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The next big baseload power plant may not rise on a riverbank or coastal inlet. It may sit on a four‑acre pad in the high desert, quietly punching holes six miles deep into basement rock and pulling out heat above 750°F (400°C). As data centers and EV chargers devour megawatts (MW), a new class of…

From homeowners to businesses to AI data centers, customers are investing in distributed energy for their own reasons — and collectively rewiring how the entire electric system evolves. Recorded live to open The Great Transformation conference in Bend, Oregon, host Elisa Wood sits down with three people who aren’t just watching this shift — they’re…

In many cases, no one has actually been tasked with designing the control logic, the sequence of operations, and the comms architecture. The project has been sold, a battery has been selected, and the question lands in our lap: “Who’s programming the relay?”

The technology to transform the electric grid already exists. So why isn’t the transition happening faster?

Can the energy industry stop talking to itself and start talking to everyone else? Elisa Wood sits down with Robert W. Cross to talk distributed energy, microgrids, storage, and the human side of the grid transformation.

The podcast episode features an in-depth discussion on the Great Transformation event, which focuses on the critical intersection of AI, data centers, and energy innovation in Oregon.

What We Learned After We Gathered in a Room with Data Center and Distributed Energy Experts

The energy transition isn’t happening in a silo. Energy exists in a symbiotic relationship with the technologies it powers. That has always been the case — but now, as the transition from fossil fuels to renewables accelerates, the nature of that symbiosis is changing.