What is a Milligrid? How do they differ from Microgrids?
According to Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and the Department of Energy, a Milligrid is a type of microgrid that involves a segment of the legacy regulated utility grid. This differs from a true microgrid, which are wholly on one site…
Read more →These Electric Motorcycles Come Inside Their Own Nanogrid
Current Motor's new Mini-fleet-in-a-Box consists of four of their Nb electric cargo motorcycles inside a solar charging station that resembles a shipping container. The container opens 2.4 kW of solar panels to the sky. Four Nb Electric Cargo Motorcycles can…
Read more →Bipartisan Microgrid Support Helps Push Energy Bill Forward
At 85-12, the senate has passed the first energy bill since 2007 with overwhelming bi-partisan support. It's a historic $37.5 billion energy and water bill that could shape the energy transition in the United States in a more directed, thoughtful…
Read more →Connecting the Dots Along the Emerging Energy Internet of Things
One 12 recently funded ARPA-E microgrid projects is taking place in Lubbock, Texas, where DNV GL, Group NIRE and GELI will develop and operate an ¨Internet of Energy¨ (IoEn) platform that integrates management of as many as 100 distributed energy resources (DERs).
Read more →NY Prize Pushing Community Microgrids Beyond Feasibility Studies
NYSERDA is now accepting applications for detailed designing, engineering, and business plans for microgrids in the state of New York. The RFP is the second stage of the NY Prize , which made $40 million in state funds available to…
Read more →June 15th, 2016 | St. Paul, MN | Always Ready: Using solar and storage to enhance community preparedness
Fresh Energy is hosting a policy and practical discussion on how solar combined with energy storage can enhance community preparedness in the Midwest. Communities and organizations across the country, including Minnesota’s own Camp Ripley National Guard site, are creating models…
Read more →Decentralized Renewable Hybrid Mini-Grids for Sustainable Electrification of the Off-Grid Coastal Areas of Bangladesh
[wpsm_titlebox title="" style="3"] By Majbaul Alam and Subhes Bhattacharyya Academic Editor: Josep M. Guerrero Journal: Energies Received: 23 November 2015 / Accepted: 21 March 2016 / Published: 6 April 2016 [/wpsm_titlebox] The energy poor, at the bottom of the economic…
Read more →Autonomous Electric Vehicles: The Real Monopoly Utility Killer
The bulk power system we've relied on for the last century is remarkably inefficient. Due to waste heat and transmission losses, less than 30% of energy inputs in thermal power plants actually make it to residential electric meters. Distributed energy…
Read more →Brooklyn Startup Broadens Solar Power Access with P2P Energy Exchange
Back in the 1990s the advent of peer-to-peer (P2P) computing sites such as Napster turned reproduction and distribution of music, then TV programs and films, upside down and inside out. A small Brooklyn startup is now looking to do the…
Read more →Mobile Phone Adoption In Africa Can Provide Tools, Demand, and Lessons for Off-Grid Electrification
Hundreds of millions of phones ( a nd smartphones ) have been activated in Africa . But the aspiration of portable and renewable off-Grid solutions for all households still appears far-fetched . In countries like Nigeria, many urban household s…
Read more →How Distributed Microgrids Limit The Need For Spinning Reserves
The best way to ensure reliability on the electric grid is to assume everything will eventually fail, and be prepared with backup systems. Redundancy is essential for building resilient systems in both engineering and nature. It is one reason why…
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World’s Largest Frequency Regulation Battery Energy Storage System Installed in South Korea
Advantageous performance characteristics, declining costs and power market regulatory reform are fueling deployment of utility-scale battery-based energy storage systems (BESS), particularly to provide so-called ancillary services. Of these, frequency regulation – synchronizing AC frequencies across generation assets – is the…
Read more →Solar Kiosk Turns a Sleepy Kenyan Village Into An Urban Center
After decades of failed initiatives to extend electricity access, over 600 million people in Africa still do not have access to electricity . With current trends, it will take until 2080 for everyone in Africa to have access to electricity.…
Read more →Cheaper, Cleaner, Stronger: Pew Charitable Trust On Microgrids' Growing Role in Grid Evolution
Microgrids were a focal point at this year's ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit , which took place in Washington, D.C. February 29 – March 2. During the energy industry event, Pew Charitable Trust's Clean Energy Initiative presented new market research highlighting…
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Intelligent Energy Storage Systems Benefit From Declining Manufacturing Costs and Energy Market Reforms
Intelligent energy storage equipment and systems are poised to make greater inroads into power markets in the U.S. and around the world as manufacturing costs continue to decline and energy market reforms proceed, according to a new report from Navigant…
Read more →HOMER Energy Partners With Microgrid Systems Laboratory
A leading microgrid modeling software company, HOMER Energy has announced a partnership with the Microgrid Systems Lab. The partnership will promote "the use of microgrids to improve electricity delivery and sustainability as well as to work together on educational programs…
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Panasonic Now Offers Integrated Distributed Energy Resource Management - as a service
Panasonic is building on its lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery-based energy storage business line and getting more deeply involved in the distributed energy resource (DER) and smart grid management market spaces. Panasonic Eco Solutions unveiled Green Tower – billed as a comprehensive…
Read more →Africa And The Policy Push For Mini-Grid Growth
In Africa’s quest for power sufficiency, there is a vehicle, a driver and the passengers. With the private sector/investor’s interest being the driver, governments & policies, the “vehicle” must be optimized. African governments (through policies) are the most potent vehicle…
Read more →"It's Like The Early Days of the Internet," Blockchain-based Brooklyn Microgrid Tests P2P Energy Trading
[wpsm_quote author="Scott Clavenna - CEO of Greentech Media on Blockchain" float="left" width="30"]“When the internet was first introduced, it was hard to conceive of the drastic impact it would have on the world. We’ve got all the parts to do some…
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Will Energy Storage Be The Killer App For Solar?
In her list of 2016 predictions , Edmee Kelsey of solar asset management company 3Megawatt predicted that solar will no longer stand on its own. A somewhat surprising statement from a solar asset management CEO, but it is indicative of…
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