https://www.energystoragemedia.com/ News and analysis on microgrids, energy storage, and distributed energy resources. en-us Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.energystoragemedia.com/sc-ameren-successfully-test-microgrid-100-renewables/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/sc-ameren-successfully-test-microgrid-100-renewables/ Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Smartgrid business S&C Electric Company and Illinois-based utility Ameren completed a "24-hour islanding test" earlier this month. https://www.energystoragemedia.com/vpps-derms-moving-toward-digital-grid-help-artificial-intelligence-transactive-energy/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/vpps-derms-moving-toward-digital-grid-help-artificial-intelligence-transactive-energy/ Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Distributed energy resources (DER): either you love them or you hate them. https://www.energystoragemedia.com/ameren-using-schneider-electrics-ecostruxture-software-integrate-ders-utility-scale-microgrid/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/ameren-using-schneider-electrics-ecostruxture-software-integrate-ders-utility-scale-microgrid/ Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000 The microgrid energy systems integration, control and management landscape is shifting amid efforts to open up and expand platforms and architectural… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/go-electric-deploy-1-7-million-advanced-battery-storage-microgrid-tooele-army-depot-utah/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/go-electric-deploy-1-7-million-advanced-battery-storage-microgrid-tooele-army-depot-utah/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Winning a $1.7 million contract awarded by Perini Management Services, Indiana’s Go Electric is to install a 1 megawatt (MW)/1 megawatt-hour (Mwh) advanced… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/new-tesla-gigafactory-permits-reveal-plans-build-microgrid-lab/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/new-tesla-gigafactory-permits-reveal-plans-build-microgrid-lab/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Tesla continues to invest heavily to realize its new distributed, clean energy vision, the centerpieces of which are its mammoth lithium-ion battery (LiB)… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/spains-tta-builds-five-247-solar-wind-minigrids-ghanas-lake-volta-islands/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/spains-tta-builds-five-247-solar-wind-minigrids-ghanas-lake-volta-islands/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Ghana is turning to the construction of solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power mini-grids in a bid to provide rural communities with modern, sustainable… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/hanscom-afb-teams-noresco-realize-94-million-guaranteed-energy-savings/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/hanscom-afb-teams-noresco-realize-94-million-guaranteed-energy-savings/ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 A new breed of digital, distributed energy services companies continues to gain confidence in their ability to boost energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/germanys-innogy-leaps-californias-ev-charging-market/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/germanys-innogy-leaps-californias-ev-charging-market/ Sun, 09 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Germany’s largest energy services company Innogy SE is setting up shop in California in a bid to grow its emerging line-up of EV/e-mobility technology and… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/remote-alaska-areas-seek-energy-solutions-microgrid-competition/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/remote-alaska-areas-seek-energy-solutions-microgrid-competition/ Fri, 07 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Remote Northern communities face many challenges, including high food, and fuel costs. https://www.energystoragemedia.com/new-jersey-pub-approves-13-town-center-microgrid-feasibility-studies/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/new-jersey-pub-approves-13-town-center-microgrid-feasibility-studies/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 New Jersey government officials on July 5 took a tour of Veolia’s Trenton Thermal Energy District Network, the proposed technology hub for a proposed… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/aggreko-acquires-advanced-battery-storage-smart-microgrid-systems-pioneer-younicos-52-million/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/aggreko-acquires-advanced-battery-storage-smart-microgrid-systems-pioneer-younicos-52-million/ Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 One of the world’s pioneering developers of advanced battery energy storage systems and smart microgrid developers, Germany’s Younicos on July 3 announced… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/iota-sets-stage-zero-cost-digital-energy-trading/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/iota-sets-stage-zero-cost-digital-energy-trading/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 A new record in the burgeoning, borderless “cryptocurrency” and blockchain marketplace was set last week when when the total traded value of digital tokens… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/btl-blockchain-energy-transaction-processing-platform-advances-go-production-phase/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/btl-blockchain-energy-transaction-processing-platform-advances-go-production-phase/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 What may well become the first industrial-strength blockchain-based, peer-to-peer (P2P) distributed energy transaction and ledger system is advancing. https://www.energystoragemedia.com/enel-green-power-commissions-worlds-first-highest-24x7-solar-hydrogen-lithium-energy-storage-microgrid/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/enel-green-power-commissions-worlds-first-highest-24x7-solar-hydrogen-lithium-energy-storage-microgrid/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Characterized by diverse geographic regions and climate zones, cities, towns and villages in Chile often are separated by difficult terrain and long… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/green-energy-fund-washington-advancing-microgrids/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/green-energy-fund-washington-advancing-microgrids/ Tue, 30 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 A total of $7 million in grants was given by the Washington State Department's Clean Energy Fund, as state utilities look to develop their microgrid programs. https://www.energystoragemedia.com/ameren-launches-utility-voltage-microgrid-serving-illinois-university/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/ameren-launches-utility-voltage-microgrid-serving-illinois-university/ Thu, 25 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Midwest utility powerhouse Ameren is attempting to turn a potential disruptor into a business opportunity at their Technology Application Center (TAC)… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/australias-sunshine-state-issues-solar-rooftop-public-housing-tenders/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/australias-sunshine-state-issues-solar-rooftop-public-housing-tenders/ Thu, 25 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Winter may be arriving, but solar energy and energy storage have been heating up even further in Australia since March when Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/microgrids-without-subsidy-check-ci-market/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/microgrids-without-subsidy-check-ci-market/ Fri, 19 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Microgrids often need some form of policy support. This is especially so for microgrids that are deployed for a public purpose, such as community resilience. https://www.energystoragemedia.com/billion-dollar-benefits-seen-via-tandem-use-energy-blockchain-internet-things-tech/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/billion-dollar-benefits-seen-via-tandem-use-energy-blockchain-internet-things-tech/ Tue, 16 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Nearly everywhere you turn, from banking and financial markets to commodities, logistics and retailing, it seems leading corporations are involved in one… https://www.energystoragemedia.com/multiple-billion-dollar-rewards-blockchain-energy-networks-can-live-hype/ https://www.energystoragemedia.com/multiple-billion-dollar-rewards-blockchain-energy-networks-can-live-hype/ Sun, 14 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Vancouver-based blockchain systems development pioneer BTL Group published its first white paper online May 12, touting how use of automated, cyber-secure…