Treat Electric Vehicle Chargers Like Critical Infrastructure Now

The electric vehicle (EV) revolution is rapidly transforming global mobility markets. The United States has implemented policies to help drive this momentum, offering federal subsidies of up to $7,500 for qualified EVs. As the economics of transportation continue to shift away from fossil fuels, companies are increasingly retiring their gas-powered fleets. Additionally, federal agencies are also making rapid strides toward light, medium, and heavy-duty vehicle electrification, and consumers are embracing change like never before. More than 4 in 10 Americans now say they’re looking to go electric — a dramatic increase from just a few years prior.

Flexible Capacity: The Secret Weapon for Securing Interconnection

The growth of digitalization, from cloud computing and artificial intelligence to big data and the Internet of Things (IoT), has empowered modern businesses, enabling cost-effective optimizations and critical innovations. At the same time, it’s exponentially increased the demand for data centers, which are foundational in supporting the digital economy. Yet, owners and operators are finding out that bringing new data centers online to support this growing demand is no easy feat.

Rising Temperatures Challenging the Grid

Once commonly referred to as the “greatest machine in the world,” the US energy grid now struggles to provide an adequate and reliable electricity supply on a regular basis, its reliability decreases even more so when temperatures rise.

Survey Says! Companies are prioritizing power resiliency

The business landscape in our highly connected world is evolving, and more and more companies need continuous and reliable power to run their operations to stay competitive. To learn more about their changing needs and concerns about power reliability, we recently surveyed over 200 organizations who are either considering implementing backup power strategies or already have power resiliency solutions in place.

Renewable Natural Gas 101: How Harmful Waste Becomes Clean Energy

As the world races to decarbonize, many industries and governments are turning to a hot, new technology for their energy needs: renewable natural gas (RNG). As RNG makes its way into business strategies and sustainability plans, it’s important to make sure we all have a clear understanding of what RNG is, the benefits it offers, and what it means for the clean energy transition.

Hydrogen Energy Outlook for Microgrids

With a growing demand for energy and an aging grid infrastructure, the U.S. is struggling to consistently and reliably provide electricity to residences, businesses, and government buildings. While disruptive on a broad scale, power outages are particularly problematic for critical infrastructure like hospitals, data centers, and grocery stores, for which losing power is extremely costly and potentially life-threatening.

CARB DG Certification: A Milestone for the Industry to Celebrate

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In 2022, ERock’s generators became the first of their kind to secure the coveted California Air Resources Board Distributed Generation (CARB DG) certification. The CARB DG certification has some of the strictest emission requirements in the world, making this certification a significant milestone not just for ERock, but also for businesses and government facilities seeking cleaner backup power solutions.

Data Centers as Good Grid Citizens: Microgrids Welcome Facilities

The demand for data centers continues to rise rapidly, fueled by the increased appetite for digital interconnection. Artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and the internet of things all contribute to the growing need for new facilities to meet the need for increased computing capacity.

Is Your Microgrid Working? Backup Power Doing More Than Lighting

Although we’re excited about the increasing investment in electrical infrastructure — including the recent passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — grid outages are still of increasing concern across the United States. This issue is costly to ratepayers and will only continue to worsen as demand rises for electricity, the grid gets older and frailer, weather gets more extreme, and cybersecurity threats increase.

How ERock’s Network Operations Center Ensures Rock-Solid

Between extreme weather events, cyber-attacks, and aging electrical infrastructure, grid outages have never been more frequent and varied. As a result, it’s become necessary for critical facilities to hedge against disruption with backup power solutions, especially as outages are expensive, often life-threatening, and always unpredictable.