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Bronzeville Microgrid Moving Forward without Legislation
The Bronzeville microgrid is still on, reports Kari Lydersen of Midwest Energy News, as Commonwealth Edison pursues a new funding strategy. Of the many provisions of the massive energy bill signed by...
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Australia’s Growing Microgrid Market Brings Together Powerhouse Team
A new joint venture signals rapid transformation of Australia’s microgrid market. Sophie Vorrath, of One Step Off the Grid, explains. Australia’s budding – and potentially massive – microgrid market is...
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How the Microgrid Industry Changed in 2016: A Ben & Jerry’s Year
Consider 2016 a Ben & Jerry’s year for the microgrid industry. Microgrids expanded, not just in number, but in flavor. Plain vanilla microgrids gave way to a range of new kinds: virtual...
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Modular Microgrids: Are They the Future, Will They Liberate Microgrids?
Modular microgrids are on their way in. In fact, they boast so many benefits they could liberate microgrids. And why exactly do microgrids need to be liberated? It’s all spelled out in a Navigant...
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Vulnerable Oregon Coast Studied for Resiliency through Microgrids
The Oregon coast could see increased resiliency through microgrids, given that it’s expected to be the site of a devastating earthquake in the future. Salem Smart Power Center What’s more, the area...
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Three Microgrid Business Models Emerge from Evolving Market
Not one, but three microgrid business models are emerging as more players enter the market and use microgrids to help realize the grid of the future. That’s the underlying message of a report issued...
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How the World Defines Microgrids and Why You are Confused
Microgrid, mini-grid, picogrid… All this tiny terminology can add up to some big confusion. Even the industry itself defines microgrids in different ways. Microgrids, mini-grids and picogrids have some...
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ABB Microgrid to be Built in Anchorage with Two Forms of Energy Storage
Alaska, the state with the largest number of microgrids, is about to get more clean and reliable power thanks to an ABB microgrid being developed in Anchorage. The ABB microgrid is designed to test...
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What, No Opposition? The Latest on Duke’s Unusual Mount Sterling Microgrid
You won’t see this often. North Carolina regulators have canceled a hearing on an energy project – Duke Energy’s Mount Sterling microgrid – because no one had anything bad to say about it. Energy...
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A Gas Turbine Microgrid Offers a Prescription for Sustainable Energy
A gas turbine microgrid at a Texas hospital benefits the larger community, thanks to a utility/customer partnership, as we explain in this excerpt from Gas Turbine Microgrids: Reliability and...
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Gas Turbine Microgrids: What’s Next as They Become Smarter?
Gas turbine microgrids are getting smarter, offering new services, and gaining new customers, as we explain in this excerpt from Gas Turbine Microgrids: Reliability and Sustainability through...
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How PEER Tests Microgrid Value and Shows if Your Smart City is Really Smart
Another monster, grid-threatening storm is bearing down on the U.S. Northeast this week. If widespread electricity failures occur, analysts will once again try to figure out what power outages cost the...
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Gas Turbine Microgrids on Two Continents: Mirror Images of Reliability
Gas turbine microgrids in Alaska and Australia offer mirror images of microgrid capabilities, as we explain in this excerpt from Gas Turbine Microgrids: Reliability and Sustainability through...
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CPS Energy’s Microgrid is the Start of Big Plans for the Utility
CPS Energy’s microgrid, its first, is small. But don’t let that fool you. The San Antonio, Texas utility is thinking big. Located at the library of a military base, the microgrid is acting as a...
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The Microgrid Revolution: What Business Models Will Prevail on the New Grid?
Mahesh Bhave offers a glimpse of future business models for the electric grid in edited excerpts from his book, The Microgrid Revolution: Business Strategies for Next Generation Electricity, Praeger,...
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Younicos Solar Plus Storage Microgrid Installed at Denver’s Panasonic Hub
Panasonic’s new operations hub in Denver has a brand new microgrid. Announced at the Energy Storage Association’s 27th Annual Conference, Younicos – in partnership with Panasonic and Xcel Energy – has...
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A Tale of Two Power Outages: A Guide for Utilities to Do More With Less Using...
In this week’s Industry Perspectives, Sally Jacquemin, Software Solutions Manager, Siemens Digital Grid, shares a ‘tale of two power outages,’ and explains how utilities can do more with less using an...
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Utility Microgrids Win $7M from Washington State Clean Energy Fund
Two utility microgrids – one under development by Avista and the other by the Snohomish County Public Utility District (SnoPUD) – yesterday received $3.5 million each from the state Clean Energy Fund....
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Research Microgrid in Alabama Neighborhood an IQ Test for Smart Systems
A new residential neighborhood in Alabama will feature a research microgrid that aims to help Alabama Power better understand the benefits and appeal of smart systems, including microgrids and...
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Ameren Microgrid Goes Live as First in Utility Cybersecurity
The Ameren Microgrid, a complex cybersecure microgrid, is now live and operating adjacent to the University of Illinois in Champaign. Ameren micogrid in Champaign, Illinois Developed by Ameren...
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