Microgrid News
Global Microgrid Market to Grow 21%, Exceed $35B by 2020
Analysts at Transparency Market Research forecast the global microgrid market will expand at a 20.7 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2014 and 2020. Pegging the value of the market at $9.8 billion in 2013, the market research provider…
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Eugene Water & Electric Board Set to Test Solar-Storage Microgrids
Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) has launched a two-year, $1 million project that entails using solar panels, advanced battery and smart grid technology to test the capacity of microgrids to supply electrical power for critical infrastructure and public emergency/disaster…
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03/15 – 03/16, 2016 || Defence Renewables Summit || Arlington, VA
MEETING THE DOD'S 20% RENEWABLES GOAL & SECURING THE NATION'S CRITICAL CYBER & ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES Register The Department of Defense (DoD) is making great strides towards its goals of meeting at least 20% of…
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5 Unstoppable Drivers Of Microgrid Growth in 2016
You may not be surprised that we are bullish on microgrids, but we are unaware of an argument against significant microgrid growth in the coming years. By definition, microgrids are small and versatile, allowing them to quickly take advantage of…
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VEIC Poised to Launch Sun Shares Community Solar Program
Vermont was one of the first U.S. states to enact virtual net metering (VNM), adding to its reputation as a clean energy leader. State and local energy reforms such as enacting VNM are essential if the U.S. is to succeed…
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Microgrid System Laboratory Partners To Include NREL, DOE, Clean Coalition, Duke Energy and others
Most existing microgrids are inefficient, poorly optimized, and overwhelmingly diesel-powered. The newly formed Microgrid System Laboratory in Santa Fe, New Mexico is hoping to change that. It will be a "fully-integrated innovation center for decentralized energy systems," focusing on microgrid…
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U.K.'s First C&I Automated Demand Response Program Launched by Honeywell, Pearlstone
The advent of automated demand response (ADR) technology is enabling owners of commercial and industrial (C&I) facilities to earn revenues and reduce their energy bills by helping distribution utilities enhance grid operations and management. Given the scale of distribution utility…
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Paris Climate Agreement Aftermath – How climate finance can support development and climate objectives through renewable microgrids
The Paris climate negotiations have exceeded most expectations, concluding in an ambitious global agreement on limiting carbon emissions to restrain the impacts climate change. The agreement has several important aspects including a commitment from developed countries to a significant sum…
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Community Solar to Benefit From Process, Platform Standardization
With the potential to provide access to emissions-free electricity for the nearly half of the American population unable to host a rooftop solar PV system, Community Solar is on the rise in the United States. A variation on the theme…
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20x Growth Forecast in Remote Microgrid and Nanogrid Market
Microgrids are on the verge of an expansion that extends their use to a broader range of uses and end users worldwide. At this early stage of market evolution microgrid deployments are most numerous and growing fastest at remote sites…
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ComEd To Build New Rockford Microgrid; Reduce Extreme Weather Security Risks
ComEd recently announced plans for a new microgrid at Chicago Rockford International Airport, which will create between 300-400 jobs, and cost between $30-$40 million. It’s a part of ComEd’s plan of providing resilient energy services in the face of future…
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Navigant Works with 12 Microgrid Project Sponsors to Define the Market, Develop Strategies
Rapidly declining costs and performance improvements, along with supportive energy and power market policy and regulatory changes, continues to fuel strong growth in distributed renewable energy investment and installations and, more recently, stationary battery storage systems. Bringing together and integrating…
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Community Microgrid Models Emerge
Affordable energy storage and an uptick in personal wealth are creating new business opportunities for community microgrid developers, according to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The global increase in personal wealth may come as a surprise to…
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Energy Storage Deployments Double Year over Year
The latest market data from the Energy Storage Association and GTM Research confirms that U.S. deployment of advanced energy storage systems is growing fast. Some 60.3 MW/53.1 Mwh of energy storage capacity was installed across the nation in this year's…
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Google, Duke Join in Sourcing Data Center Power from New NC Solar Facility
Data Centers are among the largest and fastest growing consumers of electricity in the United States. According to NDRC, data centers are one of the "key drivers in the construction of new power plants." In 2013, US data centers…
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Over 1400/13GW of Microgrid Deployments Tracked in Over 100 Countries
The global number of microgrid deployments is on the rise as governments, communities, corporations, utilities and others seek to enhance energy efficiency, security and grid resiliency, as well as add emissions-free renewable energy and energy storage capacity. There were 1,437…
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Transmission Charges Penalize Local Clean Power in California
Transmission Access Charges (TAC) are fees designed to pay for the state’s transmission system, operations and maintenance, amortization of capital, and return-on-equity. TAC add about $0.03 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to the levelized cost of energy…
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Brazil's Microgrid Potential
Brazil, the home of samba, soccer, and beaches is on the verge of being a clean energy power. Microgrids can play a part in enhancing this role, helping to flourish renewable energy in Latin America's largest country. Globally, the microgrid…
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Maryland Community Solar Moves Forward In Wake of Nationwide White House Initiative
Representatives from solar energy organizations gathered at the White House for the National Community Solar Summit November 17. At the end of the day, White House officials announced that 68 cities, states and businesses would join to promote community solar…
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Netherlands Sustainable Energy Producer is Building The Industry's First Software-Defined Power Plant
Scaling up from community and campus microgrids, leading edge power producers and utilities are helping advance the clean energy transition by making use of pioneering distributed power and energy resource management systems. To wit: Redwood, California-based AutoGrid on November 11…
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