Electrification

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e2, Nabors Combining to Create Publicly Traded Firm Aimed at On-Site Electrification Projects

Feb. 13, 2025
Together, the e2-Nabors Energy Transition joint venture will reach out to provide on-site power for oil and gas, data centers, manufacturing and healthcare customers.

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Key Microgrid Trends Impacting the New Energy Landscape

Feb. 10, 2025
As we enter 2025, microgrids are driving the evolution of the New Energy Landscape, fueled by advancements in renewable energy and smart technology. I see several transformati...
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Ribbon cutting ceremony for the FM Harbor electric truck charging depot in the Port of Long Beach. With 9 MW of power and 44 high-speed charging dispensers, the depot provides reliable and convenient charging next to terminals for Forum Mobility customer fleets. (Source: Forum Mobility)

Port of Long Beach Launches FM Harbor EV Charging Depot

Jan. 29, 2025
The charging depot has 44 fast-charging stations, 9MW of power and supports more than 200 electric drayage trucks each day.
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DOE Pushes Accelerated Deployment of VPPs with New Liftoff Report

Jan. 17, 2025
“Utilities, regulators, policy makers and industry partners all have a role to play to adopt an innovation mindset to accelerate the deployment of virtual power plants and serve...
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Lone Star Adoption: Texas Microgrid Growth Up Nearly 20X in Past 10 Years

Jan. 2, 2025
Since early 2021, when Winter Storm Uri’s extended freeze caused 52 GW in lost grid capacity and eventually led to more than 100 deaths, commercial customers have added nearly...
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Nabors Chooses e2's Virtual Utility Technology to Electrify On-Site Drilling for Oil, Gas and Geothermal

Dec. 10, 2024
Oil and gas operations account for about 15% of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Decarbonizing the drilling sector significantly with electrification, such as potential...
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Direct Current Microgrids: DC Proponents Say It’s the One Direction to Go

Nov. 27, 2024
The devices rising to the top of the modern and future economic and technological food chains are almost all DC, such as computers, solar cells, electric vehicles, batteries ...
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Unlikely Partners on the Dance Floor: Stakeholders Uniting to Support the EV Transition with Microgrids

Aug. 23, 2024
In this QuickChat video, Aron Bowman, president of ELM MicroGrid and ELM Solar, explains why he’s bullish on the state of the EV transition.
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2-Year-Old IRA Yields 334 New Clean Energy Projects. Will the November Election Keep the Momentum Going?

Aug. 19, 2024
After two years, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has yielded new clean energy projects and investment, including helping boost the cumulative investment in U.S. EVs and batteries...