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3 home energy providers offer 16.8 GW of distributed capacity to utilities, hyperscalers

An executive for Sunrun said active “distributed power plant” programs like one in Puerto Rico underscore the resource’s potential.

Lessons from the solar frontier

Utility-scale solar projects are larger, interconnections are slower, and engineering decisions must anticipate regulation and supply chains years in advance. At the CT Solar Platf...

XLU: Power Demand Boom Meets A New Utility Playbook

Sunrun, Tesla say they have 16 GW of existing home battery capacity to send to utilities

Sunrun has a new virtual power plant (VPP) program that is geared toward powering hyperscalers. The residential solar and storage installer is working with Tesla and Renew Home, an...

Grid-forming BESS to enhance stability in utility-scale PV

Scientists have simulated a 100 MW solar PV plant and a 35 MW / 60 MWh BESS with grid-forming control. In all cases, the grid-forming control provided immediate active/reactive sup...

Moonwatt showcases sodium-ion storage solutions for utility-scale applications

Moonwatt unveiled a modular sodium-ion battery storage system for utility-scale PV plants at The Smarter E trade show in Munich, designed as distributed units placed across solar a...

How utilities can add capacity in months, not years

For utilities managing surging electricity demand, a scalable, non-wires approach to expanding grid capacity can be deployed in just a few months.

AI is reshaping the grid. Utilities need capacity that can move faster.

New large loads arrive in months. Grid upgrades take years. Fast storage helps close the gap.

Electrical Generation by Renewables Expanded by >11% in 1Q26

+++ Over the coming year, U.S. EIA projects new utility-scale solar, wind, and battery storage capacity to grow by more than 80.6 GW +++ as nuclear and fossil fuel capacity falls b...

Edge Computing in Utility IoT: Two Architecture Patterns That Actually Work

When centralized control architectures were designed, power flowed from large generation plants down to passive consumers, utilities managed hundreds of large assets, data volumes...

rPlus Energies activates 400-MW Utah solar + storage project

rPlus Energies has started commercial operations for Green River Energy Center, a 400-MW solar and 400 MW/1,600 MWH battery energy storage project located in Emery County, Utah. Gr...

To manage a 1000 MW utility-scale solar power plant, maintaining a highly structured inventory of critical spares, speci...

 To manage a 1000 MW utility-scale solar power plant, maintaining a highly structured inventory of critical spares, specialized testing tools, and safety gear is mandatory to preve...

U.S. energy regulator orders overhaul of data center grid rules

Solar Power Plant Capacity Calculation

В вњ…Solar Power Plant Capacity CalculationвћЎпёЏIn a solar power plant, DC capacity and AC capacity are calculated separately becauseвћЎпёЏSolar PV modules generate Direct Current...

Software can unlock 300 GW of capacity on U.S. grid without building a single power plant

Advanced grid-scanning software, as detailed on the Energy Empire podcast with host Jigar Shah, is uncovering massive blocks of hidden transmission capacity, offering utility-scale...

Texas, facing 438 GW queue, approves initial large-load interconnection process

The first projects to navigate the process will be called “Batch Zero." The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says its large-load queue is almost 90% data centers.

Massachusetts utilities ink contracts for 4.5 GWh of energy storage

One project, set for a former fossil power plant site, reflects the diverging fortunes of New England’s offshore wind and energy storage industries.

Every customer you can’t enroll is a kilowatt you can’t dispatch

Flexibility's grid value is proven. The real constraint now is how many customers you can enroll.

Large-load customers can help commercialize new clean energy technology: CEBA

“In a lot of the partnerships that have been established around some of these technologies, it's really the tech companies that are taking on a lot of the risk,” Priya Barua, CEBA'...

FERC approves SPP non-firm, large-load transmission service

The Southwest Power Pool service aims to help data centers and other large loads get online quickly, but they can have their service cut when grid conditions are tight.

Industry Leaders Commend FERC for Action on Large Load Interconnection and Grid Flexibility

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Utilize Coalition, an industry-led energy affordability nonprofit backed by some of America's leading grid flexibility providers an...

Kehua debuts 465 kW string inverter for desert, offshore PV

Kehua unveiled a 465 kW, 1,600 V string inverter at SNEC 2026 aimed at utility-scale solar, enabling up to 5.6 MW sub-arrays and cutting system costs through longer strings and red...

Mexico launches call for renewable energy, storage projects linked to state utility CFE

The scheme targets projects of 0.7 MW and above, with a 935 MW indicative storage need, and is part of broader reforms to streamline investment while strengthening state-led planni...

As geothermal networks grow, so does the call for a new utility model

When a neighborhood-scale geothermal network came online in Framingham, Massachusetts, two years ago, it was hailed as groundbreaking. The first-of-its-kind system, owned by the s...