By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL and KATE RINGNESS On August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) into law, which...
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Knowledge As Power: Improving the Energy Industry with Artificial Intelligence and ‘Smart’ Systems
By MIRIAM ACZEL The global energy sector produces and uses massive amounts of data. To further enhance the power of this wealth of energy-related data, artificial...
Leaders in Energy 2017 Year in Review
In 2017 Leaders in Energy continued to mature in its mission to build a community of leaders and a global action network to advance clean energy and sustainable solutions for a more sustainable energy system, economy, and world.
Our membership continued to grow in the Washington DC area, with 1,500 members on our mailing list, in addition to our LinkedIn group with over 2,900 members. We have a presence in most major U.S. metropolitan areas and over 100 countries.
Under the leadership of Executive Director Janine Finnell and our Board, Team Members and Advisors, the organization has provided important forums for clean energy and sustainability in the DC area, as well as nationally and globally. Our events last year came at a time of immense change and new threats, but also new opportunities to cement the transition to a green economy.
Resilience in small packages
Cyberattacks, natural disasters, including flooding, snow and ice storms, droughts, in addition to aging infrastructure, and other factors all lead to vulnerability in a system faced with increasing demand. When one part of this complex system fails, as can happen when a storm knocks down a wire or pole, other parts are affected. Enter the microgrid—a local energy distribution system that offers backup generation if the central grid fails.
Cybersecurity and the power grid
In the face of the mounting threats of cyberattacks and the vulnerable, interdependent electric grid systems, governments, utilities, businesses, and people need to come together and do what is necessary to be prepared. No one can afford to be complacent. This was the message at the Energy Infrastructure and Cybersecurity forum held by Leaders in Energy at Make Offices in Arlington, VA (Clarendon) on June 1, 2017.
Unlicensed Wifi Spectrum and the Smart Grid
By TRAVIS HIGH Over 70 clean energy professionals gathered on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) in Washington, DC for the...
Smart Grid Perspectives – Bottlenecks in Today’s Grid Transformation
By BERT TAUBE, Ph.D. “Smart Grid” is a term coined in the early 2000s to refer to the necessary electric grid modernization in the U.S....