Employing proven design, microgrids are all but destined to be a part of the nation’s future electrical infrastructure. But gaps in supportive policy could act as a powerful brake on their development ...
According to the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources (DERs) that acts as a single controllable entity to ...
Todd Jackson, vice president of corporate development at PowerSecure, explains how distributed energy resources are ...
An August wildfire cut off electricity to Del Norte County, California. Residents might have been in the dark for weeks—except for the use of a makeshift microgrid that generated power locally. The ...
Most utility leaders believe their companies have a broad role to play with microgrids, yet say they face deterrents that prevent them from playing their rightful role. Core concerns include: When ...
Customers without electricity for days or weeks? Does that happen in the U.S. in the 21st century? Increasingly, the answer is yes. Wildfires, hurricanes, ice storms, floods and other events seem to ...
Fighting climate change remains unfinished work. Despite years of diplomacy and laborious engagement, the world remains ...
The Bio-Info-Nano Research and Development Institute (BIN-RDI) of the University of California, Santa Cruz, held the first of a series of workshops on the future of local electric microgrids on June 5 ...
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The report, energy as a service (EaaS) market 2020-2024, has been added to Technavio's catalog. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the market, including its global and ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County has moved to create a longer-term plan to build electric “microgrids” meant to bring businesses to Northeast Ohio. Wednesday, the county released a “request for ...
A Colorado company that serves rural communities with solar power-based microgrids announced an investment that would provide more than 100 installations across two states in India. Husk Power Systems ...