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Powering what's next.
Dispatches from the front line of the power bottleneck, filed by segment.
From the team behind the DOR, a new class of on-site power.
Field notes · Fleet Charging
Fleet Charging
Depots, last-mile hubs, transit yards, school districts. Megawatt charging on sites the grid feeds in kilowatts.
Jun 30, 2026 · Rony Baum
The Inconvenient Truth About "Carbon-Free" Transportation
Plugging an EV into the grid shifts emissions upstream. The missing layer in real fleet decarbonization.
May 7, 2026 · Rony Baum
School Districts Ordered Electric Buses. Then the Power Bill Came.
Thousands of electric buses on order. Nobody budgeted for the grid upgrade.
Mar 2, 2026 · Matias Kopinsky
Europe Is Buying EVs Faster Than It Can Charge Them
ICE banned by 2035. EV sales up 25% a year. Grid connections take 7-10+ years.
Jan 16, 2026 · Rony Baum
Every Fleet Operator I've Met Has the Same Problem
The trucks are ordered. The chargers are budgeted. The depot can't get power.
Fleet Charging · 4 entriesp. 01 / 06
Field notes · Edge Compute
Edge Compute
Inference and 5G at street level. The compute moved to the edge. The power didn't.
Jun 19, 2026 · Rony Baum
The Machine Intelligence Infrastructure Gap
Edge data centers and EV fleets both need power the utility model can't deliver in time.
Apr 27, 2026 · Matias Kopinsky
5G Promised the Future. It Forgot to Budget for Power.
5G and AI inference push compute to locations that were never wired for it.
Feb 18, 2026 · Rony Baum
AI's Biggest Bottleneck Isn't Chips. It's Power.
Hyperscale training will get its power. Edge inference won't, and that's where AI meets the user.
Jan 5, 2026 · Rony Baum
Edge Data Centers Have a Power Problem Nobody's Solving
Everyone asks where to put the compute. Almost nobody asks where the power comes from.
Edge Compute · 4 entriesp. 02 / 06
Field notes · Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas
Frac crews burn diesel a few hundred feet from wells that flare gas. Fuel and load, feet apart.
Apr 15, 2026 · Matias Kopinsky
We're Burning $638K Worth of Gas Into the Sky at Every Wellsite
151 billion cubic meters of associated gas flared globally in a year. That's fuel, not waste.
Jan 27, 2026 · Matias Kopinsky
The Frac Fleet's Dirty Secret: $240K a Year in Diesel Nobody Talks About
175 U.S. frac fleets, each burning 5.5 million gallons of diesel a year.
Oil & Gas · 2 entriesp. 03 / 06
Field notes · Ports & Maritime
Ports & Maritime
Fines for idling ships and berths with no shore power. Three percent coverage worldwide.
Apr 3, 2026 · Rony Baum
Electrifying Port Cranes Sounds Great. Until You Do the Math on Power.
Each crane needs 1-2 MW. A busy terminal runs 6-12 cranes. The grid can't carry it.
Feb 6, 2026 · Matias Kopinsky
Ships Are Getting Fined for Idling. Ports Can't Fix It Fast Enough.
EU fines hit $144K per day per ship. California charges $37,500. Only 3% of berths are wired.
Ports & Maritime · 2 entriesp. 04 / 06
Field notes · Defense
Defense
98% of U.S. bases ride a civilian grid they cannot control. Resilience is now a siting requirement.
Defense · 1 entryp. 05 / 06
Field notes · Commercial & Industrial
Commercial & Industrial
Hospitals, plants, buildings, job sites. The panel is full and the utility says wait.
Jun 9, 2026 · Matias Kopinsky
Hospitals Can't Afford to Lose Power. Their Backup Plans Are Outdated.
Lives depend on 100% uptime. Most backup is aging diesel tested once a month.
May 29, 2026 · Matias Kopinsky
Construction Runs on Diesel. That's About to Change.
Low-emission zones are closing in on one of the last all-diesel industries.
May 19, 2026 · Rony Baum
Europe's Grid Is Full. Its Electrification Targets Are Not.
Germany has 720 GW pending. Italy has 340 GW queued. The grid was built for another era.
Mar 24, 2026 · Matias Kopinsky
Your Building Needs More Power Than the Grid Can Give It
The electrical panel is maxed out and the utility quote says years.
Commercial & Industrial · 4 entriesp. 06 / 06
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Seventeen entries across six segments, Jan to Jun 2026.
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