National Laboratories
Public-Private Partnership Results in Low-Carbon Community Microgrid for Blue Lake Rancheria Native American Tribe
Joining with the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe, Siemens, REC Solar, Tesla, the Idaho National Laboratory and Humboldt State Uiversity launched a solar PV-battery energy storage community microgrid in northern California.
Read more →DOE Announces Grid Modernization R&D Projects, Partners, and Funding
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced it will fund up to $220 million of R&D projects to modernize America's aging power grid infrastructure over the next three years. Accompanying this, DOE released its ¨Grid Modernization Multi-Year Program Plan¨ (MYPP), a…
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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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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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