August, 2017

Renewable Energy Tours: NREL, ASC’s LEED Platinum Building, SolarTAC on HIMC2017 ‘Bonus Day’

colorado renewable energy tourEntrance to National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Photo via US DOE

After the speakers, sessions, events, and trainings wrap up at the 5th annual HOMER International Microgrid Conference (HIMC2017) next month, conference attendees have the option of one more […]

Optimizing Distributed Generation from Remote Villages to the Modern Grid — Stojanovic at HIMC2017

optimizing distributed generationABB's Bob Stojanovic to keynote at HIMC2017. Register for next month's conference today!

Kicking off next month’s 5th annual HOMER International Microgrid Conference (HIMC2017) is a keynote presentation everyone in the microgrid industry should hear. Bob Stojanovic, Director of Microgrids in North America, ABB, shares his unique perspective on “Enabling and Optimizing Distributed Generation, from Remote Villages to the Modern Macrogrid,” to conference attendees at the Embassy Suites, Denver, Colorado.

Move to Distributed, Renewable Power Inevitable, Even in Areas Served by Utilities

grid defection

New distributed energy technologies and business models bring many unprecedented choices in how we create and distribute power. There are three overarching questions, of course: Is this energy model resilient against power outages and grid failure? Is it socially and environmentally responsible? Does it benefit the bottom line?
We are no longer stuck with grid power that doesn’t provide a definitive “Yes!” answer to all three questions.