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Homegrown Energy Empowers Resilient Communities

The power to change our energy future? It starts at home. "Homegrown energy" is transforming how communities generate, store, and utilize power.

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How Home Microgrids and DERs Can Keep the Lights On During Outages

With the increase in extreme weather events, many people are looking for ways to protect their homes from power outages. Enter: microgrids.

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Switching to solar and wind energy could eliminate the majority of freshwater withdrawals required for electricity generation.

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2023 was a bleak year for the climate but it was also a year when global renewable energy capacity increased 50% over last year.

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With the increasing frequency of climate-related disasters, our children are growing up in a changing world. This is a growing concern..

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Electrifying transportation will require more EV options, a reliable charging infrastructure, upgrades to the grid, and collaboration with consumers.

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Today’s young people are living through a constant barrage of climate disasters. Most are not taught why and what can be done.

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The world is expected to add as much renewable power in the next five years as it did in the past 20 years, according to the IEA.

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With extreme weather, we need to look at more localized generation and distribution of renewable energy to enhance grid reliability and resiliency.

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How are inland areas far from rivers and streams still experiencing such enormous flooding? Extreme rainfall spurred by climate change