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Microgrids Open Doors to Future DER Opportunities
A new white paper from PXiSE Energy Solutions explores how microgrids can help utilities leverage diverse distributed energy resources (DER) to better serve their customers and reposition themselves in...
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Educating Customers About 3 Key Microgrid Benefits
What microgrid benefits incentivize customers to adopt the technology? The ability to decarbonize, achieve resiliency and lower costs top the list, according to Alex Savelli, executive director of...
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Report Finds Interest in Microgrids and DERs among Utilities’ Industrial...
Utilities are finding that their industrial customers want to deploy microgrids and distributed energy resources (DERs) and are seeking their help, according to research by the consulting firm...
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PG&E Turns to 3 Kinds of Microgrids to Avert Wildfire Power Shutoffs
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has launched a multifaceted microgrid strategy to keep power flowing to customers when conventional electrical equipment becomes a wildfire threat. Briceburg...
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Will Utility Partnerships in Minigrid Projects Help Overcome Electrification...
In Uganda, numerous challenges stand in the way of providing reliable electricity. But a pilot minigrid project aims to help overcome the roadblocks. Minigrid site in Uganda. Photo courtesy of Power...
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Florida PSC Approves Neighborhood Microgrid to be Owned and Operated by a...
The Florida Public Service Commission approved a four-year neighborhood microgrid program proposed by Tampa Electric (TECO) that includes battery storage and solar photovoltaic equipment at customer...
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Think a Land War in Asia is Hard? Try Developing This Microgrid, a First Ever...
After scaling multiple development feats, the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid — California’s first 100% renewable, front-of-the-meter microgrid — has begun construction. The energy authority’s...
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Understanding Microgrid Project and Operational Requirements
In a new special report series brought to you by Microgrid Knowledge and Siemens, we’re providing a guide to help microgrid developers avoid the pain points that can wreck the financial and operational...
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Australia Issues $18.8 Million for Remote and Regional Microgrid Projects
RenewEconomy’s Michael Mazengarb describes a new round of Australian microgrid funding. Provided by xstock/Shutterstock.com Twenty remote and regional microgrid projects have received a funding boost,...
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Sunnyvale, California, and Others in Silicon Valley Exploring Microgrid Projects
Sunnyvale, California, is in the early stages of exploring a microgrid in a planned innovative district to boost energy resilience and meet clean energy goals. By Michael Vi/Shutterstock.com A city of...
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Advanced Microgrids Create Value for Utilities and Consumers
A new white paper from PowerSecure looks at how advanced microgrids, designed with an understanding of the dynamics and evolution of the modern power grid, can create extraordinary value for both...
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New Microgrid Model for South African Coal
South African state-owned energy giant Eskom has outlined plans to boost its clean energy ambitions with a foray into microgrid development. According to statements from Andre de Ruyter, chief...
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Washington State Provides Funds for Nine Microgrids
Washington State announced $3.9 million in grants from the state’s Clean Energy Fund on Aug. 25, to design and build 18 electric grid modernization projects, including microgrids. Snohomish County PUD...
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California Utility Tests Linear Generator to Reduce Diesel Use at Napa County...
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is deploying a 240-kW linear generator at a distribution system microgrid to see if the emerging technology can be used to reduce the use of diesel generators during...
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What Are the Best Locations for Microgrids? Hawaii Is Mapping Them.
In an effort to spur microgrid development, Hawaiian Electric is working with the US Department of Energy (DOE) and other partners to develop a microgrid map that pinpoints areas across its service...
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AI and Predictive Grid Modeling: Tools for the Dynamic Management of Complex...
A new white paper from Veritone describes how utilities can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive grid modeling to dynamically manage complex grids, while helping them prepare for the...
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Pandemic Created Slowdown but Didn’t Stop Completion of Snohomish County...
Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD), the second largest public utility in Washington state, started construction on its long-planned airport microgrid in Arlington, Washington, just a few...
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio Sets up Microgrid Utility Division, Issues RFQ
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has set up a public utility division to manage microgrids and has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) seeking a design consultant for its ambitious plan to build multiple...
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Vehicle-to-Grid Programs Give Rise to Mobile Microgrids
In recent years, a few utilities have begun testing vehicle-to-grid (V2G) projects to determine whether electric vehicles (EVs) or EV fleets can support the grid when it’s stressed — making the...
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Florida Power and Light Partners with Florida International University on...
Hurricane season in the US continues through Nov. 30, so reminders to be ready for power outages are frequent in Florida. And when future outages occur, the microgrid built by a Florida Power and Light...
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