Wholesale

Solar rooftops in Austin, Texas. Photo by Roschetzky Photography/Shutterstock.com
Oct. 24, 2022
Rod Walton, senior editor of EnergyTech, describes an ERCOT pilot project with implications for microgrids.

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June 13, 2025
Take a closer look at propane — a resilient energy source that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 52 percent compared with grid electricity.
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Marcel Hotel PV, courtesy Bruce Becker
March 11, 2022
Travelers are looking for accommodations that meet sustainability goals, and a hotel microgrid can help meet that demand — while saving the hotel money. Here’s a look at hotel...
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Dec. 7, 2021
When the folks who run the electric grid start to worry about its reliability, we all best sit up and take notice.
Repowering a school bus with a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) bi-directional electric vehicle charging system. Courtesy of AMPLY
April 30, 2021
Electric buses, delivery trucks and other fleet vehicles are like mobile microgrids that can help balance the grid, and their depots offer huge potential to reduce peak usage ...
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April 19, 2021
FERC 2222-A continues efforts by US regulators to remove barriers for aggregated distributed energy resources in wholesale markets. And it may unlock new revenue streams for microgrids...
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Dec. 18, 2020
Markets aren’t providing enough compensation for distributed energy resources (DER) which is blocking its expansion on the grid, Deloitte found. The value streams are insufficient...
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Nov. 20, 2020
FERC Order 2222 presents promise — but also challenges — for the US microgrid industry, according to energy policy experts who spoke this week at Microgrid 2020 Global, a virtual...
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July 10, 2020
How does a microgrid developer go about finding the utility price information that will demonstrate that your microgrid project is or isn’t financially viable?