Energy in Transition
Solving the energy trilemma
Year in Review: Top 10 Energy in Transition blog posts from 2016
As we find ourselves at the beginning of 2017, we’d like to take a moment to look back at our most popular blog posts from the 2016, which included hot topics around energy efficiency, wind, solar, renewable integration, smart metering, and energy ...
Smart Cities to facilitate a Sustainable Energy Future
Change is permeating the energy sector globally and this is particularly evident in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Demographics (30% of the population is aged 15-29 years old according to the Brookings Institution, a US based think t ...
Energy production and use in the zombie apocalypse
I know this sounds insane. But this is an insane world. We at DNV GL are dedicated to supporting a resilient and sustainable energy future. We spend our time thinking about practical energy solutions in a range of potential future scenarios. This ...
GUEST BLOG: Behavioral change could deliver half of industry energy saving potential
By: Sonja van Renssen, Energy and environment journalist at Energy Post Expert studies show that there is still vast untapped energy efficiency potential in European heavy industry. Moreover around half of that, or 10-15%, could be delivered throu ...
Sustainable energy in far away places
Bringing electricity to remote areas is expensive On 16th December 1935, the Pickwick Electric Cooperative was set up to bring electricity to a poor and heretofore backward part of the US state of Tennessee. A local farmer, when invited to speak a ...
Floating energy storage for grid and maritime applications
The whole “sustainable energy” world is talking about energy storage. There is no doubt that large-size (GWh-scale) energy storage will play a more important role for the powergrid, in terms of, e.g., ancillary service, demand response, and emerg ...
Sustainable Buildings & Communities Insights: From Personal Passion to Business Value
In this and hopefully future blogs, I’d like to talk about this notion of “value” and what it means from different perspectives—business value, sustainability value, and the unique value that each of us contributes through our personal passio ...
How much energy efficiency savings can we count on?
This is a question we hear frequently from resource planners, energy efficiency program administrators, and policy makers as energy efficiency is becoming more of a preferred resource. The answer: conduct an energy efficiency potential study and find ...
PJM on redefining the energy system roadmap forward.
PJM Interconnection has been leading the way in piloting aspects of tomorrow’s grid, working with member companies, innovators, research and academic institutions, and industry experts to advance the transmission grid and strengthen the PJM region ...
Energy technologies for a sustainable grid. Insight from Beacon Power.
For over a decade, Beacon Power has been focused on developing and commercializing flywheel-based energy storage solutions for grid-scale frequency regulation services and other applications. Beacon Power President and CEO Bill Capp will be sharing i ...