Community Solar

Stracker Solar will install a solar microgrid in Ashland, OR to support critical city services.

Oregon DOE grant fully funds Ashland community resilience microgrid

Oct. 27, 2022

The Oregon Department of Energy will fully fund a community resilience microgrid project to support critical infrastructure in the city of Ashland.

The Microgrid Perspective

Designing Microgrids: Evaluating Parameters for Reliable, Cost-Effective and Optimized Power Solutions

Dec. 7, 2023

Shawn Dalke electrical engineer at Mesa Solutions discusses load profiles and power sources for microgrids.

Solar rooftops in Austin, Texas. Photo by Roschetzky Photography/Shutterstock.com

EnergyTech: ERCOT moves forward on pilot to evaluate DERs in wholesale markets

Oct. 24, 2022

Rod Walton, senior editor of EnergyTech, describes an ERCOT pilot project with implications for microgrids.

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.

Husk Power Systems will begin electrifying 80 new communities in India with solar microgrids thanks to $6 million in debt financing from EDFI ElectriFI.

Solar microgrids to electrify 80 new communities in India

Sept. 19, 2022

Husk Power Systems will begin electrifying 80 new communities in India with solar microgrids thanks to $6 million in debt financing from EDFI ElectriFI.

With policy changes, community resilience programs could make the most of microgrids

Aug. 26, 2022

States like California and New Jersey have instituted community energy resilience programs. But will they make the most of microgrids and DERs?

The Onslow microgrid in Western Australia. Courtesy of Horizon Power

Horizon Power announces DERMS rollout for 34 microgrids

Aug. 24, 2022

Horizon Power plans to launch distributed energy resources management system (DERMS) technology across its microgrids in Western Australia to ease the integration of customer-...

Parker Village would keep energy wealth circulating within a Detroit-area community

April 29, 2022

Juan Shannon returned to his hometown, Highland Park, Michigan, to move his entertainment business but soon found himself pursuing an even bigger plan: a village where low-income...

Gallaudet University. Photo by Kristi Blokhin/Shutterstock.com

University to install unique microgrid and community solar combination in Washington, D.C.

April 15, 2022

A new microgrid being built by Scale Microgrid Solutions and Urban Ingenuity will accomplish the unusual feat of serving its host — a Washington, D.C., university for deaf and...