Microgrid News Highlights — November 21, 2016 Connecticut approves $30 million for projects to strengthen electric grid Last week, state Bond Commission approved the funding for an […]
Duke Energy
Microgrid Project Would Return Area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park to ‘Natural State’
Duke Energy plans to install a microgrid at a remote communications tower in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, eliminating wires from portions of the park.
Multi-stakeholder Microgrid Ownership Model Provides ‘Win-win-win’ Solution
Public-private partnerships, multi-stakeholder microgrid ownership, public-purpose financing, cooperative ownership, microgrid-as-a-service (MaaS)… It’s fitting that there are multiple monikers for a multi-benefit microgrid financing tool in which ownership is […]
HOMER Energy’s Handpicked New Highlights, Week Ended June 17, 2016
A lot of news regarding microgrids and distributed energy resources development this past week, including NY’s ConEd partnering with SunPower and Sunverge to install residential solar PV and Li-ion battery storage systems to build to pilot virtual power plants in Brooklyn and Queens.
HOMER Energy’s Handpicked News Highlights, Week Ended June 3, 2016
The latest global microgrid project stats, a hybrid microgrid demo at the Port of Los Angeles and a CHP microgrid for a U.S. Army base in Germany highlight this week’s distributed energy news.
Duke Energy to put Aquion batteries to the test in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Duke Energy has started testing a first-of-its-kind battery technology at its Rankin Substation in Gaston County, N.C. The hybrid ultracapacitor-battery energy storage […]
Modular Grid-Connected Microgrids in Weeks – Duke Energy Demonstration Project Update
Greentech Media recently updated progress on the “world’s first modular microgrid.” Okay, not sure that the description of “world’s first” is accurate, but the idea that a major […]
Microgrids in the News 04/14/2011
Netherlands tests automated-energy homes Solar Powered Washing Machine Knows When Sun Shines Smart Grid Works for Utilities, but Not Yet for Consumers U.S. Army Uses Big Battery […]