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    Alencon Systems
    Figure 1: An aerial photo the Mbogo Valley Tea Factory with the roof top PV array driving its newly installed DC Microgrid. The Microgrid helps the factory stay in operation even when it loses grid power. The photo also shows a few of the 10,288 outgrower tea fields in the area whose livelihoods are supported by the tea factory.

    Case study: How a DC microgrid helps over 10,000 Kenyan tea growers bring their product to market

    Oct. 31, 2022
    Alencon’s String Power Optimizer and Transmitters (SPOTs) connect solar to battery energy storage in a DC microgrid that supports the operations of the Mbogo Valley Tea Factory...
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    Building the case for the standardization of microgrid platforms for the DOD

    Sept. 27, 2022
    Xendee’s Michael Stadler and Zack Pecenak explore the benefits of rapid, repeatable modeling and design as demonstrated at three military installations.
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    PXiSE Energy Solutions’ microgrid controller helped to electrify transit in Martha’s Vineyard. (Photo: PXiSE Energy Solutions)

    Case study: How PXiSE’s microgrid controller optimizes Martha’s Vineyard microgrid

    July 12, 2022
    PXiSE Energy Solutions microgrid controller is a key component of the microgrid powering Martha’s Vineyard all-electric bus fleet, as described in this case study.
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    Volvo Penta’s Tier 4 Final diesel engines are used by PowerSecure. Image courtesy of Powersecure

    Case study: Disaster preparedness begins with reliable power

    June 17, 2022
    In February 2021, a winter storm left millions of residents without power and thousands of businesses unable to operate. But the important work conducted at AmerisourceBergen ...
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    Hybrid Renewable Standalone Power System Energizes Isolated Customers

    May 31, 2022
    Learn how the Briceburg Remote Grid in Briceburg, California, provides remote customers a permanent, local decentralized energy source could lower fire ignition risks.
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    Microgrid with Propane Generator Ensures Resiliency for Residents

    May 31, 2022
    Download this case study from Generac that shows how they developed a cost effective and flexible solution that helps maximize resources to implement a long-term strategy aimed...
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    Lac Mégantic Microgrid Project

    May 31, 2022
    Download the case study from Smarter Grid Solutions that explains how tragedy, and the desire for a province wide energy transition, resulted in the Lac Mégantic microgrid concept...
    Alencon Systems
    AGU’s PV array at its Washington headquarters.

    Case study: How Alencon Systems brought efficiency and sustainability to the American Geophysical Union’s microgrid project

    Feb. 21, 2022
    Alencon Systems played an integral role in an advanced microgrid project benefiting the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) headquarters in Washington, D.C., a project that includes...
    S&C worked to ramp up energy security, as well as demonstrate a cost-effective way to deploy a microgrid without accumulating substantial capital costs. (Photo: Courtesy of S&C Electric)

    S&C Brings Resilience to Fort Belvoir: Case Study

    Nov. 13, 2020
    With national security on the line, resilient power is of utmost importance. S&C recently addressed a series of challenges at Fort Belvoir, Va., using its GridMaster Microgrid...
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    PowerSecure Provides Engineering, Procurement & Construction for Butler Farms Microgrid Upgrade

    Aug. 15, 2019
    A new farm microgrid in rural North Carolina, engineered, procured and constructed by PowerSecure, a Southern Company subsidiary, is gaining popularity and traction as model for...

    Propane Is a Sustainable Choice for Growing Microgrid Need

    Construction professionals rely on propane’s lower emissions and enhanced resiliency

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    Piller Power executive: Reliability drives microgrid adoption in new sectors

    July 12, 2022
    In an interview with Elisa Wood during Microgrid 2022, Dean Richards, president and CEO of Piller Power Systems, explains why microgrids and the reliability they provide are becoming...

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    High Reliability Microgrids for an Uncertain Future

    May 21, 2021
    In uncertain times, there is a need for high reliability microgrids. Calculating reliability involves understanding the risks and consequences of outages. In this white paper,...