Energy Efficiency
Hanscom AFB Teams with Noresco to Realize $94 Million in Guaranteed Energy Savings
Hanscom AFB is slated to realize $94 million on a $46 million investment in the guaranteed energy savings performance contract with Noresco, the cornerstone of which will be a 4.6MW co-generation plant.
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Aggreko Acquires Advanced Battery Storage-Smart Microgrid Systems Pioneer Younicos for $52 Million
Aggreko and Younicos' chief executives waxed optimistic regarding the all-cash, GBP40 million acquisition and merger despite expectations Younicos will continue to lose money over the near term.
Read more →Enel Green Power Commissions World’s First, and Highest, 24x7 Solar-Hydrogen-Lithium Energy Storage Microgrid
The 24x7 solar-plus-storage microgrid now up and running at the Cerro Pabellon geothermal power plant in Chile's high and dry (very, very dry) Antofagasta region marks a distributed clean energy milestone for Enel Green Power, Chile's energy transition and more.
Read more →Demand Energy Breaks Ground on Groundbreaking Solar-Storage Microgrid in New York City
The Marcus Garvey Village community microgrid marks several New York grid power firsts, including the first instance of "behind the meter" solar PV plus energy storage being incorporated in Con Edison's Brooklyn-Queens Neighborhood demand management program.
Read more →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 →Solar Crowdfunding Non-Profit Wins DOE-SunShot "Solar in Your Community" Seed Funding
Innovative non-profit, community solar-focused RE-volv will use an initial $100,000 seed grant to further develop its plans to install solar PV systems for 10 local non-profits and take another step towards winning a $100,000 "Solar in Your Community" grand prize.
Read more →20-Plus Million Bangladeshis Now Have Access to Clean, Affordable Home Solar
Driven primarily by rapid deployment of small-scale, off-grid home solar PV-energy storage systems, access to electricity in Bangladesh has risen from 47% to 80% since 2009.
Read more →Modular Aeroponic Farms Open Door to Clean Energy Urban Agriculture
Growers in in Salamanca, New York are using geothermal energy to heat an IFOA aeroponic warehouse farm to produce fruits and vegetables year round, including strawberries.
Read more →The First Global Energy Startup Accelerator, Free Electrons, Gets Buy-in From Major Utilities
Free Electrons, the world's first global energy accelerator connects startups and utilities to reach breakthroughs faster. The consortium will recruit energy startups to drive the next generation of ideas in clean energy, energy efficiency, e-mobility, digitization, and on-demand customer services.…
Read more →Biggest Drivers Of US Electric Grid Transformation According to DOE
According to the 2nd Quadrennial Energy Review , here the key trends shaping the electricity sector today. It also reads as a list of opportunities for microgrids. Increasing Importance of “Internet of Things” (IoT) and Digitization. IoT is “sensors and…
Read more →An Off-Grid Vision for 2025 With Solar, Storage, Efficiency, and Autonomous EVs
The year is 2025 and like most of your neighbors, your house is not connected to the electric grid. During the summer, it is almost completely powered by the solar panels on your roof, which look like traditional roofing shingles…
Read more →World's First Open Microgrid Lets Commercial Zones Co-Invest and Optimize Energy Resources
Two new pilot projects, dubbed 'E-Cloud' seek to develop and optimize open microgrids in Belgium's industrial zones. E-cloud is funded by the local Wallonia government. The "eco-zoning" will allow different companies in the same commercial park to invest together into…
Read more →Off-Grid Solar Start-ups Pierce the ¨Heart of Darkness¨
Expanding in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, an innovative off-grid solar energy start-up conceived at Colorado State University aims to leverage mobile micropayments to deliver low and zero-emissions electricity to residents of remote communities in Peru's Amazon.
Read more →January 18-19th - ACI's 5th National Microgrids Conference - Somona, California
[wpsm_button color="orange" size="medium" link=" http://www.wplgroup.com/aci/event/5th-national-microgrids-conference/ " icon="none" class="" target="_blank"]Archived: See Upcoming Events Here[/wpsm_button] KEY TOPICS Deploying Microgrids for achieving strategic energy objectives, such as developing storage capacity and increasing energy efficiency Integrating renewable energy sources with Microgrids Innovative solutions to…
Read more →LO3 Energy Takes Blockchain Microgrid Energy Trading Platform Down Under
Brooklyn, NY-based LO3 Energy is leveraging initial demo installations in the U.S. in a bid to expand globally. Management on Nov. 3 announced it has established itself in Byron Bay, Australia where it is in discussions with local energy market players to build demo installations and pilot P2P energy trading platforms based on Ethereum smart contracts and blockchain RDBMS technology.
Read more →Microgrid Controller Competition Announced By NREL
The Microgrid Controller Innovation Challenge is one of four initiatives launched under the U.S. Department of Energy-Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's new $2.5 million Lab-Bridge program.
Read more →Tabuchi America Joins Electric & Gas Industries Association to Launch ¨Solar Plus Storage¨ Loan Program
The US subsidiary of one of the world's largest solar inverter manufacturers, Tabuchi has partnered with energy efficiency and renewable energy advocacy EGIA to launch the $300 million GEOSmart SolPower residential solar-plus-storage financing program, the largest of its kind to date.
Read more →Scaling up Microgrids in India: Connecting the dots
The Prime Minister of India has been saying that electricity will be brought to all villages by 2018 with power available 24x7 to all households by the year 2019. The task, however, appears easier said than done as currently, more…
Read more →July 12-13th | Alexandria, VA | Military Mobile Power Summit by Defense Strategies Institute
The 4 th Annual Military Mobile Power Summit will focus on the efforts to advance military mobile power and energy capabilities. It will discuss the methods that have been, or will be put into place in order to meet evolving…
Read more →California Energy Commission Taking Steps To Commercialize Microgrids In State
The California Energy Commission is hosting a workshop to begin developing a roadmap to help commercialize microgrids in California Wednesday, May 24 at 1:30 p.m. (Pacific time). The workshop will introduce a proposed work scope and describe the process for…
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