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Caterpillar Launches Cat® Microgrid Technology Suite, Integrating Renewable Energy Sources with Traditional Power Generation
Caterpillar Inc. today announced the launch of Cat® Microgrid technology, an innovative suite of power systems that adds environmentally friendly solar panels, state-of-the-art energy storage, and advanced monitoring and control systems to Caterpillar’s traditional line of reliable power generation equipment, including Cat generator sets, switchgear, uninterruptible power supplies and ...
By Caterpillar
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KEPCO Announces Open Microgrid Project Leveraging Fuel Cells and Blockchain
KEPCO president and CEO Kim Jong-gap announced on November 18 that the company is pursuing its "KEPCO Open MG Project" to develop the future microgrid."KEPCO Open MG" refers to an open energy community that combines existing microgrid technology, digital energy solutions and blockchain. Previously, the microgrid consisted mainly of small photovoltaics, wind turbines, and energy storage devices ...
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Global Market for Microgrids Expected to Reach $30.9 Billion in 2027
A new report from Navigant Research examines the status and potential future growth of microgrid segments and business models, providing global market forecasts for capacity and implementation spending, broken out by segment and region, through 2027. Over the last decade, Navigant Research has tracked the global microgrid market as the number of vendors offering products and services increased. ...
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Microgrid Market to Reach $14.92 Billion by 2020: SBI Bulletin
Industrial and energy market research publisher SBI has released a research study on microgrids, projecting the market will reach $14.92 billion by 2020. The study, SBI Bulletin: Microgrids 2006-2020, also projects the market value will experience a hefty 102.4% increase from 2010 to 2015, and from 2015 to 2020, another 78% increase in its market value. This reflects a hike in microgrid ...
By SBI Reports
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ComEd Microgrid Completes Final DOE Milestones
ComEd this week announced it has successfully completed final testing requirements of a $4 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office to study how microgrids can increase energy security and resilience and support the integration of clean energy. The tests were conducted on ComEd's Bronzeville Community Microgrid on Chicago's South Side. Microgrids are ...
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sonnen Powers Remote School in Puerto Rico Using Solar + Battery Storage Microgrid Technology
sonnen, a global market leader in intelligent residential energy storage, recently announced the commissioning of a solar + battery storage microgrid at S.U. Matrullas, a K through 9 school that educates over 150 students in the remote town of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. The microgrid, established in collaboration with sonnen's local energy partner Pura Energía, serves as a model for the resiliency ...
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Faith Technologies and Schneider Electric To Build State-Of-The-Art Microgrid
Faith Technologies, a leading electrical planning, engineering, design, and installation expert, in partnership with Schneider Electric, has designed and built a state-of-the-art, clean energy microgrid at the Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve in Appleton, Wisconsin.The advanced microgrid uses a 200 kW solar photovoltaic energy (solar panels); a 30 kW hydrogen fuel cell; a 100 kW lithium-ion battery ...
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Eaton Sponsors 2015 Joint Engineer Training Conference, Demonstrates Industry Leading Electrical Power Management Solutions and Expertise
Power management company Eaton today announced its engineering services and airport lighting solutions will be on display May 19 to 21 at the 2015 Joint Engineer Training Conference. Visitors to Eaton’s booths # 516 and 532 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston can consult with Eaton application experts and interact with industry-leading solutions to support electrical safety, ...
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DOE Laboratories Sign Memorandum of Understanding For Innovative Coal Research
Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories with energy research expertise are joining forces to pursue research on new ways to use coal to create innovative high-value products. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed today (3/6) by representatives of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) at NETL's Pittsburgh site. DOE ...
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CPUC Charts Course for Microgrid Incentive Program To Increase Community Resilience
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to build community resilience against power outages and in the face of climate change, this week (April 6) approved rules for the new Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP) for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). The Decision approves the ...
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SBI Energy Finds Microgrids Could Be Key to Smart Grid Development
Microgrids could be the killer-app for Smart Grid development. Industrial and energy market research publisher SBI Energy reports that the boom in cheap and plentiful natural gas could lead to increased use of micro-turbines and the development of more microgrids. The U.S. military leads the world in deploying and testing new microgrid technologies. It is the primary driver fueling Smart Grid ...
By SBI Reports
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Schneider Electric Microgrid to Service Long Beach, California Community by Creating Energy Resilience at Port
Schneider Electric recently (10/10) announced an agreement to design, engineer and build a new microgrid that will enable critical energy resilience at the Port of Long Beach in the city of Long Beach, California. Schneider Electric will create a microgrid technology demonstration which will include an integrated system of distributed energy resources (DER) and microgrid controls, enabling added ...
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Aging electrical grid could cost $5 trillion to replace
The aging U.S. electricity grid, which has been an integral part of American life since the late 19th century, could cost almost $5 trillion upgrade and replace, according to a new analysis. Joshua D. Rhodes, a Postdoctoral Researcher of Energy at the University of Texas at Austin, says that the currently depreciated value of the energy grid, which includes power plants, transmission lines, ...
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Duke Energy Renewables, REC Solar, and Schneider Electric Complete First Joint Microgrid Project
Duke Energy Renewables announced its first microgrid project is now operating on the Schneider Electric Boston One Campus. Schneider Electric built the microgrid on the campus of its North American headquarters in Andover, Mass. REC Solar, a national provider of commercial solar and energy solutions, built and will operate the solar array. Duke Energy Renewables, which owns a majority interest ...
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Alabama Power Partners with Signature Homes to Develop Smart Neighborhood
Alabama Power is partnering with Signature Homes, Southern Company, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and technology vendors to introduce Smart Neighborhood by Alabama Power. The state-of-the-art community of 62 homes will feature emerging energy-efficient technologies, materials and appliances, and a community-scale microgrid. Smart Neighborhood - to be located at Signature Homes' new Reynold's ...
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California farm selects Emerson to help manage innovative microgrid power project
Stone Edge Farm has selected Emerson (NYSE: EMR) automation technologies to provide efficient and reliable operation of its new microgrid, a self-sufficient energy production and distribution facility relying on diverse sources of electricity including solar power, wind power, hydrogen power and advanced storage battery technology. Home to a farm, spa and vineyard in Sonoma, Calif., Stone Edge ...
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New Strategic Alliance Forms to Deliver Energy-as-a-Service
As the energy sector increasingly shifts from one-way, static power grids to two-way, dynamic power infrastructure, Dynamic Energy Networks (DEN) announced strategic alliances with established energy and industrial sector powerhouses Schneider Electric and The Carlyle Group. DEN also announced that it has rounded out its leadership ranks by acquiring an executive team from Hitachi and RET Capital ...
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California Farm Selects Emerson to Help Manage Innovative Microgrid Power Project
Stone Edge Farm has selected Emerson (NYSE: EMR) automation technologies to provide efficient and reliable operation of its new microgrid, a self-sufficient energy production and distribution facility relying on diverse sources of electricity including solar power, wind power, hydrogen power and advanced storage battery technology. Home to a farm, spa and vineyard in Sonoma, Calif., Stone Edge ...
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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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Single-Phase Power Source for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Single Phase Power Solutions introduces the 1-to-3 Microgrid Power Source, a single-phase solution for Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations. Ideal for remote areas without access to three-phase power, the 1-to-3 Power Source uses revolutionary Written-Pole Technology to generate solid and reliable 3-phase, 480V input from existing single-phase infrastructure. This allows EV charging stations ...
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