Opinion

One Lesson from the Texas Energy Crisis: We Need a More Flexible Grid

March 8, 2021
A city can be a virtual power plant calling on battery storage capacity and turn down assets

The recent energy crisis in Texas demonstrates that climate change-related weather events are becoming more vicious, and that we need an energy grid that is flexible enough to adapt to such events. To prevent similar crises in the future ERCOT and the rest of the country’s power grid needs a renewed focus. Author Jay Zoellner, CEO of Kiwi Power, describes requirements for achieving next-generation flexibility, and explains why the early days of the Biden administration may be an important window of opportunity to make much-needed progress.

Read this article at Energy Central