Alternative Energy - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Battery Powered Generator vs Solar Powered Generator: What is the Difference?
Learn the key differences between battery and solar powered generators, their pros and cons, and which option best fits your home or off-grid backup power needs.
Energy Affordability Was on the Ballot. Clean Energy as the Solution Won.
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Soon after the polls closed and the results came rolling in, it became clear that supporting solar and storage to lower costs is more than just good policy. It’s good politics, too.
Renewable Grid Integration
Ensuring grid stability with high levels of IBRs is a growing technical challenge. Traditional grids derived strength and inertia from big spinning generators, but when those are replaced by solar inverters and wind turbines, the system behaves differently.
Recent Progress in the US EV Industry: Greener and Safer EV Battery Technologies
This paper explores a range of approaches aimed at enhancing battery performance while reducing production costs and mitigating existing limitations. These approaches span from theoretical frameworks to practical advancements in anode and cathode materials.
8 Things Battery Storage Brings to Solar Systems
In this article, we'll explore eight key differences between grid-tied solar systems and home energy systems with battery storage, highlighting how solar plus battery storage offer distinct advantages.
Blackmon Power Fast-Tracks Asset Monitoring with Flir i65 and Condoit App
By combining Flir’s new i65 thermal imaging camera with the Condoit electrical data platform, the company has overhauled its asset monitoring and reporting process – cutting turnaround times from 8-12 hours to less than five minutes.
Can Nuclear Infrastructure Help Meet the Energy Demand of AI
Nuclear power presents a reliable solution to meet this increased demand, by offering stable baseload power to ensure a consistent supply of electricity that can help stabilize the electrical grid and that AI infrastructure can depend on.
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Eaton Helps Seattle City Light Strengthen Grid Planning to Meet Record-Setting Demand for Electricity
By implementing Eaton’s advanced grid planning software, the utility is streamlining project management with advanced modeling tools that help prioritize infrastructure investments and the integration of new energy resources.
Renewables at the core of future power systems
As solar parks, wind farms and hybrid systems grow larger and more complex, operators face a pressing question: How do you balance the operational safety demanded by the grid with the commercial pressures of energy trading?
Wattlab delivers first full-scale Solar Flatrack installation on coaster MV Vertom Tula
After two successful pilots with Wattlab in 3 years Vertom chose to outfit its latest coaster with 79 kWp of installed solar power - the first seagoing vessel to do so
Alternative Energy - News Headlines
Intersolar & Energy Storage North America Texas 2025 Features 40% Larger Exhibition and Enhanced Programming
Second-annual event developed to expand opportunities for solar + storage professionals in the Lone Star State
Nextracker Rebrands as Nextpower to Reflect the Company's Position as an Integrated Power Technology Innovator
-Announces development of power conversion product line to expand the company's portfolio of customer solutions
-Hosts Capital Markets Day; announces FY27 outlook and FY30 financial targets
Enerflo + Scanifly Integrate to Help Solar Companies Reduce Change Orders and Improve Design Accuracy
Scanifly, the solar industry's leading PV design and field operations software, announced today its integration with Enerflo, the Operations Platform for Residential Solar. The partnership combines Scanifly's remote design tool, PrelimDesign, with Enerflo's streamlined sales and fulfillment experience.
Peak Energy Signs 4.75 GWh Contract with Jupiter Power for Industry-Leading Sodium-Ion Battery Storage Systems
Under the agreement, Peak Energy will supply up to 4.75GWh of its industry-leading sodium-ion battery energy storage systems (ESS) to Jupiter Power, for deployment between 2027 and 2030.
e-STORAGE Secures a Battery Energy Storage Project in Germany as Part of its European Expansion
By delivering bankable technology and lifecycle services, e-STORAGE supports the build-out of flexible grid infrastructure that enables renewable integration and system stability in key European markets.
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