| | | | | | | | Today's News from the Editors of Microgrid Knowledge | | |
| | | By Kathy Hitchens The solar and storage microgrid can deliver up to 2 MWh of electricity per day and will fully power the Costco tire center in Norwalk, Connecticut. |
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| | | | | | By Sept. 1, the Calistoga Resiliency Center, developed by Energy Vault, is expected to begin operating. The project seeks to reduce diesel emissions, provide resilience to the town of Calistoga during public safety power outages and participate in the California Independent System Operator market. |
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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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| | | | 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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| | | | 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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| | | | 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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| | 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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