Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. In 2024, rooftop solar was the fastest-growing source of ...

From 2000 to 2023, extreme weather resulted in about 80% of all major U.S. power outages. These disruptions do more than inconvenience—they endanger access to critical services, spoil billions of ...

Community battery Australia explained: learn how neighbourhood batteries share solar power, cut bills, support the grid, and ...

“[Batteries] are adding to reliability and grid security, but in many cases, they aren’t fully monetised,” said Brent Wanner. Image: Solar Media. Co-located solar PV and battery projects have become ...

Solar panel battery storage: what are solar batteries and how do they work at home? - Solar batteries let you store excess ...

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene, as more than 2.6 million homes and businesses across five states were without power, officials warned residents with generators to only use them ...

Data center developers are co-locating generation and storage to avoid interconnection queues, as the traditional grid is failing to meet power requirements of generative AI, said a report from Wood ...

‘Superfund sites, landfills [and] brownfields have been around … for a long while, because everyone is trying to make use of land that is unusable.’ Image: Distributed Energy Infrastructure. In the US ...