Illinois
S&C, Ameren Successfully Test Microgrid with 100% Renewables
Smartgrid business S&C Electric Company and Illinois-based utility Ameren completed a "24-hour islanding test" earlier this month. According to Energy Storage News , the test deployed 100% renewables for a day and showed how a microgrid could move fluidly to…
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Ameren Using Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Software to Integrate DERs into Utility-Scale Microgrid
Ameren is using Schneider's EcoStruxture Microgrid Advisor to integrate natural gas, solar, wind and battery energy storage capacity to the utility-scale hybrid microgrid it unveiled adjacent to the University of Illinois campus in Champaign this past May.
Read more →ComEd Charts Course to Clean Energy Future with Chicago Solar Microgrid
Commonwealth Edison will use a $4 million grant from the new DOE SunShot Initiative SHINES (Sustainable and Holistic Integration of Energy Storage and Solar PV) program in building a solar-powered microgrid in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, management announced January 20 .…
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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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Chicago's 'Jake and Elwood' Utility-Scale Energy Storage Centers Near Completion
Invoking memories of, as well as memorializing Chicago blues, John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd's performances in the still-popular musical comedy ¨The Blues Brothers,¨ Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas announced that construction of the Chicago-area Jake Energy Storage and Elwood Energy…
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