POWER Magazine

Virtual Power Plants: How to Power the Energy Economy by Stretching Today’s Grid

The challenge posed by surging demand for electricity from data centers and high-performance computing facilities presents an ideal time for innovative energy solutions that efficiently improve grid ...
Marketplace

Smart thermostats and virtual power plants make the most of excess energy

In Texas, hundreds of thousands of people will have the chance to save on their electric bills through a new virtual power plant that will be in place in the spring. While virtual power plants don’t ...
The Washington Post

Why millions of Americans give up control of their thermostats

HOUSTON — Last September, in the final days of what was then the hottest summer in human history, scorching temperatures threatened to knock out the Texas power grid. As air conditioners around the ...
CNN

A polluting, coal-fired power plant found the key to solving America’s biggest clean energy challenge

The smokestacks on the aging Sherco coal power plant tower over gleaming solar panels that stretch across thousands of acres of farmland. The polluting coal plant is on its way out, scheduled for ...
Houston Chronicle

What's the difference between NRG, Reliant and CenterPoint? How the ERCOT power grid works

NRG Energy. CenterPoint Energy. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, better known as ERCOT. Various corporations affiliated with the Texas power grid are household names in Houston. But what do ...
Colorado Public Radio

Xcel Energy’s plan to replace state’s biggest coal plant could start with renewables and gas — and maybe end with nuclear

Xcel Energy wants to replace the state’s largest power plant with a slew of new energy projects it says will cut its climate-warming emissions and generate enough electricity to meet surging demands ...