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Resilient Microgrids Link Clean Energy and Clean Mobility
A new white paper from Schneider Electric explores the link between clean energy and clean mobility, and the role resilient microgrids can play. Get the full report As electric vehicle (EV) adoption...
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5 Common Questions About Microgrids Answered
As the microgrid industry grows, more and more readers new to the technology come to Microgrid Knowledge looking to learn the basics. So today we’re taking a step back from our usual flow of industry...
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SEL Executive Discusses California Microgrid Reliability
Scott Manson, technology director at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), sat down with Microgrid Knowledge’s Elisa Wood at Microgrid California to discuss why microgrids are so popular in the...
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California to Consider 4 Utility Microgrids to Avert Possible Capacity Shortfall
A plan by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to build four utility microgrids won an initial nod last week in a proceeding underway before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to...
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Alliant Energy to Build Its First Community Microgrid in Wisconsin
Alliant Energy, a utility based in Madison, Wisconsin, has announced the development of its first community microgrid project. By Christos Georghiou/Shutterstock.com Expected to be complete in the...
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Microgrids Cropping Up in Florida with Utility Partners
Florida is the most hurricane-prone state in the US, vulnerable to an average $15.4 billion in storm damages annually. So it’s perplexing that state government hasn’t made at least as much fanfare...
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Ameresco Executives Discuss Microgrid Adoption in California
Ameresco’s Britta MacIntosh, senior vice president, western region and London operations, and Jacqueline DeRosa, vice president, battery energy storage systems, sat down with Microgrid Knowledge’s...
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FPL Builds Third New Microgrid This Year
As Florida Power and Light (FPL) builds its third microgrid this year, the FPL Evolution Hub, the company says it is learning more about microgrid technology, which could hold significant benefits for...
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Load Flexibility: The New Grid Zeitgeist
Use of flexible distributed energy resources (DERs) and flexible load is growing in sophistication with the rise of microgrids, virtual power plants and energy storage. What new breakthroughs have we...
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PG&E Sees Rise in Utility-Led Community Microgrids with Tariff Change
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) sees more opportunity for community microgrids in its service territory with the approval last month by California regulators of an update to a utility tariff. By...
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Microgrids for Businesses and Utilities
Concern about electric reliability has heightened for utilities and their business customers as wildfires escalate in California and public safety power shutoffs become the norm. In this panel...
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Microgrid California: Welcome and Opening Remarks
In this kick off to Microgrid California, Kevin Normandeau, Elisa Wood, Ken Horne set the stage for the sold out 2021 education forum, held in Foster City, California. Kevin Normandeau, publisher of...
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California Senior Community Persists on Microgrid
If persistence can win the day, the Oakmont Village Association, a community of seniors in a fire-prone region of Oakmont, California, may be the role model when it comes to building a community...
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California wraps up active year on microgrids
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) continued to craft microgrid policy in 2021 with several decisions of significance. By ymgerman/Shutterstock.com Toward the end of the year, the...
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22 intriguing microgrid projects to watch in 2022
Last year one of the most read articles on Microgrid Knowledge was “21 Intriguing Microgrid Projects to Watch in 2021,” so this year we’re offering up a new list for 2022. Monkey Business...
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Vermont utility wants to ‘radically transform’ grid, add microgrids and...
Green Mountain Power (GMP), Vermont’s largest utility, plans to create new microgrids and community resilience zones as part of a plan to “radically transform” the grid that is outlined in the...
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Rural counties in California push for activation of idle microgrids as power...
If a microgrid is built in California to address public safety power shutoffs (PSPS), shouldn’t it also be activated when power outages occur for other reasons? Emily C. McCormick/Shutterstock.com...
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Microgrids for a 21st century grid
In the fourth article of this special report series brought to you by Microgrid Knowledge and Think Microgrid, we’ll demonstrate why microgrids are the 21st century solution to today’s energy problems....
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More electric vehicles mean more utility microgrids
Policy, economic and environmental issues are expected to dramatically boost demand for electric vehicles (EVs), a phenomenon that is spurring more utility microgrids. By Scharfsinn/Shutterstock.com In...
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DERMS can provide grid resilience for utilities
A new white paper from PXiSE presents the case for distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) as the next step utilities should consider on their path toward renewables and resilience. Get...
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