Distributed Energy

Renewable and fossil-fueled distributed generation technologies and policy, small-scale generation, user-generated power, microgrids

The Odd Couple: Renewables and Transmission
The Odd Couple: Renewables and Transmission

The tension between the growing number of renewable energy projects and limited transmission capacity is reflected in Washington’s legislative agenda of establishing a national renewable portfolio standard and new transmission…



Turkey Opens Electricity Markets as Demand Grows
Turkey Opens Electricity Markets as Demand Grows

Turkey’s growing power market has attracted investors and project developers for over a decade, yet their plans have been dashed by unexpected political or financial crises or, worse, obstructed by…


In Search of Perfect Power
In Search of Perfect Power

What do you do when your research institution is losing roughly half a million dollars annually as a result of multiple electricity outages — and electricity demand keeps rising? If…