Standard Solar, in collaboration with Solar Grid Storage, today announced that construction is complete on the solar microgrid project at Maryland-developer Konterra’s headquarters. The project is a grid-interactive […]
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California Energy Commission Awards $1.7 Million for Military Microgrid Project
The California Energy Commission recently announced support for microgrid technology by funding a research demonstration project at Camp Pendleton in San Diego.The Commission has approved a $1.7 million […]
Software Modeling in PV Project Development
From Solar Novus Today: “The goal of software models for large grid-connected projects that sell all of their power on an as-available basis should be as precise as […]
Arista Power Receives Contract To Continue Developing Intelligent Microgrid System
Arista Power, Inc. announced recently that it has received a contract valued at $625,000 from the U.S. Army to further develop an intelligent microgrid system in support of […]
SwRI Deploys Novel Vehicle-To-Grid Aggregation System
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has deployed the first electric vehicle aggregation system using the new Society of Automotive Engineers standard for bidirectional power using direct current fast charging. […]
Saving Fuel To Save Lives: Navy Tests Fuel Cell For Diesel Generator Replacement
by Dean Frankel, Analyst, Lux Research The Office of Naval Research (ONR) demonstrated a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) system for diesel generator replacement. The project showed that […]
Executive Perspective: Grid Resiliency and the Role of Microgrids
Between 2003 and 2012, an estimated 679 widespread power outages occurred due to severe weather. A report issued in August by the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and […]
Encell Technology Introduces Atlas 160 Nickel Iron (NiFe) Battery
Encell Technology, an energy storage battery and electronics company, recently announced the introduction of the Atlas 160 Nickel-Iron battery. The first production of these 160 Ampere-hour, front-terminal, 12 volt […]
LocalGrid Technologies and Hatch to Collaborate on Microgrid Projects
LocalGrid Technologies, a Toronto-based software company, and Hatch, a multidisciplinary professional services firm, today announced the signing of a cooperation agreement to jointly pursue projects and develop technology for microgrid and […]
Launch of Veriown Energy and Innovation Center
A new Chicago-based company formally launched on July 29 focusing on delivering “immediate scale and innovation in commercial-sized, distributed energy solutions.” Called Veriown Energy, the company is a spin out […]
Illinois Institute of Technology’s Microgrid
The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) current on-campus generation is mostly natural gas powered turbines with 9 MW of capacity. The college has 140 kW of rooftop solar […]
New Fraunhofer Center Established at UConn
Together with the University of Connecticut (UConn), a new Fraunhofer center will be established in the U.S. The mission of the Fraunhofer Center for Energy Innovation (CEI) at the University […]
Grid-Tied Installations Dominate 2018’s $2.7 Billion Solar/Storage Installation Market
Oft-regarded as an inevitability, the concept of coupling solar with energy storage has seen an incredible amount of corporate mobilization, both in terms of partnerships and technology development. […]
HOMER Energy Convenes Microgrid Deployment Forum to Focus on Critical Steps for Successful Microgrid Energy Projects
Download this release Boulder, CO, July 15, 2013 — HOMER Energy will convene Microgrid Deployment Forum 2013 in Cancun, Mexico, November 8 and 9, 2013, for the purpose […]
American Vanadium Announces Energy Storage and Renewable Microgrid Initiative for Remote Communities
American Vanadium announced today that it has engaged Hon. Robert Nault to develop energy storage and renewable microgrids for remote communities and First Nations in Canada and the […]
Clinton Foundation, NRG and Solar Manufacturers Partner To Power Hospital in Haiti with Solar Energy
NRG Energy recently announced the completion of the first project of a new partnership with the Clinton Foundation to continue bringing solar power to Haiti. An advanced solar […]
North America Projected To Lead the Worldwide Microgrid Market With Nearly 6 Gigawatts of Total Capacity by 2020
With the launch of dozens of successful pilot programs globally, the adoption rate of microgrids is expected to accelerate over the next several years. According to a recent report from […]
Standard Solar to Install one of the Nation’s First Commercial Solar Microgrids
Standard Solar, in partnership with Solar Grid Storage, recently announced the installation of a grid-interactive energy storage system co-located with a new photovoltaic (PV) array, creating one of the nation’s first […]
New York Consortium To Explore Distributed Generation and Microgrid Projects
As part of the recommendations recently outlined by Mayor Bloomberg’s Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR), the New York State Smart Grid Consortium (NYSSGC) will partner with […]
E.ON’s Pellworm Island Microgrid
In June, German utility E.ON is inaugurating a microgrid project on the on the North Sea island of Pellworm, approximately 100 miles northwest of Hamburg. The company views […]
Growth Seen for Direct Current Distribution Networks
The market for direct current (DC) distribution networks is not a single, cohesive market. Rather, it encompasses several disparate opportunities — data centers, green telecommunications towers, DC subsystems […]
Portland General Electric Incorporates Microgrid into Smart Power Demo Center
Portland General Electric recently opened its new Salem Smart Power Center, an 8,000-square-foot facility in Salem, Ore., that offers a unique insider’s view of a working smart grid […]
Tokelau Renewable Energy Project
The Tokelau Renewable Energy Project, launched in 2010 and due to be completed in 2013, has seen the construction of a PV/diesel hybrid system on each atoll in […]
Wind Turbine Opens Opportunities for Off-Grid Farmers
Several farmers in North Kohala, Hawaii, are now benefitting from an innovative off-grid water-pumping system powered by a Northern Power NPS 100 wind turbine. Like many others in […]
Global Data on Energy Access, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
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 […]
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 […]