The UtilityRadar field guide
Utility Infrastructure Guides and Explainers
In depth guides, technology explainers, and data analyses for water, wastewater, power, renewables, and utility infrastructure.
Community Solar and Community Choice Aggregation Explained
How community solar and community choice aggregation work. Who benefits, how programmes are structured, and where they are growing.
Direct Air Capture (DAC): Carbon Removal Explained
How direct air capture pulls CO2 from the atmosphere. Technology, leading projects, cost, and the role of DAC in net zero.
Green Steel: The Decarbonisation of Heavy Industry
How steel makers are eliminating coal from primary steel production. Hydrogen direct reduction, scrap electric arc, and the path to zero carbon steel.
The Duck Curve Explained: Why Solar Overwhelms Daytime Grids
What the duck curve is, why California is dealing with it first, and how storage plus flexibility flatten the curve.
Grid Connection Queues: Why Renewables Are Stalling
Why the world grid interconnection queues have exploded, what utilities and grid operators are doing, and how the wait times affect renewable deployment.
Utility Cybersecurity: NERC CIP, CISA, and the Water Sector
How utilities defend against cyber attacks. NERC CIP for power, CISA guidance for water, and the practical realities of small utility security.
Fusion Power in 2026: Where the Industry Actually Stands
ITER, private startups, and the real timeline for fusion power. What has been achieved and when we might actually get grid electricity.
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G): How EVs Will Support the Grid
How EV batteries can discharge to support the grid, when V2G makes sense, and what standards and pilots are underway.
Green Ammonia: The Hydrogen Carrier Explained
How green ammonia works, why it is emerging as the hydrogen trade fuel, and where major projects are underway.
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