The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, is collaborating with Leidos (formerly Science Applications International Corporation) to develop a reference system architecture […]
Partners Announced for U.S. Dept of Defense ESTCP Microgrid Project
Power Analytics, which was awarded a Department of Defense’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) contract to demonstrate the management and control of a secure cluster of microgrids […]
EarthSpark Wins Grant to Expand Microgrid in Les Anglais, Haiti
USAID and its partners recently announced EarthSpark International as a winner of its Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development” program. More than 475 organizations from 80 […]
New York Earmarks $40 Million for Ten Microgrid Projects
Vice President Joe Biden recently joined New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for the unveiling of “Reimagining New York for a New Reality,” a $17 billion strategy that […]
DONG Energy and Schneider Electric To Focus on Optimizing Island Microgrid Systems
DONG Energy and Schneider Electric recently entered an agreement to cooperate on a technological and commercial partnership aimed at enabling electric network operators of remote or isolated island […]
Experts Forecast Robust Microgrid Development Through 2020
The market for remote and grid-tied microgrids is expected to nearly quadruple by 2020 as prices for generation and energy storage technologies continue to decline, according to a […]
Business Model Innovation In Electricity Services: A Comparison of Developing Models
Lux Research’s Grid Storage team recently profiled Mera Gao Power and OMC Power, who are both developing micro power plants or microgrids in India. Although the two companies […]
ViZn Energy Sets Sights on Microgrid Market
Editor’s Note: The microgrid market is poised to experience significant growth over the next few years, provided one of the key enablers can be realized: cost-effective energy storage. […]
Initial Phase of Powerstream’s Microgrid Now Operational
PowerStream recently unveiled a microgrid demonstration project at the utility’s head office. PowerStream is a community-owned energy company that provides power and related services to approximately 360,000 customers residing or […]
Innovation Center to Mentor HOMER Energy
From the Boulder County Business Report: “HOMER Energy LLC has become a client of the Innovation Center of the Rockies to receive guidance as the clean-tech company enters […]
North America Still the World’s Leading Market for Microgrids
Microgrids are a global phenomenon. Yet, a clear definition of what is and what is not a microgrid is still open to debate. The only government agency to […]
IPERC Selected for DoD Microgrid at Camp Smith, Hawaii
IPERC, a provider of intelligent microgrid control solutions, was selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to design and commission a 5.3MW energy microgrid at Camp Smith, HI. […]
Partner Engineering and Science Inc. Develops Energy Microgrid for City of Bridgeport
Partner Engineering and Science, Inc., an environmental and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Torrance, Calif., has successfully participated in the development of a microgrid project with the City of […]
Concentrating Photovoltaics: Soitec Supplies Solar CPV System for Microgrid Project in Madagascar
Fondation Énergies pour le Monde (Paris) has completed installation of a 2.28 kW Soitec concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system, which combined with pre-existing wind turbines powers a microgrid for a small community […]
Enphase Energy Announces Clinton Global Initiative ‘Commitment to Action’ for Nigerian Microgrid Project
Enphase Energy recently announced its Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action. Enphase has partnered with Beacon Power Services to provide a reliable energy alternative in Abuja, Nigeria, through piloting a […]
Aquion Energy and Siemens To Develop Microgrid and Grid Energy Storage Systems
Aquion Energy, a developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and energy storage systems, recently announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Siemes under […]
$1.2M Microgrid to Power Town Facilities in Connecticut
The microgrid would provide electrical power when service is disrupted to police and fire headquarters, and to a nearby homeless shelter. The system would function through a combination […]
Status of Remote Microgrids Market Worldwide
While the world has changed during the past century, one could argue that the same kind of remote microgrids first developed by Edison now represent one of the […]
Standard Solar and Solar Grid Storage Collaborate to Complete Pioneering Commercial Solar Microgrid
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 […]
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 […]
Strawman Proposal for a Taxonomy of Renewable Penetration Levels
This strawman taxonomy provides clear distinctions between different levels of renewable penetration. By basing the criteria on the architecture and control of the power system, it avoids the […]
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 […]