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HSGS-Ameresco Installing On-Site Backup Power at Military Ocean Terminal Concord

Nov. 30, 2023
The on-site generation at the MOTCO facility will include three generators, a 2-MW load bank, 1,200-amp switchgear and 72,000 gallons of fuel storage capacity. The tanks are designed...
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Bidirectional Charging Gains Ground with Toyota Project and Federal, California Bills

Nov. 27, 2023
“I've been working in clean DER my entire 30-plus years career; vehicle-to-grid integration is an order of magnitude bigger and more important than any other DER resource,” said...
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Putting Backbone into the Energy Journey: The Economics of Sustainability

Nov. 16, 2023
Some of the fruits of decarbonization are not as evident in the near term as they will be years down the road, Schneider Electric's Rohan Kelkar points out, but CFOs and sustainability...
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Cummins, Scottish Port of Aberdeen Collaborating on Decarbonizing Vessels

Nov. 13, 2023
The UK-approved award will be utilized by Cummins, Ocean Infinity, the Aberdeen Harbour Board and Proman AG to deploy a methanol conversion kit for a high-horsepower marine internal...
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Lone Star Resiliency: Texas Voters Approve $10B Energy Fund for Microgrids, Gas-fired Backup Power

Nov. 10, 2023
Passage of Proposition 7 is mainly positive for the natural gas industry in Texas. Nonetheless, the $1.8 billion allocated for microgrids—including solar, battery storage and ...
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Veolia, SmartParc Partnering on Clean Energy Technologies at new Food Manufacturing Site in UK

Nov. 8, 2023
The combined work of the renewable and energy efficiency projects reportedly will help SmartParc eliminate close to 30,000 metric tons of carbon emissions annually compared to...
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Design for Purpose Microgrids – Water and Wastewater

Nov. 3, 2023
Michael Boswell, vice president, power & infrastructure at Concord Engineering discusses microgrid designs for water and wastewater.
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Owning Your Energy: The Potential of Microgrids for Industry

Nov. 3, 2023
From logistics to manufacturing, microgrids have many benefits.
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Yokota Air Base Celebrates the Completion of its New Microgrid

Nov. 1, 2023
The 10.72-MW combined heat and power microgrid will power the entire base during an outage. It joins a growing list of microgrid installations on U.S. military bases.
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Rolls-Royce Supplying 31 mtu Gen-Sets to Japan Hyperscale Data Center

Oct. 23, 2023
The first 8 of 31 mtu Tier 4 diesel engines and gen-sets are installed at the Osaka data center. The EnergetIQ control systems provide automation and monitoring for distributed...

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7 Strategies to Make Microgrids a Fit for Utility Grid Modernization

In 2022, Enchanted Rock and Microgrid Knowledge conducted a survey of leaders at large U.S. electric utilities. The goal was to understand their actions and attitudes around microgrid...
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Schneider Electric Helps the Military Build Resilient and Sustainable Facilities through Microgrids

Oct. 13, 2023
Curt “Kibbles” Ebitz, strategic account executive at Schneider Electric discusses how Schneider Electric helps the military build resilient and sustainable facilities to help ...
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Schneider Electric Says Standardized Microgrids Can Solve Interconnection Delays

Oct. 13, 2023
In this Quick Chat video, Schneider Electric’s Bala Vinayagam explains why microgrids, particularly standardized microgrids, will transform the grid of the future.
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Components of Microgrids

Oct. 12, 2023
Microgrids are technology marvels. Check out the different components that come together under a microgrid.
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Eaton, Bloom Energy Partnering on Medical Center Microgrid in California

Oct. 11, 2023
The energy firm did not name the healthcare facility or customer. The release by Eaton and Bloom Energy said say the project will reduce the site’s energy costs by up to 20% and...
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Assistant Army Secretary: Military Advancing in its Work Deploying Microgrids at Bases

Oct. 9, 2023
In fact, Army Assistant Secretary Rachel Jacobson said that the Army microgrid initiative has been “enormously successful” thus far, in an interview with Defense Now. Nearly 30...
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AI Aims for Real: Artificial Intelligence and its Role in the Microgrid-Distributed Energy Future

Oct. 6, 2023
What is AI? A simulation of human intelligence enacted in a machine, it has the potential to revolutionize the deployment of distributed energy resources and microgrids, making...