Energy in Transition
Solving the energy trilemma
Norwegian electric vehicles revolution drives grid investments and managed EV charging can save millions
In March 2019, 76% of all new cars sold in Norway's capital city, Oslo, were electric vehicles (EVs) and the world largest plug-in hybrid ferry with capacity of 2,000 passengers will start operation between Norway and Sweden this summer. Policies ...
A master class in energy efficiency
I've just returned from Seattle where I had the privilege to lead a workshop at the AESP Spring Conference, and I have to say it was without a doubt the best conference content I've seen in a while within the energy efficiency market. For those o ...
AESP Spring Conference: What's on the menu for energy efficiency?
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 Seattle is just around the corner. As usu ...
Energy-efficiency: ‘Mandatory by law, but above all an opportunity’
Complying with Article 8 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) may sound boring, but it is quite the opposite. More than 45,000 companies in the EU must comply with this directive, and in many countries the deadline is 5 December 2019, othe ...
Rapid Reaction – my take on the 2019 AESP National Conference
While the Texas State Rodeo may not have been in town, the AESP provided a boot-stomping, cattle calling good time in the Alamo City. For four days, energy professionals from across North America gathered in San Antonio for the premier conference ...
It’s true, everything is bigger in Texas (including the energy efficiency conferences)!
While my colleagues in the Midwest are digging out from the latest weekend snowstorm, my attention has turned to the upcoming AESP National Conference in San Antonio. I'm particularly fond of this conference because it provides a great opportuni ...
2018 in Review: Our Top 10 Energy in Transition Blogs
As we find ourselves at the beginning of 2019, 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 electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage, PV structures and energy efficie ...
Is designing a lighting program as risky as playing a game of poker?
Knowing when to hold 'em and knowing when to fold 'em Risk is a fact of life, and inherent to every business decision we make. While we can never eliminate risk, we can mitigate its impact on our decisions by assigning probabilities to possibl ...
Reaching Success Beyond Lighting-only Measures in Hard(er)-to-Reach Markets
I just returned from the 2018 ACEEE Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) Conference in Washington, DC. What an energizing four days! The speakers were passionate and discussed very innovative and intriguing projects. I presented a post-confe ...
What? We can build Demand Response into efficient products?
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. In part 2 of this blog series, I covered the communication technology ...