Weekly reporting on AI electricity demand, data-center infrastructure, load forecasts and energy strategy.
By Latitude Media, AI-Energy Nexus, Latitude Events
Virtual power plants are proving their value well beyond covering demand surges. Utilities are using them to defer distribution grid investments, store renewable energy and return it to the grid when supply is tight, maintain power quality, and lower costs for consumers.
OCTOBER 28, 2026 | This week in the newsletter: The problems with onsite gas for data centers, Anthropic's first IPO filing, and a defense of distributed capacity's premium price tag.
BESS project finance runs on contracts: availability guarantees, capacity tests, and warranty degradation curves that define what a battery should deliver. In this report from ACCURE, those specifications are tested against operational data from 50+ operating battery projects…
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