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Inertia and the Power Grid: Should We Be Worried About System Stability?

One concern some observers raise about the growth of inverter-based resources, such as solar, wind, and battery storage, supplying the power grid is that they don’t provide inertia. Inertia has…


EGS, AGS, and Supercritical Geothermal Systems: What’s the Difference?

The spectrum of geothermal technologies is quickly evolving. This supplement to POWER’s April 2023 feature, “Startups Are Shaking Up Geothermal Power’s Potential,” briefly explains the differences between some engineered geothermal systems.…


Entergy, RWE Partner to Assess Offshore Wind Prospects in Gulf of Mexico

U.S. utility Entergy and global power giant RWE are partnering to jointly assess the best means to develop an offshore wind market in the Gulf of Mexico. The two companies…


DOE, NREL, EPRI Announce Program to Support Grid Integration of DERs

The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) has announced a new competition designed to support the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) into the nation’s power grid. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm…


NREL Launches New International Consortium To Advance High-Tech Mirrors Used in Solar Plants

GOLDEN, CO. (Dec. 20, 2021) — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), joined by our partners at Sandia National Laboratories and the Australian Solar Thermal…