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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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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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Biden Administration Announces $2.3 Billion to Strengthen and Modernize Power Grid
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (July 6) opened the application period for States, Tribal nations, and territories to apply for the $2.3 billion formula grant program designed to strengthen and modernize America's power grid against wildfires, extreme weather, and other natural disasters exacerbated by the climate crisis. The Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric ...
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Enzinc Names Key Teaming Partners for Advanced Zinc Battery Testing through the CalTestBed Program
Enzinc Inc., an advanced battery technology developer bringing rechargeable zinc batteries to market, announced this week that it has teaming agreements in place with leading energy companies for its third-party product testing. The testing is being done at University of California Riverside’s facilities through a CalTestBed award valued at $292,000. The teaming partners include power backup ...
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Eaton Helps Power Africa`s Largest Microgrid Project
Power management company Eaton today announced it is providing electrical engineering services and power distribution equipment for the construction of a 5-megawatt (MW) solar microgrid system in Annobon Province, an island off Equatorial Guinea in West Central Africa. The microgrid has battery storage and is designed to supply reliable and predictable power to meet the off-grid community’s ...
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ABB Microgrid Supports Jamaica’s Transition to Renewables
ABB will supply an ABB AbilityTM enabled microgrid and storage system to help integrate renewable solar and wind energy into the large tropical island’s power supply, reducing the need for fossil fuels and lowering the carbon footprint. ABB is a pioneer in microgrids, which because of their size and power are ideal for remote locations like islands, which cannot easily be connected to main power ...
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Advanced Microgrid Solutions to Operate Energy Storage Systems at Select U.S. Walmart Stores
Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) recently announced they would work with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to deploy AMS's Hybrid Electric Building technology in select Walmart stores in the U.S. Under the agreement, AMS will design, install and operate advanced energy storage systems at Walmart stores that are designed to improve efficiency, guarantee energy savings, and provide flexible grid support to ...
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Ameresco and Bright Canyon Energy Partner to Build Large Scale Solar and Battery Project Promoting Clean Energy and Resiliency in Hawai‘i
FRAMINGHAM, MASS, PHOENIX, AZ and HONOLULU, HI – June 1, 2022 – Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Bright Canyon Energy, a leading developer of energy infrastructure, today announced the proposed Kupono Solar Project, a combined solar and battery system to be built at the Joint Base Pearl ...
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Energy Department, NREL announce new research center to boost clean energy technologies on a smarter grid
The Energy Department and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) in Golden, Colorado, as the latest Energy Department user facility and the only one in the nation focused on utility-scale clean energy grid integration. The facility’s first industry partner – Colorado-based Advanced Energy Industries – has ...
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Ameresco and Bright Canyon Energy Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for Kupono Solar at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
131-Acre Solar and Battery Storage Project in ‘Ewa designed to Power 10,000 Homes with Clean, Renewable Energy Speakers included U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono, Lt. Governor Josh Green and Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Bright Canyon Energy, ...
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SDG&E Unveils Four Advanced Microgrids to Boost Grid Resilience and Reliability
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) this week unveiled four new microgrids featuring advanced remote operation capabilities and state-of-the-art safety technologies to help enhance grid reliability and bolster resiliency for the surrounding communities. The four microgrid and energy storage sites, located in the communities of Clairemont, Tierra Santa, Paradise, and Boulevard, will help ...
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Clarke Energy joins North East Clean Energy Council
Clarke Energy is pleased to announce it has joined the North East Clean Energy Council (NECEC). NECEC “leads the just, equitable, and rapid transition to a clean energy future and a diverse climate economy. NECEC is the only organization in the Northeast that covers clean energy market segments, representing the business perspectives of investors and clean energy companies across every ...
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Report Examines How DER Is Changing the Energy Landscape
Editor's Note: The following is reprinted with permission from Navigant Research's recently published report, DER Management Technologies. The fast growth of distributed energy resources (DER) is one of the most disruptive forces that has affected the power utility industry to date -- and numbers are only increasing. Navigant Research forecasts that installed DER capacity, including ...
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CTSI Announces Top 17 Defense Energy Technology Solutions
The Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), in partnership with Arsenal Venture Partners and TechConnect, recognize the 2012 Top 10 Defense Energy Technology Solutions and Top 7 Tropical Environment Energy Solutions. From over 250 global applicants spanning the energy spectrum, the organizations with the most promising military-related technologies were selected to ...
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Eos Energy Enterprises Selected for 35 MWh Long Duration Energy Storage Project in California
Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc., a provider of zinc-powered long-duration energy storage systems, this week announced an order for a 35 MWh energy storage system capable of 10-hour discharge duration. The order, worth $13.5 million, is funded by a grant through the California Energy Commission's Long-Duration Energy Storage Program as part of a project being carried out by Indian Energy, a 100 ...
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How Utilities are Leveraging Storage & Microgrids
Utilities are looking to the future: both investor-owned and municipal utilities are exploring the role that energy storage and microgrid projects will play in their portfolios. Key deployments and initiatives are beginning to help map a course forward for utilities across North America. To further this trend, a special utility perspectives panel led by NextEnergy at the Microgrid Global ...
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The 50 States of Grid Modernization Q2 2021: States Explore Market Reforms and Mechanisms to Accelerate Storage and Microgrid Development
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q2 2021 edition of The 50 States of Grid Modernization. The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on grid modernization, utility business model and rate reforms, energy storage, microgrids, and demand response. The report finds that 47 states, as well as the District of ...
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Lockheed Martin Selected to Provide GridStar Energy Storage for New ComEd Microgrid Project in Chicago
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) signed an agreement to supply a GridStar Lithium energy storage system to ComEd, Illinois' largest electric utility. The 2 MWh system will be integrated into ComEd's Bronzeville community microgrid project in Chicago. A microgrid is a small power grid with defined boundaries that can operate both when connected to the larger electrical grid and as an "island" when ...
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Energy Week Adds New EV Integration Show
Come September, tens of thousands of energy professionals will convene in Anaheim, California, home to a magical wonderland filled with excitement, opportunity, and cutting edge technology. We’re talking of course about Solar Power International (SPI), Energy Storage International (ESI) and North America Smart Energy Week – although many will also swing by DisneylandⓇ for some ...
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GridWise Alliance Renews Call for Congress to Make Significant Investments In Nation's Electric Grid
The GridWise Alliance this week released a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to fully fund the GridWise call for at least $50 billion in federal spending to modernize the nation's electric power transmission and distribution systems. Thirty-seven participants in the Grid Infrastructure Advisory Council, created by GridWise Alliance earlier this year, and GridWise member organizations ...
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