• Editor's Choice

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    June 3, 2025
    Is anything really holding back the development of more 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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    June 3, 2025
    While federal funding for microgrids and distributed energy resources (DER) is shrinking, microgrid seekers–especially municipalities and schools– are looking into state and local...
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    June 2, 2025
    The microgrid, which was developed in partnership with Iberdola Spain, includes nearly 1,000 solar panels, five EV charging stations and 216 kWh of battery storage.
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    Dr. Ifran Al-Anbagi, director of the Microgrid Living Lab and associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, stands in front of the microgrid's control center. (Photo by U of R Photography)
    May 30, 2025
    The fully operational microgrid living lab will partner with businesses, researchers and energy experts to develop new technologies, test ideas and train the next generation of...
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    May 27, 2025
    It’s a challenge deploying microgrids for multi-family housing projects in California because of state laws that prohibit the use of a master electric meter that serves all tenants...
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    May 19, 2025
    With increasing numbers of outages due to wildfires and storms in Oregon and the Northwest, a coalition of stakeholders helped develop two bills now in the Oregon Legislature ...
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    May 14, 2025
    In this video, Jason Kaplan, vice president and general manager for CoolSys Energy Solutions, discusses the importance of energy resiliency for mission critical facilities.
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    May 13, 2025
    An analysis of IRA funding for microgrids, done by project developer and operations firm PowerSecure several years ago, estimated that the tax credits could help cut microgrid...