Microgrid News
Schneider Electric Unveils Hybrid Microgrid at its Boston One Campus
Incoporating natural gas, solar PV, energy storage and a new suite of advanced microgrid controls and cloud analytics, the hybrid microgrid at Schneider Electric's Boston One Campus will serve as an innovation hub and demonstration center, as well as enhance energy efficiency, security, reliability and resilience.
Read more →Facebook, Microsoft Join in Launch of Sustainable Microgrid Investment Accelerator
Facebook and Microsoft are joining the growing ranks of leading high-tech industry players aiming to expand sustainable energy access and renewable energy microgrid deployment across the developing world. Partnering with clean energy venture capital specialists at Allotrope Partners, the high-tech industry leaders aim to raise $50 million from 2018-2020 to expand sustainable energy access in East Africa, India and Indonesia.
Read more →EnerDel Sees Bright Prospects for Utility, as well as Military Hybrid Microgrids, Mobile Power Conversion
With a USAF-Univ. Dayton Research Institute project wrapping up, EnerDel sees prospects for its mobile and stationary hybrid microgrid technology improving in both the commercial and military sectors.
Read more →Solar-Storage Microgrids Coming to Remote WA Aboriginal Communities
A solar-storage microgrid project undertaken by Energy Made Clean and Eastern Guruma Corp. will bring more reliable, efficient and affordable emissions-free power to two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia's Fitzroy Valley.
Read more →Episcopalian, Methodist Churches Plow $60MM into Developing World Off-Grid Solar
The Church Pension Fund and Wespath Benefits and Investments have invested $60 million ($30 million each) in Developing World Markets’ (DWM) landmark $60.8 million ORCA (Off-grid Renewables-Climate Action) note.
Read more →World’s First Open Distributed Electricity Marketplace Set for June Launch
Funded by the Australia Renewable Energy Agency, Greensync and project partners say they'll launch the first "deX" pilots in ACT and Victoria this June.
Read more →Haiti Solar Micro-Utility Amps Up, 20x Expansion in Customer Base on Tap
The first to be awarded funding from ElectriFi, pioneering renewable energy micro-utiliy Sigora International aims to expand the customer base of its pilot, community solar microgrid from 5,000 to 136,000 (27,000 accounts).
Read more →Hybridized Maldives Microgrid Exceeds Expectations, Diesel Cuts 50 Percent Greater than Projected
Two hybridized solar PV-energy storage microgrids commissioned by Electro Power Systems (EPS) are up and running in the Maldives, part and parcel of efforts to reduce local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and environmental degradation, raise global climate change awareness and forestall the day when sea level rise forces residents to emigrate.
Read more →Energy Access Investment Forum - Lisbon - March 22-23
The Alliance for Rural Electrification, in partnership with Energias de Portugal (EDP) and the African-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Program (RECP), has the pleasure to invite you to the ARE Energy Access Investment Forum in Lisbon, Portugal on 22-23 March 2017.…
Read more →Denver Solar-Storage Microgrid to Deliver Multiple Service Streams, Benefits Today
Project partners Panasonic, Xcel Energy and Younicos lay out the stream of benefits expected from Peña Station NEXT, a 382-acre, sustainabie transit-oriented “multi-stakeholder ‘portfolio microgrid’ under construction adjacent to Denver International Airport (DEN).
Read more →St Helena Island Seeking Proposals For Renewable Energy and Storage
The Government of St. Helena on 23 January 2017 announced a request for proposals and bid applications from energy service and technology providers. The request is open until 17 February 2017, and the contract is anticipated to last from 03…
Read more →Microgrids & Distributed Generation for Public & Private Sectors Coming To Boston March 1-3
Empowering Grid Transformation, Calculating Economic and Financial Reform and Incorporating Technology to Ensure Safe, Sustainable, and Reliable Power [wpsm_button color="orange" size="big" link="http://bit.ly/2kjyeR0" icon="none" class="" target="_blank"]Event Page[/wpsm_button] 1-3 Mar 2017 Boston, MA, United States of America [wpsm_titlebox title="Conference Workshop" style="3"] Director…
Read more →Blockchain Hackathon Success Spurs Launch of New P2P Energy Trading Platform, Startup
Success at Energy Academy Europe's "Hackenergy 2016," subsequent "hackathon" experiences and positive response from sponsors and industry insiders has led to the creation of a working prototype P2P distributed solar/energy trading/transaction platform and blockchain "green" energy startup.
Read more →Solarplaza Shines Light on Blockchain Green Energy Prospects
Amidst growing experimentation, a mix of factors leads energy industry pros to believe Africa has is fertile ground for applying blockchain in the power-energy sectors.
Read more →Nigeria Bank of Industry Pumps Up Mobile Pay-Go, Solar Microgrid Financing
A solar energy revolution is building momentum in Nigeria as BoI joins with multilateral development agencies, wirless network operators, local entrepreneurs and rural residents to roll out solar home energy services.
Read more →Solar PV, Renewable Microgrids Stand Out in 2017 IRENA/ADFD Joint Facility Awards
Four renewable energy projects in Africa and the Pacific region will receive $44.5 million in IRENA-ADFD Joint Facility loans that come with low interest rates and other favorable terms developers would not be able to qualify for otherwise.
Read more →Bringing A Solar, Wind, Energy Storage, and EV Charging Microgrid To An Off-Grid UK Gas Station
A Case Study from CPSL-Group's Marc Stanton on powering an off-grid motorway gasoline refuelling station in the UK. When we were introduced to this site, the power was being generated entirely by 2 diesel powered generators. There is no mains…
Read more →D.light Raises Another $10.5MM as Kenya Launches $150MM Mobile Pay-Go Solar Plan
A mix of equity and grant funding, the capital infusion brings the total amount d.light has raised over the past four months to more than $40 million, highlighting growing investor confidence in mobile pay-go solar as an effective means of sustainable socioeconomic development..
Read more →South Carolina Marine Corps Microgrid To Be Built By Ameresco
Ameresco, Inc. , a leading energy efficiency and energy infrastructure company, announced it has been awarded the contract to build a 10 MW campus microgrid of new onsite generation and a battery energy storage system at Marine Corps Recruit Depot…
Read more →Self-Driving Batteries, Virtual Microgrids, and Other Uber-like Future Energy Models
This new slideshare from Professor Damien Ernst describes microgrids, V2G (Vehicle To Grid), autonomous vehicle energy delivery, and other futuristic models for the electrical industry. With seemingly daily announcement from car and technology companies, these models are much closer than…
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