Colorado-based Scale Energy Solutions has unveiled solutions to fill a gap that utility companies and major corporations can’t fix. The company develops hybrid microgrids, combining solar, storage and combined heat and power (CHP), to lower the gluttonous energy consumption of indoor cannabis cultivation, microgrids it predicts will cut 20-25% from the cost of production.
February, 2017
New Microgrid System Brings RE to Flinders Island, Tasmania
Hydro Tasmania, Australia’s largest producer of renewable energy, is developing the “Flinders Island Hybrid Energy Hub” project designed to increase the island’s use of renewable energy and […]
World Bank Hosts Back-to-back HOMER Trainings in Myanmar and Kathmandu
HOMER Training: Myanmar, Kathmandu Earlier this month, HOMER Energy CEO Peter Lilienthal traveled to Myanmar and Kathmandu for HOMER software training hosted by the World Bank. Kathmandu Myanmar
Microgrid News Weekly: Focus on Africa — February 17, 2017
BBC lists SteamaCo’s electricity grids as top African product to watch in 2017…Bangladesh Emerges as a Hotbed for Solar Microgrids…New Jersey Moves Forward with First Ever Rail Microgrid Project & more microgrid news highlights January 5, 2017
Maryland: Despite Setbacks, Maryland Powers Through with Microgrids and Clean Energy Jobs
Last week, the Maryland legislature passed the Clean Energy Jobs act, overriding a veto last year by Governor Larry Hogan. Also in 2016, the state’s Public Service Commission […]
Electrifying Kenya, Microgrid Economics & More Microgrid News — February 8, 2017
Kenya to Spend $2.1 Billion to Increase Electricity Connectivity to Remote Areas, DistribuTECH Panel: the Promising Economic Future of Microgrids, Alaskan Microgrid to Pair Battery, Flywheel Storage Systems, and More Microgrid News — February 8, 2017
Colorado multi-stakeholder Solar-plus-Storage “Portfolio” Microgrid Project
At Peña Station NEXT—a 382-acre transit-oriented development in Denver, Colorado—stakeholders Panasonic, Xcel Energy, Denver International Airport, Younicos, and LC Fulenwider, Inc. have partnered on an ambitious solar+storage microgrid. […]
Year in Review: A Look Back at HOMER Energy’s 2016 Highlights
HOMER Energy Year in Review 2016 As we complete the first month of 2017, HOMER Energy takes a moment to look back to the highlights of an […]
Promote Your Products to Microgrid Developers Worldwide with New HOMER Energy Component Partner Program
HOMER Energy’s new Component Partner Program helps companies gain recognition within the software as the microgrid market becomes more co
IKEA Speeds Energy Independence Plan, Democrats Include Microgrids in $1 Trillion Plan, and More News — February 1, 2017
BBC lists SteamaCo’s electricity grids as top African product to watch in 2017…Bangladesh Emerges as a Hotbed for Solar Microgrids…New Jersey Moves Forward with First Ever Rail Microgrid Project & more microgrid news highlights January 5, 2017