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SMR News: GE Hitachi Nuclear adds Worley Chemetics to BWRX-300 Supplier Group

Oct. 31, 2024
GE Vernova’s plan for the BWRX-300 SMR involves extensive manufacturing work in Canada, with power utility Ontario Power Generation (OPG), GE Hitachi, engineering firm AtkinsR...

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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...
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The Philadelphia Navy Yard Story: The Remarkable Emergence of an Unintentional Microgrid

Dec. 20, 2019
From rags to riches, the Philadelphia Navy Yard presents one of the more remarkable stories of the emergence of a microgrid.
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Here Comes the Rolls-Royce of Microgrids. Literally.

Oct. 2, 2018
Yet another global name is expanding its microgrid play — Rolls-Royce — with yesterday’s announcement that it has taken a stake in an energy storage and controls startup and will...
In this video from Microgrid 2017 in Boston, GE’s Jayant Kumar discusses the evolution of community microgrids and how they are “changing civilization.”

How Community Microgrids Have the Power to Change Civilization

Feb. 9, 2018
Jayant Kumar, global digital grids program director at GE Grid Solutions, discusses how microgrids can change civilization, and why every city planner should keep them top of ...

$1.5 Billion Microgrid Market Opportunity Emerges in Kenya

Sept. 4, 2017
A confluence of innovation, risk taking, and public and private effort has created a five-year, $1.5 billion microgrid market opportunity in Kenya, leading Germany’s TFE Consulting...
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Project Spotlight: The Philadelphia Navy Yard Microgrid

Aug. 16, 2017
Phase one of the ambitious Navy Yard microgrid is essentially complete and project partners are keen to move forward. Jayant Kumar, lead project contractor at GE Alstom, offered...
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Solar Microgrids for National Security: Study Finds 17 GW Could Fortify US Military Bases

May 9, 2017
Researchers at Michigan Technological University look at use of solar microgrids for national security. They find that the US has the technological capability to install the 17...
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Syracuse Microgrid Forecasts Positive Return Leveraging Waste-to-Energy

April 11, 2017
The Syracuse microgrid, one of 11 NY Prize Stage 2 winners, is forecasting a strong financial return using waste-to-energy generation that eases pressure on local landfills.