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  • The role of antitrust law in creating energy democracy

    The role of antitrust law in creating energy democracy

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    Originally published at ILSR.org For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, a rebroadcast of episode 127 of the Building Local Power Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with guest Jean Su. Su, an attorney and Director of the Energy Justice Program at the Center for Biological Diversity, represented the Center in an antitrust suit against Arizona utility…

  • Battery installations in Australia up 20%, here’s why

    Battery installations in Australia up 20%, here’s why

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    Last year the number of residential battery systems installed in Australia increased by 20%. The 31,000 battery systems that were installed is a remarkable number, considering Australia entered a recession in September last year for the first time in almost 30 years. This article considers some of the key drivers behind the growing market adoption…

  • Meet 100% clean energy expert and Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson

    Meet 100% clean energy expert and Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson

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    Mark Z. Jacobson is not only a clean, renewable energy expert, but he’s an athlete, an author, a globally recognized speaker and a legendary & beloved atmospheric science professor and climate leader at Stanford University. He’s also the author of a complete guide to renewable energy: “100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything,” which I…

  • A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

    A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

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    Happy Earth Day 2021! When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.…

  • Customers are driving the push towards renewables and digitalization

    Customers are driving the push towards renewables and digitalization

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    Renewable energy is moving into a new stage in its evolution. Renewables account for more than two thirds of new generating capacity additions in the U.S. This means that renewable energy is claiming an increasing share of the national generation mix. EIA estimates that wind power accounted for 9% of U.S. electricity generation in 2020.,…

  • From the CEO’s Desk Newsletter

    From the CEO’s Desk Newsletter

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    By Ben Paulos Resilient home California is suffering its worst fire season ever, with over 4 million acres burned this year alone. In EBCE’s service area, PG&E is continuing to implement Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events, proactively shutting off power to thousands of customers to prevent accidental wildfires. While power shutoff events may reduce…

  • COVID-19, severe weather and power outages

    COVID-19, severe weather and power outages

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    Wildfire and hurricane season is here and with it comes an influx of weather-related power outages. Experts are warning that extreme weather events and natural disasters will be more frequent and intense this year and that this summer will be hotter than average. Power outages coinciding with elevated temperatures can quickly escalate into a public…

  • Which new energy storage technologies might outcompete lithium-ion in the 2020’s?

    Which new energy storage technologies might outcompete lithium-ion in the 2020’s?

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    Lithium is king of batteries, today. Plain and simple. That’s, for today … Wood Mackenzie reports that batteries made up 99 percent of [compound ] battery deployments at Q4 2018.  Technology dominance is a understatement. But nobody is ideal. Hence, lithium batteries — with its six major chemistry variants — have problems with the following…