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New Report Explores Benefits of Clean Energy Microgrids for Consideration by State Energy Offices
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the National Association of State Energy Officials released a report, Clean Energy Microgrids: Considerations for State Energy Offices and Public Utility Commissions to Increase Resilience, Reduce Emissions, and Improve Affordability, that discusses the potential benefits of clean energy microgrids for states. Clean energy ...
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ComEd’s Green Energy Innovation Is Partnering With Historic Bronzeville
Bronzeville, the South Side home of Chicago’s Black Renaissance and the birthplace of Black History Month, hopes to launch its next Golden Age with support from a smart microgrid being installed by utility ComEd. The microgrid will tap green energy to help power the community. Once completed in 2019, the grid will have a load, or active consumption capacity of 7 megawatts, installed over ...
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Microgrid Knowledge - Major North American Food Producer to Exit the California Grid With A Microgrid
More of our food is about to come from microgrid power. California’s Taylor Farms, a major North American fresh food producer, is building a microgrid in partnership with Bloom Energy, Ameresco and Concept Clean Energy. The microgrid will be designed to power an entire 450,000 square facility, so that it eventually can operate with no tie to the grid. It will use 6 MW of Bloom fuel ...
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Duke Energy Plans New Microgrid, Energy Storage Projects in Indiana
Duke Energy is planning to install battery storage equipment and solar panels that will operate as a microgrid at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury training operation in Johnson County, Ind. The company will also install battery storage equipment at a substation in Nabb, Ind., in Clark County. Plans for the projects must be approved by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission before ...
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DCO Energy to Develop State-of-the-Art Microgrid System at Montclair State University
DCO Energy and Montclair State University recently announced that they are expanding their existing partnership to create and develop a state-of-the-art microgrid on the institution's campus. Upon completion of this new project, Montclair State University will be one of only a few educational institutions in NJ to have a fully integrated microgrid, a localized energy grid with independent ...
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Beyond the Grid: How Microgrids Can Help Sub-Saharan Africa Achieve Universal Energy Access
Worldwide, an estimated 1.1 billion people still lack access to modern electricity services—and roughly 600 million of them live in Sub-Saharan Africa.Furthermore, achieving universal energy access by 2030 is expected to require an investment of roughly $45 billion every year. To help encourage private investment in this monumental task, NREL has supported the Power Africa Beyond the Grid Program ...
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North Americas Largest Solar Trade Show Unveils Portable Solar-Thermal Hybrid Generator
Solar Power International (SPI) will showcase a Dual-Panel Gen-2-O model on the floor at the Power Panel booth #6521 from September 10th to the 13th,, right across from the Smart Energy Microgrid Demo. Attendees can see the compact footprint for themselves and feel the resilience of the incredibly durable components. The sturdy dual-paneled system is engineered for maximum portability, ease of ...
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Guidehouse: Revenue from microgrid investments in APAC will likely reach $7.7 billion by 2031
Decreasing renewable energy prices, technological innovations and increased adoption of energy storage are just some of the factors that will continue to drive the deployment of energy access microgrid projects in emerging markets, according to a new report from Guidehouse. ...
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FSP Microgrid Energy Storage System Creates New Value for Renewable Energy
FSP, a Top 10 global power supply manufacturer, has been working with leading enterprises to promote ESG sustainability and green governance transformations to meet global targets of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. FSP and renewable energy partners are now investing heavily in the development of distributed energy storage systems (ESS) for microgrids to maximize the benefits of renewable ...
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Duke Energy Places Advanced Microgrid into Service in Hot Springs, NC
Duke Energy has placed into service one of the nation’s most advanced green microgrids in the Madison County town of Hot Springs. The Hot Springs microgrid consists of a 2-megawatt (AC) solar facility and a 4.4-megawatt lithium-based battery storage facility. The microgrid is designed to provide a safe, cost-effective and reliable grid solution for serving the Hot Springs area, and also provide ...
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4th Microgrid Innovation Forum, Washington, DC, May 16-17: Speakers and agenda announced
The 4th Microgrid Global Innovation Forum, May 16-17, 2017 in Washington, D.C. brings together key industry experts, utilities and C&I end users to examine the latest technology advances and business models for integrating hybrid renewable energy microgrids in grid-connected and off-grid environments. The Forum focuses on successful financing strategies, regulatory trends and ...
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US Government Recognizes Microgrids as Pieces in Solving the Climate Change Puzzle
By Shayne Willette, Navigant Research (reprinted with permission) Microgrids are more recognized as effective tools for climate change adaptation as mentioned in the US Global Change Research Program's Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA). A microgrid is a network of distributed energy resources (DER) that is capable of islanding whether or not it is connected to a traditional utility power ...
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Schneider Electric Optimizes DER Management with Grid to Prosumer End-to-End Approach
Schneider Electric this week announced Grid to Prosumer, an end-to-end approach to DER management to maximize the connection and value of renewable energy, energy storage and electric vehicles. Grid modernization is increasingly about managing supply and demand at the grid edge, spanning both sides of the customer meter. It requires new ways to engage, plan and design, optimize and maintain, ...
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New NAIT Research Facility To Help Industry Develop Alternative Energy Solutions
Researchers at the North Alberta Institute of Technology will help Alberta innovators develop and test low-carbon energy solutions with a new microgrid research facility, funded by a $2 million grant from the Government of Alberta.The funding was announced Thursday by Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bilous at NAIT's new Productivity and Innovation Centre.The Distributed Energy ...
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Siemens and Boeing strategic alliance secures DOD contract
The strategic alliance between Siemens and Boeing today announced that the alliance and a team of partners has been awarded a funded project by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). Using Siemens and Boeing’s leading cyber-secure energy savings technology, the DOD will realize up to 40 percent savings in energy costs at this ...
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US-Israel Companies Partner to Take Renewable Energy Microgrids Into the AI and Machine Learning Age
Introspective Systems, LLC announced recently (8/8) that it has finalized its contract with the Binational Research and Development Foundation (BIRD US-Israel Foundation) to begin a commercialization project with its Israel-based partner, Brightmerge. The companies will leverage their areas of expertise to create an end to end AI-based data solution for Microgrid design, development, and ...
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Infocast`s Defense Renewable Energy & Military Microgrids Summit
Infocast's highly anticipated Defense Renewable Energy & Military Microgrids Summit will take place at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, VA on May 30-June 1, 2012 -- with Department of Defense (DOD) Deputy Under Secretary Dr. Dorothy Robyn as keynote speaker. This event takes place as the Obama Administration focuses on renewable energy initiatives that were announced during the ...
By Infocast
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China Leads Smart Grid Market Through 2021, to Reach $1.43 Trillion: SBI Bulletin
Supported by a long-term stimulus plan, China is pursuing more Smart Grid development than any other country in the world. According to "SBI Bulletin: Smart Grid Components Markets: 2011-2021," China will post the fastest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6% through 2021, overtaking the U.S., which will post a 4% CAGR through the same period. As the utility that serves 88% of the country, ...
By SBI Reports
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U.S. Department of Energy Releases Fact Sheet on The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a fact sheet on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal recently passed by Congress, calling it "a long-overdue investment in our nation’s infrastructure, workers, families, and competitiveness." A key piece in President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, the infrastructure deal includes more than $62 billion for the U.S. DOE to deliver a more equitable clean ...
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PG&E Launches Microgrid Incentive Program with $79 Million in Project Funding
Pacific Gas and Electric Company this week (Oct 11) announced the launch of its Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP) and handbook, providing funding, expertise and guidance for building community, local and tribal government-proposed multi-customer microgrids. The MIP is a new, statewide $200 million competitive grant program which will fund clean-energy community microgrids in disadvantaged and ...
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