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GE Hitachi Signs SMR Nuclear Deals with UK Engineering Firms

GE Hitachi Nuclear hopes to start construction on installing the SMR sometime in the middle of this decade and has estimated it can build those for about $1 billion per project...
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New York Public Utility Funds Virtual Reality Initiative to Train Microgrid and Energy Storage System Electricians

The New York Power Authority has awarded $400,000 to support the development and integration of a virtual reality (VR) component into the Energy Storage and Microgrid Training...
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Energy Trading Yields Lower Costs in New Zealand Tribal Community. Can U.S. Replicate This?

Community energy trading, as practiced in New Zealand and proposed in Henderson, Colorado, is a “bold reimagining” that can cut costs, promote community well-being and yield environment...
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Port of Long Beach Launches FM Harbor EV Charging Depot

The charging depot has 44 fast-charging stations, 9MW of power and supports more than 200 electric drayage trucks each day.
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2 New York Toyota Dealerships Add Microgrids and EV Chargers

The microgrids will provide resilience and reduce energy costs for Sunrise Toyota and Sunrise Toyota North, both in Long Island. They will also power the dealerships’ new EV chargers...
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How Firefighters, Animals and Local Organizations are Benefitting from Diesel-Free Microgrids in L.A. Fire Zones

In response to the Los Angeles fires, cleantech industry members that generally provide clean energy to the entertainment business have partnered with nonprofits like the Footprint...
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President Trump's Executive Order Freezing IRA Funding: How will it Impact Microgrids and DERs?

Short answer: we don't know yet. Tax credits might be safe without legislative action, but grants and loans could be under threat.
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On-Site Power Opportunity and Challenge: Bloom Energy Report Predicts 80 GW Data Center Load in Future

This could be a big opportunity for several players on the energy transition front, from distributed energy resources to small nuclear startups to microgrid developers—but it ...

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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: How SCADA Can Manage and Make Sense of Renewable and Distributed Energy Data

Managing editor Rod Walton spoke with Brett Benson, marketing director for global renewable energy solutions at global automation technology and software firm Emerson...

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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...