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Uplight says opt-out enrollment took one utility's demand program to 70-80% participation
Uplight's Gisela Glandt says opt-out design took one utility's demand program to 70-80% participation. Why enrollment sets the megawatt ceiling.
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Calibrant closes $145M debt facility for solar and storage
Investec led a $145 million debt facility for Calibrant Energy's solar and storage projects, including a 120MWh battery serving a PJM hyperscale data center.
rPlus Energies lands up to $450M credit line backed by operating assets
rPlus Energies’ new revolver is backed by cash flows from nearly 1GW of operating assets, including plants that only recently reached full commercial operation.
Planning, permits and interconnection carry $266 billion of Brattle's $614 billion DER estimate
Brattle's modeling ties $266 billion of a possible $614 billion in avoided US power costs to planning, permitting and interconnection reforms.
How to match an EV depot’s charging plan to its PG&E subscription
A worked example explains PG&E’s 15-minute demand measurement, excess-kW fees and grace period—and the decisions a fleet team can make from them.
Why MNL grazes sheep under Minnesota solar arrays instead of mowing
At MnSEIA, MNL explains how sheep and native prairie turn solar sites into habitat and farm income, with Minnesota's standard behind it.
Issaquah plans a 60 kWh sodium-ion battery for its emergency barn
Emerald Battery Labs will develop a 60 kWh sodium-ion battery for Issaquah's Pickering Barn. UL certification comes before outage duty.
Plug-in cars hit 28% of global sales as Canada reaches 13%
Worldwide, 28% of new vehicles sold in August 2026 had a plug. North America trails, and lower-cost EVs are harder to come by there.
Octopus Energy US reports 50%–60% smart-device customers join demand response
Utility demand response has sat at 5% to 10% participation for years. Octopus Energy US says 50% to 60% of its smart-device customers take part.
Data-center developers face a new approval map after the midterms, starting in Texas
Local opposition and new state leadership are making community approval and power access the deciding factors for data-center projects, and developers say they plan to keep building.
Sunergise buys Infratec to move from rooftops into utility-scale solar
Sunergise is buying Infratec from WEL Networks for an undisclosed price, gaining utility-scale delivery capability it did not have before.
TGS plans $100M Perito Moreno expansion to move 4.5M more cubic meters a day
TGS filed for a $100M expansion adding 4.5M cubic meters a day to Perito Moreno, alongside a $550M compression build due by late April 2027.
Sami Alnuaim's new book pushes oil fields toward making their own decisions
A former SPE president's Wiley book frames the intelligent oil field.
Drax Power Station could host a £20 billion AI data centre under a new Brookfield and Radiant deal
Drax, Brookfield and Radiant plan a data centre of more than 1 GW at Drax Power Station, starting with a 100 MW phase targeted for early 2028, subject to approvals.
Siemens moves microgrid wiring and testing from the jobsite to the factory
The tradeoff is standardization: projects outside Siemens' standard configurations need custom engineering.
Hardware takes 61.7% of the $98.5 billion grid upgrade market in 2026
A new forecast puts 2026 grid modernization spending at $98.5B, mostly on equipment, which suggests component supply could set the pace.
xAI subsidiary offers to buy Southaven homes near its turbine plant if owners release their noise claims
Homeowners in Southaven, Mississippi, who live near the gas turbines powering xAI's data centers are being offered a way out of the noise, with one condition attached. MZX Tech, the xAI subsidiary that operates the plant, has been sending letters through a local real estate broker offering to buy th
Egypt's 1.2 GWp Nefer Minya solar and battery project secures up to $566M in debt
Infinity Power and HAU Energy secured up to $566M in debt for Nefer Minya in Egypt, which pairs 1.2 GWp of solar with a 600 MWh battery system.
Nvidia and Schneider test a digital twin to rehearse AI data center upgrades
A pilot at Nscale's SIN01 site in Portugal links AI workloads to power and cooling models, so operators can test changes before making them.
Finance first, batteries twice: what India's DISCOMs will discuss at DUM 2026
Finance opens the agenda and two of seven sessions name battery storage at India's 10th Distribution Utility Meet, October 27-28 in Jaipur.
PurposeEnergy digester turns Danone's Ohio yogurt waste into biogas
PurposeEnergy's Minster, Ohio digester pipes Danone's yogurt residuals in and biogas back out to a plant boiler, and the pipe itself carries part of the gain.
Communication drives 54% of customer satisfaction during power outages
The data behind a useful outage text already sits in the OMS and smart meters. AI agents can carry it to every affected customer during a storm.
Vietnam's public EV chargers must work across compatible brands from July 2027
From July 1, 2027, Vietnam's public EV chargers must be able to serve compatible vehicles from different brands. Upgrades and billing face new rules too.
Flowco buys Lifting Solutions for mature-well lift
Flowco closed its purchase of Lifting Solutions, adding continuous rod and PCP technologies to its artificial lift portfolio.
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Disconnected data can delay recognizing fuel-quality issues, Titan Cloud says
Titan Cloud describes how disconnected tank, delivery and maintenance data can delay recognition of fuel-quality problems, and explains its approach to earlier alerts.
Titan Cloud describes organized fuel theft across multiple sites
Titan Cloud speakers describe coordinated fuel-theft scenarios across multiple sites and explain how operators can investigate discrepancies in tank and dispenser data.
Titan Cloud says disconnected repair records obscure charger status
Titan Cloud says disconnected systems can leave CPOs unsure whether repaired chargers are back in service.
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