At EPRI Labs
With EPRI Scientists in Charlotte and Knoxville
Eleven of EPRI’s top scientists explain in plain English about Efficient Electrification’s advantages, achievements and aspirations.
Law & Lawyers
Pic of the Month: Farming Inside and Without Soil
AeroFarms in New Jersey
Visiting the huge AeroFarms indoor ag facility in downtown Newark NJ is like watching Matt Damon grow potatoes in The Martian. Unlike on Mars, the farming in Newark is done without soil. A cloth medium is used instead. Add plenty of LED lighting and voila, beautiful greens for your salad.
The Innovation Imperative
Powering-up Your Utility
Calculated business model innovation can reveal investment opportunities or operational approaches to future-proof companies.
Picture Energy: EBA's Mid-Year Energy Forum
Energy Bar Association, Oct. 16-17, 2017
PUF Editor-at-Large Pat McMurray attended this annual event, held this year on October 16-17 in Washington DC. The agenda was packed as usual, for this gathering at the Renaissance Hotel, with outstanding speakers on the most pressing energy issues and the role of the industry's legal community. EBA president Robert Weishaar, of McNees, Wallace & Nurick LLC, opened the conference.
EPRI Chief Executive On Efficient Electrification
Combines CEO and DIY Roles
EPRI sees opportunities to replace higher emitting, less efficient end-use energy sources as electricity becomes cleaner and combined with more efficient technologies.
How Does Innovation Impact Customers?
No Two Are Alike
Consumers probably did not realize they wanted to talk to their homes to control connected devices, until they did.
Picture Energy: The First Invention Factory
PUF's Steve Mitnick was given a special tour.
In 1887, Edison built a massive campus for his scientists and engineers, the world’s first R&D institution.
At EPRI Labs: Allen Dennis
Senior Program Manager
EPRI’s Allen Dennis talks about the payback of efficient electrification through customer productivity.
Your 2017 Fortnightly Top Forty Innovators
First Fantastic Forty
The first transformational transmission line design in nearly fifty years? They developed it. The world's first battery/gas turbine hybrid system at existing peakers. They developed it too.
The world's first underground spent fuel storage facility at an operating nuclear plant. They developed it. One of the first distribution utility natural gas compressors. They developed it too.
Vertical climbing inspection robots. They developed them. Transmission line crawling inspection robots. They developed them too.
Picture Energy: AABE's Energy Policy Summit
American Association of Blacks in Energy, Oct. 16-17, 2017
PUF Editor-in-Chief Steve Mitnick attended this annual event, held this year on October 16-17 in Washington DC.