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Advancements Taking Microgrids to a Whole New Level
S&C Electric’s Chris Evanich explores how recent advancements in the industry are fueling progress, and covers the benefits and advantages of advanced microgrids. Chris Evanich, manager of...
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Montgomery County Microgrids Now Live and Leading
The concept of the no-money down microgrid gained significant footing this week with the kickoff in Maryland of two Montgomery County microgrids. The county government went live with a microgrid at its...
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Distribution Feeder Microgrids Get a Closer Look with a $20M Grant
Distribution feeder microgrids are about to get a closer look thanks to a $20 million grant the National Science Foundation awarded to a consortium of research institutions. By wan wei/Shutterstock The...
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Utilities See Future Profits in Microgrids: Survey
Utilities see microgrids and related technologies as future revenue opportunities to help counter dampened profits from their traditional services, according to a new study from Accenture. By...
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US Utility Invests in Kilowatt Labs to Boost Service with Microgrids
Until December 2017, Kilowatt Labs was still a startup company, developing supercapacitor-based energy storage and an energy server that’s designed to manage distributed energy. Omer Ghani of Kilowatt...
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SDGE Plans to Release an RFP Seeking a Microgrid Controller
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) plans to release a request for proposals (RFP) next month seeking a microgrid controller to help it manage energy storage and renewable energy. By...
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Orange & Rockland Issues RFP for 17-MW Microgrid as a Non-wires Alternative...
New York utility Orange & Rockland has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a microgrid of up to 17 MW to serve as a non-wires alternative to a substation upgrade in Orange County....
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Utility Microgrids Poised to Dramatically Change Energy Landscape
Developments in technology, shifting markets, and the rise of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as solar, are working to change the traditional way of doing business for utilities and beyond....
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Three Paths Ahead as Utility Microgrids Reach Inflexion Point: Navigant
Utility microgrids are at an inflexion point, according to a new report from Navigant Research. Duke Energy and Schneider Electric partnered to develop a microgrid at a public safety facility in...
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Storage is the Boss for Utility-Scale Microgrid Yielding 70% Renewables
A utility-scale microgrid that uses energy storage has slashed the use of diesel fuel and allowed for up to 70 percent renewables to serve a Portuguese Island, Graciosa. Gracio project. Photo courtesy...
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California’s Changing Utility Rate Schedules Create an Opportunity for Energy...
Terry Holtz, manager, technical sales at Enel X, offers insight on how California’s changing utility rate schedules and distributed energy storage landscape are creating opportunities for energy...
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Duke Energy and Orlando Discussing Microgrid at Wastewater Treatment Plant
Duke Energy Florida and the City of Orlando are discussing building a solar-plus-storage microgrid that would disconnect from the utility grid in the event of outages and provide power to the city’s...
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Counting Microgrids, Southeast Asia Investment & Valuing DERs
How many microgrids are there exactly? Navigant Research continues to doggedly track down just how many microgrids there are worldwide, recently bringing its database up to 2,258 projects. Photo by...
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Puerto Rico’s Utility Calls for Making the Island into Eight Minigrids
Puerto Rico’s utility is calling for segmenting the island’s electrical grid into eight minigrids, myriad microgrids and installing more energy storage than is now in all 50 US states. Post hurricane...
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North Carolina Regulators Cancel Hearing, Moving Duke Microgrid Closer to...
Duke Energy’s planned Hot Springs microgrid in western North Carolina moved closer to fruition earlier this week when state regulators canceled an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Feb. 25. Hot...
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Horizon Power Chooses Senec to Supply Energy Storage for Onslow Microgrid
Sophie Gale of Australia’s One Step Off the Grid provides the latest update on the Onslow microgrid planned by Horizon Power in Western Australia. Western Australia regional utility Horizon Power has...
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Consumers Energy Plans Smart Energy District To Attract New Business
Communities across America are trying to reinvent themselves — to become 21st Century models where businesses will locate and younger people will want to live. And one such idea is the “smart city,”...
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Washington State Public Utility Installs Solar as Part of $12M Microgrid
Washington State is getting greener now that the Snohomish County Public Utility District is building a microgrid powered by a 500-kW solar array, which will use lithium-ion battery storage and provide...
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S&C Integrates 30-year-old Texas Diesel Generation Equipment with Advanced...
S&C Electric recently addressed a series of challenges to help provide microgrid engineering support for a project in Lancaster, Texas. Oncor, a Texas transmission and distribution service...
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Alexa, Please Turn the Power Back on. Alexa? Alexa?
We worry about the big calamities like hurricanes and cyberattacks that cause long power outages. But let’s face it, for most of us momentary outages are more likely to disrupt our daily lives. Mike...
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