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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...

Propane Is a Sustainable Choice for Growing Microgrid Need

July 2, 2024
Construction professionals rely on propane’s lower emissions and enhanced resiliency
Photo: Doug Sanford, Microgrid Knowledge
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...
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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...
Schneider Electric affiliate AlphaStruxure was chosen for smart solar microgrid for a bus depot in Montgomery County, Maryland. Photo courtesy of AlphaStruxure

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...
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GreenStruxure Teams with Energy Advisory Company…Beyond the Grid Fund Opens Call for Microgrids in Mozambique

Feb. 12, 2021
GreenStruxure joins forces with energy advisory company on microgrids for medium-size buildings…Beyond the Grid Fund to provide financing for microgrids in Mozambique