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The U.S. has been investing between $20 billion and $25 billion annually in improving the nation’s transmission grid. Over 90 percent of these investments are justified based on: (1) the local reliability criteria of transmission owners, including the replacement of the many aging transmission facilities built before the 1970s; (2) the local and regional reliability…

Hydrogen has a central, yet mostly invisible, role in today’s global economy. Its primary uses are in the manufacture of ammonia for agricultural fertilizer, in the refining process for transport fuels, and in numerous chemicals used in a wide range of products. Most of today’s hydrogen is made from processing natural gas and is termed…

At risk of stating the obvious, we need to lower emissions, not only from the electric power sector, but also from transportation and other energy-consuming sectors. Agreement on this is evident in the number of states, regions, and countries that are making ambitious commitments to decarbonize. However, having the societal and political will to promote…

About The Series: ESIG members play many different kinds of roles in energy systems integration and have followed unique paths to their current positions. This “Career Perspectives” blog series taps into the diversity of experiences and perspectives of ESIG members through interviews that explore their educational backgrounds, career trajectories, key decision points, and mentorship experiences, as…

Manufacturing processes represent large, concentrated loads that can provide significant flexibility benefits by modulating their power demand. The advantage of focusing on such industrial-type users is that—unlike residential and commercial users—their electricity consumption is largely independent of human preferences and schedules. This means that their loads may be shaped and changed in time to assist…