CHANGZHOU, China, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the total social electricity consumption in Changzhou has steadily increased, rising from 58.84 billion kWh in ...

Sen. Jeff Steinborn referenced the plans during talks about regulating microgrids like those associated with data centers.

While interconnection issues and threats to grid reliability are prompting data centers to consider behind-the-meter ...

According to the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources (DERs) that acts as a single controllable entity to ...

An August wildfire cut off electricity to Del Norte County, California. Residents might have been in the dark for weeks—except for the use of a makeshift microgrid that generated power locally. The ...

Most utility leaders believe their companies have a broad role to play with microgrids, yet say they face deterrents that prevent them from playing their rightful role. Core concerns include: When ...

Employing proven design, microgrids are all but destined to be a part of the nation’s future electrical infrastructure. But gaps in supportive policy could act as a powerful brake on their development ...

Customers without electricity for days or weeks? Does that happen in the U.S. in the 21st century? Increasingly, the answer is yes. Wildfires, hurricanes, ice storms, floods and other events seem to ...