Alternative Energy - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Small Modular Reactors and Microreactors: A Review of Safety, Economics, Regulation, and Environmental Impacts in Energy Transition
SMRs aim to replace traditional carbon-based fuels, aiming to reduce the negative environmental impacts that these fuels cause. This paper evaluates their safety, economics, regulatory frameworks, and environmental impacts based on recent articles and developments.
Connecting distributed energy resources to central control
For more than a century, electricity has flowed in one direction: from large central power plants, down transmission lines and into homes and businesses. That model is breaking down.
How UHPC Accelerated Research on Degradation Trends in LFP Cells: A Case Study with Eniko Zsoldos, PhD and Dalhousie University
Using ultra-high precision coulometry measurements and various other methods, Eniko and the team demonstrated that the commonly assumed robustness of LFP may not hold under certain operational windows.
Energy Storage Technology: A Vital Component of a Modern Power Grid
With enough energy storage on the grid, we will no longer have to size infrastructure to the highest peak. We can reduce system inefficiencies, improve utilization of assets, and lower the cost to the ratepayers.
Battery Powered Generator vs Solar Powered Generator: What is the Difference?
Learn the key differences between battery and solar powered generators, their pros and cons, and which option best fits your home or off-grid backup power needs.
Renewable Grid Integration
Ensuring grid stability with high levels of IBRs is a growing technical challenge. Traditional grids derived strength and inertia from big spinning generators, but when those are replaced by solar inverters and wind turbines, the system behaves differently.
Recent Progress in the US EV Industry: Greener and Safer EV Battery Technologies
This paper explores a range of approaches aimed at enhancing battery performance while reducing production costs and mitigating existing limitations. These approaches span from theoretical frameworks to practical advancements in anode and cathode materials.
Alternative Energy - Featured Stories
How Cyber Attackers Hack EV Charging Infrastructure
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As the world’s reliance on clean electricity becomes more commonplace, the need for stronger authentication, encryption and monitoring solutions grows.
Mon Power Brings Solar Grazing to West Virginia Site
Hundreds of sheep kept vegetation trimmed at 80-acre solar facility in Monongalia County. This method of natural lawnmowing is currently being used at 506 solar sites in 30 states, according to the American Solar Grazing Association.
Building Climate-Resilient Utility Infrastructure Beyond Traditional Risk
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The integration of climate risk into fundamental infrastructure planning and project execution processes has become a key priority for both utilities and their regulators.
Alternative Energy - News Headlines
A Strong and Sustainable European Battery Value Chain is Possible
On 2 and 3 December 2025 in Graz, Austria, the Battery Innovation Days held its fifth edition with great success, with 600 participants onsite and 1000 online, 35 exhibitors, 22 sponsors and over 65 speakers.
DNV launches advanced time-saving tools for analysis of floating offshore wind structures
By calculating how the structures move and react at every time step, engineers can more accurately predict performance, detect potential issues, and design safer, more reliable systems.
Latest Insights into Brazil and Poland's PV & Energy Storage Markets
Brazil's distributed solar capacity surged to 40GW (2025) from <1GW (2018), making it the nation's fastest-growing energy source (67.1GW cumulative PV in 2025). A 2025 grid fee policy spurred pre-2023 installations, but grid curtailment (21% in NE Brazil) and new costs challenge growth. Its 2030 storage target (25GW, $8.46B investment) includes 2025's first storage auctions, with Chinese firms (Trina, CATL) leading local layout.
Poland, a European PV-storage hub, expects 5GW new PV (2025, 26GW cumulative) and 543MW/1013MWh storage (27.85% CAGR 2026-2030). Chinese inverters/PCS dominate (75%/90% market share), aided by cost cuts (21.42% for residential all-in-ones) and product adaptability. A 5kW+5kWh project yields 15.71% IRR (4-7yr payback with subsidies), while 2025's $510M "My Electricity 6.0" fund boosts storage adoption, and Northland Power's 300MW storage deal signals large-scale commercialization.
Study Finds Terrasmart's TerraTrak 1P Tracker 15 Percent Faster to Install
BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Terrasmart, a leading provider of solar racking technologies, electrical balance-of-system products, installation services, and project optimization software, announces that its TerraTrak 1P Tracker was found to be fifteen percent faster to install than the average of the three market relevant trackers by an outside study, considering the use of standard piles. The same study found that TerraTrak 1P with screws is up to 41 manhours per megawatt (MH/MW) faster to install than the comparison trackers in pre-drill situations. Eclipse-M, a third-party services and consulting company specializing in the solar industry, conducted the study and produced the findings. The TerraTrak 1P Tracker is foundation agnostic and is designed to provide versatility in even the most challenging terrains and harsh conditions.
Intersolar & Energy Storage North America Delivers Innovation, Insights, and Connections at Texas Regional Event
Second annual tradeshow and conference showcased solutions, trends, and partnerships driving clean energy transformation in the Lone Star State
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Terrasmart - Reduce Risk and Accelerate Solar Installations
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Alternative Energy - Featured Company
Nature's Generator
Nature's Generator Inc., is one of the original North American solar generator brands. Established in 2015, with distribution facilities located in North America, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Nature's Generator continues to design and develop industry leading whole home power solutions that are designed for easy home integration.
