About 1.2 billion people — almost the population of India — don’t have access to electricity, 2.8 billion have to rely on wood or other biomass to cook […]
May, 2013
GridSTAR Net Zero Energy Demonstration Project Underway at The Navy Yard
A collaboration of researchers, manufacturers and economic development officials are embarking on a demonstration project for smart-grid, net zero energy buildings called the GridSTAR Center — a Smart Energy Campus […]
ETAP Breaks Ground on Corporate Campus Microgrid
ETAP, a provider of software solutions for the design, optimization, and on-line operation of mission-critical electrical power infrastructure, recently announced that the company is breaking ground on its own […]
HOMER Helps Bring Renewable Energy Home
From the Boulder County Business Report: “With more than a billion people living without electricity across the globe and little chance of getting conventional utilities soon, many innovators […]
U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin Commission Microgrid at Fort Bliss
U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin officials commissioned the first U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) grid-tied microgrid integrating both renewable resources and energy storage during a ribbon cutting ceremony […]
Microgrids for Military Bases to Surpass $377 Million in Annual Market Value by 2018
[Note: The following is the Executive Summary of a research report published in Q4 by Navigant Research, reprinted with permission.] Military Microgrids Overview The United States Department of Defense (DOD) is the […]