generation

From roughly 1990 to 2020, electricity markets operated in what could be called the “flat load era” — marked by slow, stable demand growth and a centralized, fuel-based generation mix. But since 2020, the landscape has shifted dramatically. Drivers of this shift include: a surge in data center development, the push toward electrification of vehicles, […]

In northwestern California, miles below the crust of the Earth, there is a natural and clean energy source that can be converted into enough electricity to power 725,000 homes. That energy source is steam. About a quarter million years ago steam began erupting from a hot water geothermal reservoir deep within the Mayacamas Mountain Range. […]