Commercial

USDA Awards $190K in On-Site Solar Projects to Two Florida Businesses

April 2, 2024

Blue Grotto LLC of Levy County, Fla., and Adaptive Enterprises Corp. in Fort Walton Beach are installing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at their sites.

The Microgrid Perspective

Exploring the Potential of Community Microgrids Through Three Innovative Case Studies

April 8, 2024

Community microgrids represent a burgeoning solution to meet the energy needs of localized areas and regions. These microgrids are clusters of interconnected energy resources,...

Private O&G Firm to Install Multisite Microgrid Project

Sept. 29, 2023

The microgrids are expected to significantly reduce the company’s energy costs and aid its compliance with California’s cap and trade requirements.

Rooftop based PV-solar power. Source: spa-solceller-lomma

Microgrid in Sweden to Send Power to its Neighbors, EVs and the Spot Market

June 23, 2023

The microgrid startup has big plans for Scandinavia and beyond.

University of St. Thomas Takes on Microgrid Mission

March 30, 2023

How the University of St. Thomas Center for Microgrid Research is working to educate future microgrid engineers and fix some of the big challenges faced by the industry.

The parking lot solar array at Siemens' Princeton, NJ campus Source: Siemens

Siemens Living Lab Adds Interactive Virtual Environment

March 20, 2023

The interactive virtual environment allows the public, customers and partners tour the microgrid system from anywhere in the world.

Figure 1: An aerial photo the Mbogo Valley Tea Factory with the roof top PV array driving its newly installed DC Microgrid. The Microgrid helps the factory stay in operation even when it loses grid power. The photo also shows a few of the 10,288 outgrower tea fields in the area whose livelihoods are supported by the tea factory.

Case study: How a DC microgrid helps over 10,000 Kenyan tea growers bring their product to market

Oct. 31, 2022

Alencon’s String Power Optimizer and Transmitters (SPOTs) connect solar to battery energy storage in a DC microgrid that supports the operations of the Mbogo Valley Tea Factory...

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How artificial intelligence can green the cryptocurrency industry

Oct. 19, 2022

A new white paper from Veritone examines how artificial intelligence can help green cryptocurrency — one of the dirtiest industries around.

Solar powered microgrids continue to expand in Africa. Provided by Sebastian Noethlichs/Shutterstock.com

Solar minigrids bring water to Ethiopian farms

Oct. 12, 2022

In a new pilot project, the DREAM initiative has launched nine solar minigrid powered large scale irrigation systems in Ethiopia.