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As Part of its Climate Action Plan, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to Deploy Solar Microgrid and EVs with EPA Grant

Nov. 18, 2024
With the town of Cherokee, N.C., facing climate-change induced wildfires, extreme heat and flooding, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is using a $5 million EPA grant to deploy...
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Quanta Technologies Factory to be Powered by Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Microgrid

Nov. 15, 2024
Located at Quanta's California factory, the solid oxide fuel cell microgrid will be fully islandable.
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Baltimore Utility Awarded $50M Grant for Grid Resilience Projects, Microgrids

Nov. 8, 2024
Baltimore Gas and Electric will use the funds to assess the broad adoption and effectiveness of small-scale microgrids that can serve as community resiliency hubs.
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EPRI Gains $2M Funding for Commercial Building VPP Demonstration Project

Oct. 31, 2024
EPRI has been awarded a three-year $2 million grant from the California Energy Commission to demonstrate scalable, community-based virtual power plants for commercial buildings...
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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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Solar and Storage Minigrid Commissioned on Tonga, Micronesia Seeks Minigrid Proposals

Oct. 29, 2024
A $53.2 million minigrid was commissioned on Niuafo’ou, Tonga’s northernmost island, to provide clean, reliable power 24 hours a day. In Micronesia, Yap island seeks bids on a...
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Generac Securing DOE Funding to Support $100M Battery Microgrid VPPs for Water Utilities

Oct. 27, 2024
Under the planned water infrastructure power project, microgrids using battery energy storage and managed by distributed energy resources management systems (DERS) would form ...
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First Student, Con Edison Developing Microgrid Demonstration to Charge School Buses in Brooklyn

Oct. 24, 2024
The demonstration project will include a smart energy hub with generation supplied by solar power, battery storage and a power delivery system. The project also will include a...

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

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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Dec. 15, 2021
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Transforming Microgrids with Hydrogen

May 10, 2021
Utilizing hydrogen in microgrids can play a key role in overcoming many of the challenges with the traditional energy economy such as aging infrastructure, changing customer demands...
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Lincoln Electric System Adding Battery Storage to Community Microgrid

Oct. 24, 2024
The Eos battery storage system to be installed will offer backup power support to the community microgrid that also provides grid services and electricity if an outage happens...
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ENGIE NA Delivers New Microgrid for San Marcos Schools’ Electric Fleet

Oct. 23, 2024
The San Marcos Unified School District, in conjunction with ENGIE North America, unveiled upgrades to its transportation center, including a new microgrid.
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Zimbabwean, Nigerian Villages Celebrate New Solar Microgrids

Oct. 18, 2024
Hakwata village in Zimbabwe launched a 200-kW solar microgrid system earlier this month that will power a health clinic, school, shops and homes. In Nigeria, plans to build a ...
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Data Center Energy Frontier: Big Tech Making Big Bets on Small Nuclear

Oct. 17, 2024
Tech giants Amazon and Google this week announced huge bets on the future of small reactor nuclear projects. Those moves followed Microsoft’s recent agreement with Constellation...
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DOE Launches Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership Initiative

Oct. 11, 2024
The Department of Energy’s Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership initiative aims to help remote, rural and electrically isolated communities leverage microgrid technologies...
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Green Grocer: California Supermarket to Deploy On-Site Renewable Energy Microgrid

Oct. 10, 2024
Vallarta Supermarkets has contracted with GreenStruxure to develop renewable energy microgrids at its Oxnard and other California locations. The Oxnard microgrid will produce ...