Elisa Wood

Elisa Wood is an award-winning writer and editor who specializes in the energy industry. She is chief editor and co-founder of Microgrid Knowledge and serves as co-host of the publication’s popular conference series. She also co-founded RealEnergyWriters.com, where she continues to lead a team of energy writers who produce content for energy companies and advocacy organizations.

She has been writing about energy for more than two decades and is published widely. Her work can be found in prominent energy business journals as well as mainstream publications. She has been quoted by NPR, the Wall Street Journal and other notable media outlets.

“For an especially readable voice in the industry, the most consistent interpreter across these years has been the energy journalist Elisa Wood, whose Microgrid Knowledge (and conference) has aggregated more stories better than any other feed of its time,” wrote Malcolm McCullough, in the book, Downtime on the Microgrid, published by MIT Press in 2020.

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What a Microgrid Is Not

June 28, 2023
Over the years we’ve heard about many microgrids that are not microgrids. The term has become sexy, so sometimes it's overused. Here are four technologies commonly misidentified...
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Study: Solar and Storage Microgrids Right for Wildfire Communities

June 21, 2023
Cheaper than grid power, cleaner than diesel, solar and storage microgrids are right for communities suffering from power outages related to wildfires, according to a new LBNL...