What If We Treated Energy Like Data? There was a time when you carried a sleek thumb drive everywhere. It was packed with your important slides, notes, and documents—your entire digital life in your pocket. If you lost it, you lost everything. Backups were unreliable, and transferring files was a hassle. Then, cloud storage changed everything. Instead of storing…
It’s nighttime in the city. You know, when the sun goes down, and the cool breeze blows. The streetlights flicker on, and the skyline glows. The world is winding down—except for the electric grid. While many people think of renewable energy as something that powers our world during the day, the real challenge happens at night. When the sun…
The Assumption: More Power Lines = More Energy Security For decades, the standard solution to energy demand and grid congestion has been building more power lines. Utilities, regulators, and policymakers assume that expanding transmission infrastructure will provide greater grid reliability, more renewable integration, and lower electricity costs. But the truth is, power lines are not a magic fix…
