Powering Africa Summit 2021 takes place digitally this year from the 24th of June to the 1st of July. Don’t miss HOMER Energy by UL founder, Peter Lilienthal, Ph.D, speaking at a boardroom titled ‘Energy & Health’ on Monday the 28th June at 15:00 UTC.
May, 2021
Power Africa-Hosted Boardroom: Closing the Coverage Gap
The Power Africa-Hosted Boardroom: Closing the Coverage Gap: Providing Electricity & Connectivity to Africa’s Healthcare Facilities is taking place on May 25th, 2021 from 13:00-14:30 UTC / 14:00-15:30 BST / 09:00-10:30 EDT and moderated by Loren Stoddard, Senior Advisor to the Coordinator, Power Africa.
PG&E Community Microgrid Enablement Program Helps Communities Keep the Lights on During Emergencies
California gas and electric utility provider Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is taking a proactive step forward in the move to grid resiliency. In April, as a California Congressman introduced the House MICROGRID act, the utility announced the PG&E Community Microgrid Enablement Program (CMEP), its project for permanent, multi-customer microgrids. These microgrids will focus on “disadvantaged” areas and critical facilities.
Message from the Founder
Change keeps accelerating in the energy world, especially for microgrids. We are now reviewing dozens of submissions to our annual conference and hoping you all can attend. The conference will be virtual again this year, making it easy to get to from anywhere in the world. Sponsorship packages also are now available, which offers a powerful way to get in front of and be seen as a leader in the global microgrid community.
We’re Hiring! Join the HOMER Energy by UL Team
The HOMER team is growing and we are now hiring. Please see the information about positions currently open within. We hope you will help us find great candidates.
Proposed Federal MICROGRID Act (Em)powers Local Governments, Nonprofits
Congressman Panetta’s bill — the Making Imperiled Communities Resistant to Outages with Generation that is Resilient, Islandable, and Distributed (MICROGRID) Act – would provide an incentive toward installing and deploying microgrids to provide backup power during emergencies. The need for these microgrids is clear, and through this legislation, the federal government would enable communities and to take climate-related action.