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Articles, news on AlphaStruxure, along with insights and project pofiles

Takeoff for New Terminal One: Construction Begins on JFK Airport Microgrid

Sept. 24, 2024

The solar panel installation will begin early next year once the conduit work is in place, AlphaStruxure’s Macias noted. E-J Electric Installation will install the panels. The...

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Revolutionizing Defense: The Crucial Role of Microgrids and Schneider Electric in Department of Defense Energy Resiliency

Sept. 13, 2024

Last month, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) said that U.S. power grids are becoming more susceptible to cyberattacks every day, with vulnerable attack...

Montgomery County Breaks Ground on 7-MW Solar-Storage-H2 Bus Depot Microgrid

June 14, 2024

Rockville’s Bone EMTOC microgrid will be somewhat similar to what AlphaStruxure achieved at Brookville, although the earlier project does not have a hydrogen (H2) or electrolyzer...

Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, Director for the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia Climate School, Columbia University and author of Rethinking Readiness: A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters, delivers the keynote at Microgrid 2022. Photo: Doug Sanford, Microgrid Knowledge

Now available! View Microgrid 2022 on demand

Aug. 8, 2022

If you couldn’t attend Microgrid 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this past June, good news. We captured every session on video and it’s now available for you to view on demand...

Microgrids: The brains behind electrification and an all-renewable grid

Feb. 21, 2022

Engineer and inventor Saul Griffith describes renewable intermittency as the hardest problem remaining to achieve decarbonization. But he says it is not “go-to-the-moon hard, ...

Schneider Electric affiliate AlphaStruxure was chosen for smart solar microgrid for a bus depot in Montgomery County, Maryland. Photo courtesy of AlphaStruxure

Montgomery County’s Microgrid Electric Bus Depot Under Construction

Sept. 14, 2021

Construction of a 5.6 MW microgrid with distributed energy generation, energy storage, and over 2 MW of charging capacity is now underway at the Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot...

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Maryland RFI Seeks Microgrid Information to Help Electrify Bus Fleet

June 29, 2021

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has issued a request for information (RFI) for firms that can plan, provide, operate, and maintain facilities for bus electrification...

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How Microgrids Will Change the Way Electricity Is Made, Delivered and Used

June 8, 2021

Microgrids — managed by sophisticated software — are part of a shift toward on-site power production, driven by businesses and organizations that want to control their own energy...

Maryland County Taps AlphaStruxure for Electric Bus Microgrid

May 13, 2021

Montgomery County, Maryland, selected AlphaStruxure — a joint venture between Schneider Electric and the Carlyle Group — to build a bus depot microgrid that will include electric...