Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Over the past few decades, extreme weather events are happening more frequently, lasting longer, and becoming more severe. Cleaning up after extreme weather costs the economy billions every year, impacting lives and livelihoods within communities...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
2020 has been a year riddled with challenge. As the world emerges from collective lockdown and slowly fights its way back to normalcy, U.S. energy markets stand at a crossroads. We took a look at the big inflection points of 2020 – here are the...
Friday, September 4, 2020
2020 has so far been a year characterized by unpredictability. There have been natural disasters, extreme weather events, and a pandemic – all in short order. While it is difficult to prevent any of these occurrences, it is possible to control how...
Thursday, August 27, 2020
In a June blog, we warned of so-called ‘once in a lifetime’ events trending towards the norm rather than the exception, as converging crises barreled toward one another. In August alone, that convergence has come to pass:
Hurricane Isaias raced...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
In a COVID and climate change era, local energy resilience is emerging as a critical aspect of disaster preparedness; spurring a surge in microgrid interest for businesses and communities alike.
RELATED: Check out the first blog in the Disaster...
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Wildfire, hurricane, and tornado seasons are fast approaching in the U.S., while the resurgence of COVID-19 is a readily foreseeable possibility. With converging disasters on the horizon, we must focus on hardening the nation’s critical energy...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
An unnerving season awaits California, from COVID-19, to wildfires, to widespread blackouts. With converging crises ahead, how can businesses and communities prepare to keep the lights on?
So-called ‘once in a lifetime’ events are turning into once...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic shutters the global economy, we’re witnessing a meaningful, albeit unintentional, improvement in air quality. We urge the global community to make it last.
Satellite imagery shows a significant drop in NO2 levels in China...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
We’re working quickly to deploy microgrid solutions to power existing and temporary hospitals while they care for COVID-19 patients.
Makeshift medical facilities known as field hospitals are popping up one by one across the nation, giving purpose to...
Monday, March 30, 2020
Today, thousands of unused, out-of-service ventilators sit idle in hospitals and warehouses across the country. Many are past the warranty date and in need of refurbishment to be returned to service.
Under normal circumstances, these stockpiles...
