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…

U.K.'s First C&I Automated Demand Response Program Launched by Honeywell, Pearlstone

The advent of automated demand response (ADR) technology is enabling owners of commercial and industrial (C&I) facilities to earn revenues and reduce their energy bills by helping distribution utilities enhance grid operations and management. Given the scale of distribution utility…

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…

April 13 - April 16, 2016 || Renewable Distributed Generation Forum || Lausanne, Switzerland

This 2-day event examines the latest technology advances and business models for increasing the penetration of renewable energy while optimizing the business model for stakeholders across the energy ecosystem. Co-organized by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the…

Community Solar to Benefit From Process, Platform Standardization

With the potential to provide access to emissions-free electricity for the nearly half of the American population unable to host a rooftop solar PV system, Community Solar is on the rise in the United States. A variation on the theme…

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…

Benefits of Microgrids

From ARUP's 5 Minute Guide to Microgrids [wpsm_column size="one-half"][wpsm_pros title="Monetized:"] Conversion loss savings Lower carbon cost Reduced peak power costs Reduced capacity charges Increased CHP balance Network capex avoidance Lower network redundancy Energy price arbitrage Optimised own supply use Negawatt…

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…

Massachusetts Microgrid Report

Regulatory and Business Models for Community Microgrids - Microgrid Institute

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…

Microgrid Benefits

Microgrid Benefits From ARUP's 5 Minute Guide to Microgrids [wpsm_column size="one-half"][wpsm_pros title="Monetized:"] Conversion loss savings Lower carbon cost Reduced peak power costs Reduced capacity charges Increased CHP balance Network capex avoidance Lower network redundancy Energy price arbitrage Optimised own supply…

Community Microgrid Models Emerge

Affordable energy storage and an uptick in personal wealth are creating new business opportunities for community microgrid developers, according to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The global increase in personal wealth may come as a surprise to…

Energy Storage Deployments Double Year over Year

The latest market data from the Energy Storage Association and GTM Research confirms that U.S. deployment of advanced energy storage systems is growing fast. Some 60.3 MW/53.1 Mwh of energy storage capacity was installed across the nation in this year's…

Google, Duke Join in Sourcing Data Center Power from New NC Solar Facility

Data Centers are among the largest and fastest growing consumers of electricity in the United States. According to NDRC , data centers are one of the "key drivers in the construction of new power plants." In 2013, US data centers…

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…

Transmission Charges Penalize Local Clean Power in California

[wpsm_column size="one-third"] [wpsm_titlebox title="TAC" style="3"] Transmission Access Charges (TAC) are fees designed to pay for the state’s transmission system, operations and maintenance, amortization of capital, and return-on-equity. TAC add about $0.03 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to the levelized cost of energy…

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…

Cat Microgrids

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Blue Lake Rancheria Microgrid Project

Blue Lake Rancheria Microgrid Project