Featured in Born in the USA – 02-2026

Growing pains

The electricity grid is a real bottleneck for energy in the United States, and it’s not only utilities and grid operators who are struggling. Grid congestion also puts pressure on renewable energy project owners and is as much a business problem as it is a technical one, writes Alon Mashkovich, CEO of energy management business software supplier enSights.

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pv magazine

05 Feb 2026

AI optimization of clean, reliable data can help ease operations while the grid catches up. | Photo: Matthew T Rader/Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA

Grid congestion is limiting the value renewable energy assets can deliver. This is especially painful for projects that are technically complete, fully permitted and financed, yet unable to capture the revenue they planned for. Many of the conversations around grid congestion come from the perspective of the utility or grid operator, focusing on how they …

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