Industrial

Essential Utilities sells Pittsburgh Airport Microgrid, other Regional DERs to Cordia for $165M

Oct. 6, 2023

The projects in Pittsburgh Allegheny County include microgrid and district energy systems originally developed by Peoples Gas.

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.

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.

W. Va. creates special districts that open way for renewable microgrids in coal country

Oct. 30, 2022

West Virginia has created new business districts where it is easier to build a renewable microgrid project. Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables has the first one underway.

Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Courthouse reflecting in the pool on Public Square of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. By Nina Alizada/Shutterstock.com

Ohio county seeks utility partner to help it become ‘microgrid hub of the US’

Oct. 11, 2022

Cuyahoga County, Ohio, is seeking a partner to bring to fruition its ambitious plans for multiple microgrids coordinated by a newly created county utility.

Australia’s largest rooftop solar microgrid coming to logistics facility

Sept. 26, 2022

The largest intermodal freight and logistics facility in Australia will soon be powered by a solar microgrid and other renewable electricity sources.

Tim McDuffie, senior business development engineer, Smarter Grid Solutions

Not all microgrid controllers are created equal

Sept. 23, 2022

Microgrids are not one-size-fits-all and neither are microgrid controllers. Tim McDuffie of Smarter Grid Solutions explains why different microgrid implementations require different...

Eric Dupont, chief commercial officer, PowerSecure

PowerSecure executive offers a primer on microgrids

Sept. 21, 2022

Eric Dupont of PowerSecure offers a primer on microgrids and explains how they give businesses control over their energy destiny.