Data centers are facilitating the very technology that can help modernize the grid, enhance our energy security, and ensure that the U.S. – not China – is the world leader…
Category: The Grid
Britain can no longer rely on the kindness of strangers for its energy
Britain has become increasingly reliant on electricity imports to keep the lights on, particularly in winter. But Norway, one of our most important suppliers, is having second thoughts.
Net zero grid upgrade costs spiralling out of control
Remember as well that this £70 billion is just the first tranche of grid upgrades necessary for Net Zero. NESO have already stated that another £89 billion will need to…
Western water fight also impacts power generation
From CFACT By Duggan Flanakin Back in May, Lake Mead had already dropped to 1,050 feet above sea level, which was 25 feet below its critical level of 1,075 feet.…
The Data Center Backlash Has a Practical Fix
The third rail was never the data center. It was the leader who reached for the easy win and forgot whose backyard it landed in.
Ellenbogen’s (New York) Data from the July 2026 Heat Wave
Ellenbogen connected the voltage collapse to a growing reliance on inverter-based resources — solar and batteries — that disconnect from the grid when voltage or frequency moves outside their operating…
Call It What It Is: Texas Didn’t Order an Audit. It Ordered a Pause.
The real test isn’t whether Texas audits these projects. It should. The test is whether the state uses that audit to build a predictable regulatory framework or simply creates an…
Synergy of Wind & Solar Generators in Australia’s NEM
The de-industrialisation of the Australian economy continues per Image 2 with quarterly volume down 0.5% year-on-year as rooftops exceed any growth.
Seconds from disaster, Britain was forced to beg France for more power
“There was no reserve left,” she wrote on social media. “This is deeply worrying, because if we’d lost a major generator that evening it could have been game over particularly…
Germany’s Industrial Suicide… Grid Agency Prepares Secret Power Rationing Plans Amid Electric Power Bottlenecks
The threat of sudden, uncompensated power shutdowns creates immense operational uncertainty. This environment deters foreign investors and pressures domestic industrial companies to shift investment and production abroad. Forced curtailments would…
Free-Market Electricity Reform Advancing (Advocates for Consumer Regulated Electricity)
The central message is simple: large new electric loads should be allowed to bring private power online without shifting costs or reliability risks onto existing ratepayers.
Britain’s battery boom ‘risks overwhelming the grid’
The thousands of batteries being deployed to stabilise Britain’s electricity networks could bring down the grid, government experts have warned.
Rolling Blackouts Hit New York
Without any ability to add reliable generation to it grid, New York faces more of same every time the heat gets into this range. There is nothing inevitable about this.…
The Wyoming Disturbance
Is all the talk of wind and batteries aiding true, or just protecting the reputation of renewables?
Battery Storage for Grid Backup: Better Keep Working on It
Just get some batteries, store up excess power from the windy mid-days, discharge as needed, and everything will work out.
The Real Grid Crisis Is a State Policy Problem Dressed Up as a Market Failure
The states are absolutely responsible for chucking icebergs into the path of this ship, and if it goes down, they’ll have themselves to blame for the aftermath.
Solar and Wind + Batteries?
The ultimate question is whether they can provide the level of reliability modern societies require without creating escalating economic, environmental and system costs… they clearly cannot!
Bonfires of the Batteries
The apparent exemption of the battery industry from regulations that would apply to every other industry is now presenting major complications for the people of NY State. How much environmental…
The Electricity Myth: Data Centers Aren’t the Villain
Every major emerging technology has required more energy and infrastructure. Everything digital runs through data centers, making them foundational, not optional. Questions should center on their undertaking rather than their…
Nation’s Largest Grid Operator Warns Drastic Measures Required As Data Centers Come Online
“Constrained supply” is at the heart of PJM’s complaints. This shortage largely stems from the many regulatory reviews required to break ground on energy developments, according to the Consumer Energy Alliance.