mandate to buy clean power — and who builds it
A March 2026 CPUC report shows how the state forces utilities to procure clean energy — and they buy it from independent power producers.
Energy markets are more interconnected than ever
CAISO's EDAM went live in 2026 and the West is knitting into shared day-ahead markets. Why that matters for clean energy.
How the DAC Green Tariff helps San Diego County's disadvantaged communities
A 20% bill discount and 100% clean power for income-qualified households — no rooftop required.
Texas SB 6: managing the data-center load boom
Data centers could push ERCOT peak demand up 65% by 2031. SB 6 rewrites how large loads connect, pay, and get curtailed.
Building flexibility into the energy campus
Solar, storage, and firm backup stacked behind one interconnection — and run as a single dispatchable plant.
California's bet on centralized clean-energy procurement
AB 1373 created a central buyer for offshore wind, geothermal, and long-duration storage — and the CPUC authorized up to 10.6 GW.
How clean generation and storage make communities stronger
Steadier bills, a durable tax base, local jobs, and a grid that holds — the quiet benefits of a clean-energy campus.
How Texas leads on renewables with almost no mandate
No renewable mandate, no capacity market — yet Texas leads in wind, solar, and storage. The market design that explains it.
The cost of solar — and storage — keeps falling
Two cost curves, both pointing down, and what they mean for hybrid project economics.
When the grid goes down: storage and community resilience
Wildfire shutoffs and heat waves are testing the grid. How storage keeps communities powered through the hard days.
What EnerVenue's 30,000-cycle battery changes
Metal-hydrogen storage that lasts the life of the project — and why that reshapes lifetime cost.