Research program 06 · DE

Distributed Energy & Resilient Infrastructure

Distributed Power and Resilient Communities

Electrification, microgrids, storage, flexible buildings, maintainable infrastructure, and energy citizenship.

IDL-DE-001 · Emerging

The Neighborhood Power Plant

How Homes, Batteries, Vehicles, and Local Grids Become Shared Energy Infrastructure

A neighborhood power plant is a governed coordination system that makes privately situated energy resources behave like shared infrastructure; its decisive layer is the allocation of authority among residents, aggregators, utilities, markets, and civic institutions.

Active investigation
2026-11-03

IDL-DE-010 · Emerging

The Age of Electricity

Why Electrification Is Becoming the Organizing Layer of the Twenty-First Century

The Age of Electricity identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-DE-002 · Emerging

Virtual Power Neighborhoods

AI Coordination for Distributed Energy Communities

Virtual Power Neighborhoods identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-DE-003 · Emerging

The Flexible House

Designing Buildings That Cooperate with the Grid

The Flexible House identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-DE-004 · Emerging

Vehicle-to-Home

The Electric Car as Household Battery and Emergency Infrastructure

Vehicle-to-Home identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-DE-005 · Emerging

Energy-Aware AI

The Hidden Power System Beneath Artificial Intelligence

Energy-Aware AI identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-DE-006 · Emerging

The Grid as a Medium

How Electricity Infrastructure Shapes Civilization and Perception

The Grid as a Medium identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-DE-007 · Emerging

Thermal Batteries

Storing Energy as Heat, Cold, and Time

Thermal Batteries identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-DE-008 · Emerging

Repairable Infrastructure

Designing Energy Systems That Communities Can Maintain

Repairable Infrastructure identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-DE-009 · Emerging

Grid Citizenship

Rights and Duties in the Age of Distributed Power

Grid Citizenship identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake