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Encorp Handling EPC on $45.3M Alameda County Microgrids

Alameda County government is planning for on-site solar, battery storage, generators and equipment resources to power microgrids supporting its Contract Services Building, the...
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BHE Renewables Selects Powin as Long-Duration Energy Storage Provider for its Ravenswood Microgrid

The solar and energy storage microgrid will leverage lithium iron phosphate batteries, which are capable of discharging energy continuously for 10 to 12 hours.
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Sign of the Times: Oracle Designing Future GW-Scale Data Center Powered by SMR Nuclear

Earlier this week, company founder and Chairman Larry Ellison told investors and media that it planned to build a gigawatt-scale data center that will be powered by three nearby...
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New VPP Business Model Seeks to Transform the Utah Energy Ecosystem

Rocky Mountain Power, along with battery manufacturer sonnen and solar installer ES Solar, aim to transform nearly 32,000 intermittent solar resources into dispatchable assets...
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T&D World Perspective: How Microgrids Help Utility Companies Balance Electricity Supply and Demand

A utility perspective from T&D World: Severe weather, electric vehicles, scorching heat, aging infrastructure, and an influx of new data centers and factories are all making power...
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PowerSecure to Run Microgrid Generator with 100% Renewable Fuel

The company launched its 100% renewable fuel initiative this month. First up: powering its Durham, NC, campus microgrid with hydrotreated vegetable oil.
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Battery Storage Supports Summer Cadet Training at U.S. Army West Point

Viridi’s energy storage contribution is only the start of the microgrid project at West Point. A second, parallel project will work on how to integrate the RPS150 ESS with the...
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Interconnection Jam: Southwest Power Pool Latest to Sound DER Warning

SPP asked for FERC permission to delay its 2024 interconnection queue cluster study progression and to stop accepting new DER project requests until SPP can get its process under...

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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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QuickChat: Analyzing the Complexities of the Energy Transition

Join Rod Walton and Aron Bowman, President of ELM MicroGrid and ELM Solar, as they explore the current stat and prospects of utility-scale power grids.

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Making Sure Fiber Customer Turn-ups are Done Right the First Time

Fiber is being installed at a pace the industry has never seen before, with more deployments, more customer connections, and fewer people to do the skilled work. This FAQ takes...

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Microgrid Standardization Will Accelerate Much Needed Adoption

Demand for microgrids is growing in large part because they offer resilience for today’s energy needs. Microgrids are just one example of distributed energy resources. They generate...
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3 reasons your microgrid controls should be able to communicate in real time

Tom Poteet, vice president of corporate development at Mesa Solutions, outlines three things a microgrid controller should be able to do: accept control commands, engage in site...