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The Energy Central Community Speaks Up: Topics You're Most Eager to Hear About
Recently, the Energy Central Community Team conducted a poll where community members were invited to weigh on in two key areas:
- What topics do you think deserve more coverage as we move into 2022?
- What types of content are you most eager to engage with?
This poll was circulated for a bit over a week. We were happy to see the high-level engagement it received, with a sizeable portion of the community weighing in, allowing us to get a true pulse of our readers/contributors. So for any community members, expert members, content partners - new or old - who may want to share their expertise and insights on a new topic but aren't sure what form or what subject would resonate most with our community, I invite you to consider the following tables that summarize what we learned:
Topics the Energy Central Community Requested the Most
| Topic Theme |
| Climate & Clean Energy |
| General clean energy tech (including costs & incentives)- renewables, carbon reduction, etc. |
| Assessing true impact level of climate change |
| Solar (PV, thermal, hybrid) |
| Challenges introduced by renewables (dispatch difficulties, harmonics, solar panel waste) |
| Nuclear power as a clean energy source |
| New technology innovations |
| Wind (offshore, floating) |
| Flexible power plants |
| Phasing out coal without negative impacts |
| Solar pricing, net metering |
| Baseload power plants |
| Geothermal |
| Carbon capture tech |
| Energy Storage |
| Energy storage generally |
| Long-duration energy storage |
| Renewable energy storage developments |
| Efficient use of storage facilities |
| Battery surrogates (e.g., hydrogen, pumped hydro) |
| Grid Modernization |
| The shift towards distributed grid |
| Distributed assets / VPPs |
| Reliability |
| Resilience |
| Grid tech, issues, and mitigation |
| Grids in the underdeveloped regions |
| Microgrids |
| Long-distance transmission |
| Undergrounding (incl. ComEd superconducting cable) |
| Direct current projects |
| Energy Policy |
| Regulatory policy changes (e.g., interconnection reform) |
| Policies that support clean energy |
| Electrification |
| Infrastructure Act |
| Alternative Fuels |
| Assessing green hydrogen vs. other colors of hydrogen vs. ammonia etc. |
| Hydrogen fuel generally |
| RNG and NG hybrid, 'clean' fossil fuels |
| Fuel cells |
| Utility Business Themes |
| Wholesale power prices/electricity markets (domestic & global) |
| Pre-crisis management |
| AI/ML/Industry 4.0 |
| New generation projects brought online & association project management |
| Stakeholder engagement |
| Predictive maintenance |
| Sustainable land management |
| ESG |
| Cybersecurity |
| Physical security |
| Hear more directly from utilities |
| Crisis Communication |
| Dealing with the sector's 'new normal' |
| Cost-benefit analysis of renewables |
| Energy Efficiency |
| Energy efficiency |
| Demand-side management / load shedding |
| Commercial heat pump water heaters |
| Electric Transportation |
| Electric Transportation, effects on grid |
| Vehicle-to-Grid Charging |
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