Energy in Transition
Solving the energy trilemma
Flipping the paradigm of demand response with smart devices
Earlier this summer, I hosted a webinar on how Smart Lighting can help a utility do more than save energy - it can target its Energy Efficiency to times of high stress on the grid. If you would like to watch the webinar, it can be found here. Uti ...
Surf, Sun and Savings – A preview of some of DNV GL’s Summer Study presenters
Every two years, energy engineers and sustainability professionals invade coastal California for the ACEEE's Summer Study. And while the attendees will be soaking up the sun and enjoying the Pacific breeze at the DNV GL Beach Cleanup Event, they will ...
Can ‘Smart ZNE’ address feeder hotspots?
I used to be a distribution grid planner in an era where utilities had a steadily growing customer base, and where grid planning and load shapes were predictable. This was before renewables started becoming more cost competitive, and traditional ...
Trimming the Duck Curve with Energy Efficiency
Solar energy is potentially the largest energy source on Earth. The amount of solar energy that hits 1 square mile in a year is estimated to be the energy equivalent of 4 million barrels of oil[1]Harnessing the power of the sun will be essential if w ...
Spring has sprung: Anticipating the AESP Spring Conference
The days are getting longer, the smell of flowers is in the air, and emerging AC loads are signaling the start of the annual summer peak. All these clues point to one conclusion: the AESP Spring Conference in Atlanta is just around the corner. As ...
What’s next for industrial energy efficiency?
There has been a great deal of thought about how industrial companies can keep delivering improved energy efficiency. And many companies have made great progress. But the question remains, if improving energy efficiency reduces operational costs, why ...
Laissez les bons temps rouler! ( Let the good times roll! )
While Mardi-Gras ended last week, AESP kept the parade moving with its national conference in New Orleans. For four days, the Big Easy - become the Big 'EE' Easy. Through break-out sessions, networking events (and a few drinks at the House of Blues) ...
Microgrids: the next step in resiliency for Pacific Northwest utilities
From 1980 to 2014, the United States experienced a total of 178 climate or weather-related disasters[1]. Eight of these events have occurred since 2014, and all of them had overall damages exceeding $1B USD per event. With global climate change inten ...
Farewell to Traditional Compressor-Based Refrigeration?
Until recently, the healthcare industry relied on ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers with compressor-based cascade refrigeration systems. Cascade systems are simply two separate compressor-driven refrigeration cycles in a cascade arrangement that a ...
2017 in Review: Our Top 10 Energy in Transition Blogs
As we find ourselves at the beginning of 2018, we'd like to take a moment to look back at our most popular blog posts from the past year, which included hot topics around energy storage, wind, energy efficiency, cybersecurity and electric vehicle ...