| | | | | | | | Today's News from the Editors of Microgrid Knowledge | | |
| | | By Rod Walton, Microgrid Knowledge Managing Editor The CHP and prime power package will include Caterpillar’s latest model G3520K generator sets and equipment to provide both electricity and capture waste heat to power and cool the high-density servers. In addition, the solution will include 1.1 GWh of grid-forming battery energy storage. |
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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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| | | | | | Increasingly, the healthcare sector is exploring controlled on-site power solutions such as microgrids to maintain that mission-critical power resiliency while also aiming for cleaner air through sustainable energy generation. |
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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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| | | | 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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| | | | 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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| | | | 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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| | | | The U.S. Department of Energy is urging AI-focused data centers to partner with power generators on colocated projects to align AI demand with electricity supply. |
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| | Here at Microgrid Knowledge we keep tabs on who is doing what to contribute to the buildup of microgrids everywhere. We offer this growing list of companies involved in development and consultation for microgrid installations. |
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| | | | Sponsored | | 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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