Grid edge
Could digital circuit breakers make EV charging and home energy controls even smarter?
Startup Atom Power is dragging Edison-era electrical equipment into the 21st century.
Jeff St. John is director of news and special projects at Canary Media. He covers the intersection of technological, economic and regulatory issues influencing the global transition to low-carbon energy in the electricity, transportation and building sectors. He is the former managing editor and senior grid edge editor of Greentech Media, and he previously reported for The Fresno Bee, the Tri-City Herald and the Anchorage Daily News. He lives in Oakland, California with his wife Tara Donoghue and his dog Lily, and enjoys hiking, gardening and playing guitar with his nieces and nephews.
His areas of expertise include renewable energy, smart grid, distributed energy resources, energy storage, demand response and electric vehicles.
He earned a master’s degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2001.
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Grid edge
Why vertical farms could be the next big microgrid market
Building on-site power supplies is one way plant factories can manage their hefty electricity bills. Playing them into grid markets is another.
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Clean energy
Camus Energy: Grid software for small utilities with big clean energy ambitions
A San Francisco startup with Google software talent is helping rural co-ops and municipal utilities make big gains in renewables and distributed energy — without the high-tech price tag.
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Clean energy
A microgrid powered only by solar and batteries points the way to bigger all-renewable grids
Australia’s Horizon Power and partner PXiSE showed they could power a town without generators. The implications for expanding renewable energy are massive.
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EV charging
EDF Renewables makes smart EV charging the centerpiece of its distributed energy strategy
Subsidiary PowerFlex makes software for EV fleets that enables on-site solar, batteries, energy management and microgrids.
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Transmission
Why utilities and clean energy advocates are battling over a Southeast energy market
SEEM’s utility backers say it will save money. Opponents say it could lock out clean energy developers and protect fossil fuel plants from competition.
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Grid edge
Demand response hasn't taken off in the Pacific Northwest. Will a massive heat wave change that?
Climate change, summer peaks and clean energy mandates push a hydropower-rich region to take another look at behind-the-meter flexibility.
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Utilities
South Carolina says Duke Energy's resource plan is 'unfairly' skewed against solar and storage
Clean-energy advocates hope the decision will lead to less natural gas in Duke’s future power mix.
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EV charging
The next frontier in corporate climate pledges: Installing free EV chargers at employees' homes
Biogen wants all its corporate vehicles to be electric by 2025. It’s hiring Enel X to give employees at-home charging to make it happen.
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Solar
California just OK'd a massive new buildout of renewables and clean storage
A plan to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant with 11.5 GW of zero-carbon capacity — and no natural gas — will test the grid value of renewables and batteries.
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