| | | | | | | | Today's News from the Editors of Microgrid Knowledge | | |
| | | By Lisa Cohn A West Virginia law–opposed by an environmental group–allows new data centers to be served by behind-the-meter microgrids whose owners could sell 10% of the power generated into the wholesale market. The goals of the measure include protecting ratepayers and the existing fossil fuel industry. |
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| | | | | | Under President Trump’s new domestic policy law, solar, wind and electric vehicles take a big hit, losing the investment tax credit. But fuel cells, which gained the credit, are expected to benefit. |
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| | | | | | In this QuickChat video, Pat Sentlingar, product line manager for ELM MicroGrid, explains how microgrids can support electric vehicle infrastructure while alleviating interconnection challenges and grid pressure. |
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| | | | | | Representatives from Intel, Google and Amazon described their need for resilience and clean energy at a data center and energy conference held in July. Microgrid proponents described microgrids as an important solution to both challenges. |
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| | | | Launched in 2021, the pilot delivered electricity access 3.5 times faster than a traditional grid extension, reduced household connection costs, generated a 3,000% rise in demand and boosted business revenue by 68% in Kiwumu, a village located six miles north of the equator. |
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| | | | Sponsored | | Widespread electrification, rising energy costs, and more frequent extreme weather events are compounding to create challenges for the country’s traditional electrical grid. And, with our aging unidirectional model under strain, there is an increasing need to rethink how power is generated and... |
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| | | | Project developer Lightshift Energy and the utilities Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department and the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. worked together to complete the project which can also provide backup power to two schools in the event of a grid outage. |
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| | | | If successful, the initiative could produce up to three tons of blue hydrogen daily, advancing industrial decarbonization and supporting global energy transition goals. |
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| | | | Those sites are on lands including the Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee, the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky and Savannah River Site in South Carolina. |
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| | As the world faces pressing challenges related to climate change, resource depletion, and energy security, the urgency to transition towards sustainable energy systems has never been greater. In this context, hydrogen emerges as a promising candidate for driving this transition. |
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