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Chester Energy and Policy started in 2017 as a blog before blossoming into a full consulting business. The goal of the blog originally was simple: answer interesting questions in the world of energy & sustainability that weren’t being answered elsewhere, tapping into energy data sets, expert interviews, and a unique lens.

Today, the blog section of Chester Energy and Policy seeks to continue that mission: answering interesting questions. If you have a question that you think is worth diving into for a blog post, reach out and let us know! .

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Matt Chester 8/24/21 Matt Chester 8/24/21

Welcome Patrick McCormick, New Expert in the Generation Professionals Group- [an Energy Central Power Perspectives™ Expert Interview]

The energy industry is in a state of rapid transformation, with new technologies, advancing innovation, funding for new ideas, and policies coming from governments and regulations to drive what the power sector of tomorrow will look like.

Matt Chester 8/22/21 Matt Chester 8/22/21

The Recent IPCC Climate Change Report

The Recent IPCC Climate Change Report: What’s New, What’s It Mean, and What Are Industry Insiders Saying?

Matt Chester 8/19/21 Matt Chester 8/19/21

Looking Back on 2020: COVID-19’s Impact on Energy Consumption

The COVID-19 pandemic created a lot of devastation, uncertainty, and long-lingering impacts from which modern society, leaders, and markets will be looking back on for years to come. While these impacts will be the dominating memory, and rightfully so, the situation that required people to drastically adjust their ways of lives create countless ‘natural experiments’ of sorts, and the energy sector at large was a key area in which this occurred.

Matt Chester 8/18/21 Matt Chester 8/18/21

What Are Solar Panels Made Of?

When you come across a solar panel, it may simply look like a single comprehensive block, but the truth is that solar panels are made of a bevy of chemical components and materials, each crucial to the effective and efficient conversion of solar light into usable electricity.

Matt Chester 8/10/21 Matt Chester 8/10/21

Welcome Dinesh Rajan, New Expert in the Digital Utility Group- [an Energy Central Power Perspectives™ Expert Interview]

Technology is moving the utility industry to places that had never before been imagined, creating the new world of the ‘Digital Utility.’ Members of this Digital Utility Group know quite well that transformation is happening, but if you blink it seems you might miss the new type of intelligent technology that’s empowering utility providers to tap into a new market, offer a new function to their customers, or otherwise improve their pursuit of affordable, reliable, and clean energy.

Matt Chester 8/4/21 Matt Chester 8/4/21

Best Outdoor Solar Lights: 2022 Buyers Guide

Solar power has been an energy source of growing importance in recent years, as technology has advanced and the cost of solar panels has declined sharply. As a result, many smaller sun-powered products have become available, from solar phone chargers to solar generators to outdoor solar lights.