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The Utility-Microgrid Relationship: Dogs, Cats and a Dichotomy
So this is a utility. The utility-microgrid relationship gets scrutinized a lot by microgrid companies. And for good reason. Many have built their business models around partnering with utilities;...
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BGE Plans Public Purpose Microgrids Across Central Maryland
Credit: USDA Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) has launched a plan to build public purpose microgrids across central Maryland, starting in Howard County and Baltimore. The Exelon subsidiary proposed...
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What Will Keep Microgrid Development Trending Upward in 2016?
Activity on Google indicates that interest in microgrid development is on the uptick. Google tracks how many people search on a term and charts the interest over time. Below is a Google Trends graphic...
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All the Benefits this Utility Expects from its Microgrid Test Projects
EWEB’s Operations Center to Be Home of Microgrid Test The Eugene Water & Electric Board — a forward-looking utility known for its green programs — has launched three solar microgrid test projects...
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Playing Nice: What the Duke Energy Microgrid Test Bed Teaches
Integrating – not just adding distributed energy resources – is the key to strengthening the new grid. That realization is what led to the Duke Energy microgrid test bed, created with the help of an...
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An Interview with NY’s Energy Czar on Advancing Microgrids and Re-creating...
Richard Kauffman, New York State energy czar, will keynote the May 19 Microgrid Knowledge Conference in New York City. This is the first in a series of interviews with notables who will speak at...
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Combined Heat and Power Microgrids: Ready for a Renaissance?
Bob Fesmire, ABB ABB’s Bob Fesmire describes a coming renaissance in combined heat and power microgrids — one that utilities may find it’s better to join than oppose. Most microgrids operating...
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Chicago’s ComEd Sees ‘Public Purpose Microgrids’ as a Sweet Spot for Utilities
ComEd serves northern Illinois, including Chicago As the microgrid industry heats up, players are jostling for market position. For utilities, the sweet spot may be the public purpose microgrid. At...
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Willdan Group Positions for Microgrid Growth with Acquisition of Genesys
California-based Willdan Group says that its recent decision to acquire New York-based Genesys Engineering is directly related to the microgrid growth it sees ahead. “We continue to see more activity...
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EV Chargers Plus Energy Storage Equals Multiple Benefits
EV Charger plus Energy Storage at HECO Site EV chargers plus energy storage are expected to lower demand charges and avoid utility-funded infrastructure upgrades in a pilot program in Hawaii. In the...
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National Grid to Test New Utility Microgrid Services
Potsdam, NY Credit: John Marino How will utilities make money as more customers generate their own electricity? That’s one of the big looming industry questions, and one that National Grid is trying...
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Follow the Microgrids: Grid Transformation and the Exelon/Pepco Merger
If you want to track electric grid transformation, follow the microgrids. That was one of the lessons quietly underscored by the otherwise noisy regulatory review of the Exelon/Pepco utility merger,...
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Green & Distributed Energy Solicitations in Ontario, Hawaii, California
Pearl Harbor, site of Hawaii military microgrid Hawaii, Ontario and California have green and distributed energy solicitations in various stages of planning or action, some directly tied to microgrid...
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The Multi-Directional Grid & its Safety, Connectivity & Speed Challenges
LiveData Helps Manage the Multi-Directional Grid In the old days, the grid was uni-directional. But now, it’s a multi-directional grid with more and more energy storage, renewables, electric vehicles...
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Solar Microgrid on Vineyard Can Island, Reduces Carbon Emissions
Solar Microgrid at Vineyard When Stone Edge Farm Estate Vineyards first installed its solar microgrid and other renewable technologies, the aim was to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent. Within a...
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Duke Energy Microgrid Tests Game-Changing Communications System
Solar eclipse. Courtesy of Sandia National Lab A Duke Energy microgrid test bed is striving to crack one of the biggest challenges facing utilities today: the need to seamlessly integrate distributed...
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Utility-Owned Microgrids Get Thumbs-Down from Maryland PSC Staff
View of downtown Baltimore looking Southwest Questioning the legality of utility-owned microgrids, regulatory advisors in Maryland on Friday came out against a microgrid pilot plan by Baltimore Gas...
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NY-BEST Calls for 2 GW of Multi-Hour Energy Storage by 2025
Energy storage advocates in New York are calling for the state to set a California-style portfolio standard that would add 2 GW of multi-hour energy storage by 2025. The New York Battery and Energy...
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Utility Distribution Microgrids to Grow into $917M US Market by 2024: Navigant
Oncor Microgrid Controller Station Utility distribution microgrids will grow into a $917 million market by 2024 in the US, according to a new report by Navigant Research. Utility distribution...
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Deloitte: On-site Energy on the Rise with Millennials Leading the Clean...
Photo: Realistic Shots, J. McQueen Millennials are increasingly driving electric utilities and businesses to use more clean energy, according to a study from Deloitte. “Resources 2016 Study – Energy...
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