Microgrids
Microgrids in Africa: Perspectives From WorldWatch Institute and Navigant Research
This article was written by D.A. Barber for AFKInsider. It is being reposted with permission. With Africa’s push for rural electrification, microgrids — especially those that use renewable energy…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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NY Prize Feasibility Studies Under Way in 10 Communities
The NY Prize program is heating up in New York, as a variety of factors are putting pressure on and raising the risks and costs of producing, distributing and using energy. Fostered by new clean energy policies, regulations and programs…
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There are 83 microgrid projects being evaluated in New York
New York is the most active and innovative market for microgrid projects, driven largely by the need for resiliency after Superstorm Sandy. New York has the oldest electric grid in the United States, says James Gallagher of the New…
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Community Microgrids are the bridge to a modern grid
The Clean Coalition shows how adopting community microgrids can provide a pathway to a clean, resilient, and less expensive energy system. The electric grid was not designed to utilize distributed energy resources (DERs), which can include solar panels, wind turbines,…
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A Glimpse Into Future Microgrid Communities at Solar Decathlon
The Solar Decathlon, organized by the US Department of Energy is showcasing a new generation of homes designed to minimize energy consumption and maximize renewable as well as passive energy potential. The designs could play a significant role in…
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The 10 Microgrid Value Streams
Keeping the lights on during a power outage is usually the selling point of a microgrid. But a new report by Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) breaks down the 13 value streams that battery storage can provide, and at least ten…
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How The Developing World Is Reinventing The Grid
A Fresh Start The way we interact with energy is fundamentally changing. The core business model of utilities is clashing with global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adopt new technologies, and become energy independent. While massive…
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Working With Nature to Reach 100% Renewable Energy with Elemental Water Makers
EDITOR'S NOTE Let's admit it, fossil fuels have made us lazy. What we used to accomplish with biomimicry and working with nature we now just burn more fossil fuels. Today we depend on coal and gas for everything from…
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Grid Will Not Survive Inevitable Geomagnetic Storm or EMP Attack
An EMP, or electromagnetic pulse, bringing down the entire electric grid sounds like science fiction, and you may have heard about it from your prepper neighbor wearing a tin foil hat. And if you've never heard of an EMP, you're…
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The Microgrid Frontline Series -- Tanzania
Habari gani!! Welcome to the Microgrid Frontline Series from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. My name is Ally Mwanja, together with my teammate Petro Mwamlima and Frank Prosperous we are working to bring solar microgrids to my country where over 70%…
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Will Community Microgrids and Community Solar Join Forces?
Community Solar Gardens, or CSGs are positioned to drive the next wave of growth for the solar industry. Until recently, investing in solar energy to offset personal energy consumption was reserved for homeowners with adequate south-facing roof space…
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What is a Microgrid? There's More Than One Microgrid Definition
Editor's note (2026): The definitions gathered here still hold, but the market around them has scaled dramatically since this piece was first published. Wood Mackenzie's US Microgrid Outlook 2026 now tracks 5,338 U.S. microgrid projects that are operational, under construction, planned or stalled…
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