Tag: Energy Infrastructure
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PJM Overhauls Its Interconnection Queue to Prioritize Ready-to-Build Energy Projects
PJM is replacing its first-come, first-served interconnection queue with a system that prioritizes viable, ready-to-build energy projects. By filtering out speculative proposals, the grid operator aims to reduce delays, accelerate new power generation, and support the surging electricity demand created by AI data centers.
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FERC Targets the Interconnection Bottleneck Holding Back America’s Energy and AI Expansion
FERC is pressuring six regional grid operators to reform years-long interconnection backlogs that are delaying new energy projects and data center expansion. By prioritizing viable, construction-ready projects over speculative proposals, regulators hope to accelerate grid access and remove a growing bottleneck for America’s energy and AI ambitions.
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Sodium Batteries and the Future of Grid Storage
CATL’s commercial-scale sodium-ion batteries mark a major milestone in grid energy storage. By reducing dependence on lithium and enabling cheaper, more scalable renewable energy storage, sodium-ion technology strengthens the electrical foundation for AI, robotics, and data centers, helping build the resilient, high-energy infrastructure required for an increasingly electrified civilization.