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    Leading the Charge: 3 Army Installations Launch Pioneering Microgrids

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    Wisconsin Hospital Breaks Ground on 100% Renewable Energy Microgrid

    The microgrid will be connected to a new battery energy storage system, the hospital’s existing rooftop solar array and biogas energy generated by the nearby La Crosse County ...
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    Switching Gears: The U.S. Move Toward Gas-Insulated MV Switchgear

    A noticeable shift toward advanced solutions such as gas-insulated switchgear is being observed specifically in high-growth sectors like data centers and renewable energy.
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    Giraffic Solar Park: Valley Children's Celebrates Construction Start on Microgrid

    Valley Children’s Healthcare in Madura plans to bring the microgrid into operation next year. The facility’s planners hope that the project will generate 80% of the hospital’s...
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    CPUC’s Proposed Microgrid Tariff Decision Seen as Another Blow to Meeting California Climate Goals

    A proposed California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision rejecting community microgrid tariff proposals from nonutility stakeholders would make it difficult to commercialize...
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    Next-Gen Nuclear Milestone: NRC Approves Construction Permit for Natura Test Reactor

    Developer Natura Resources would deploy its MSR-1 system at Abilene Christian University and operate the 1-MW in tandem with the school’s Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing ...
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    DOE's 1st Tribal Loan Guarantee for Viejas Microgrid Will Spur Economic Development, Jigar Shah says

    In an interview with Microgrid Knowledge, Jigar Shah, director of the DOE’s Loan Programs Office (LPO), describes the resilience, savings and economic development benefits of ...
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    BHE Renewables Selects Powin as Long-Duration Energy Storage Provider for its Ravenswood Microgrid

    The solar and energy storage microgrid will leverage lithium iron phosphate batteries, which are capable of discharging energy continuously for 10 to 12 hours.
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    Sign of the Times: Oracle Designing Future GW-Scale Data Center Powered by SMR Nuclear

    Earlier this week, company founder and Chairman Larry Ellison told investors and media that it planned to build a gigawatt-scale data center that will be powered by three nearby...

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    Revolutionizing Defense: The Crucial Role of Microgrids and Schneider Electric in Department of Defense Energy Resiliency

    Last month, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) said that U.S. power grids are becoming more susceptible to cyberattacks every day, with vulnerable attack...

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    QuickChat: Analyzing the Complexities of the Energy Transition

    Join Rod Walton and Aron Bowman, President of ELM MicroGrid and ELM Solar, as they explore the current stat and prospects of utility-scale power grids.

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    7 Strategies to Make Microgrids a Fit for Utility Grid Modernization

    In 2022, Enchanted Rock and Microgrid Knowledge conducted a survey of leaders at large U.S. electric utilities. The goal was to understand their actions and attitudes around microgrid...

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    Microgrid Standardization Will Accelerate Much Needed Adoption

    Demand for microgrids is growing in large part because they offer resilience for today’s energy needs. Microgrids are just one example of distributed energy resources. They generate...
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    3 reasons your microgrid controls should be able to communicate in real time

    Tom Poteet, vice president of corporate development at Mesa Solutions, outlines three things a microgrid controller should be able to do: accept control commands, engage in site...