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Here you will find news and feature articles about community microgrids. Central to today’s local energy revolution, a community microgrid is a mini-version of the larger grid, but it is designed to serve a neighborhood, village, town or city.
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June 9, 2025
It’s not always obvious to utilities where community members need resilience most. Nashville Electric Service (NES), with numerous partners, asked community leaders to help identify...

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Feb. 10, 2025
As we enter 2025, microgrids are driving the evolution of the New Energy Landscape, fueled by advancements in renewable energy and smart technology. I see several transformati...
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May 6, 2025
In the first commercial deployment of the Quino Energy water-based flow battery–at the High Desert Regional Health Center in Lancaster, Calif.–its electrolyte will reportedly ...
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April 28, 2025
Low-income communities face outage and energy-cost challenges. How microgrids can lower costs, provide energy resilience and save lives.
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June 30, 2023
And now 30 more microgrids are on their way promising additional economic prosperity and energy resilience to a region with a 60% poverty rate.
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June 12, 2023
The fuel cells will power the Calistoga microgrid during wildfires and other emergencies
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May 17, 2023
The highest recognition went to the Adjuntas microgrid. “This is not simply a microgrid project; this is a new economic model and community building at its finest,” said Patrice...
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April 18, 2023
Microgrid Knowledge has announced the names of the ten finalists for the Greater Good Awards. The winners will be announced at Microgrid 2023.
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April 5, 2023
East Bay Community Energy has figured out how to scale community microgrids, with 30 microgrids on the way and another 50 to 100 to follow.