Backing Texas grid resilience, investment firm acquires nearly 1 GWh battery energy storage portfolio
The three standalone systems, developed by esVolta, are expected to reach commercial operations in the first half of 2025.
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Microgrids
Covers localized power grids that can operate independently or in conjunction with the main grid, often incorporating clean energy sources, like solar power and energy storage.
Renewables
Renewables permitting has been ‘paralyzed’ by Trump – This Week in Cleantech
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Power Grid
Redefining microgrids: A vision for dynamic grid control
Erik Amundson, vice president of microgrid engineering and chief technology officer at OATI, provided insights into the evolving role of microgrids during the OATI Energy…
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Renewables
A West Virginia factory will soon be home to one of the world’s largest solar+storage microgrids
Powin is partnering with BHE Renewables as the energy storage solutions provider for a solar and storage microgrid that the companies claim will be one of the world's largest once completed.
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Renewables
For the grid! Utah storage company’s new feature promises resilience through microgrids
Torus is leveraging it's full-stack microgrid technology to transform residential and commercial buildings into miniature power plants.
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Power Grid
Microgrid at Marine air base will test long duration energy storage viability
The Rapid Integration and Commercialization Unit (RICU) at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is a living laboratory for testing how leading LDES technologies can be…
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Renewables
Nation’s largest microgrid transit depot breaks ground in Maryland
By 2035, the depot is projected to accommodate 200 zero-emissions buses, most powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
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Power Grid
Under the hood of one of the most unique microgrids in the U.S.
ComEd's neighborhood microgrid on Chicago's south side will, for the first time, provide a glimpse into the interplay between a utility-scale microgrid and customer microgrids.
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Power Grid
DOE offers $10.5M for microgrids in underserved, indigenous communities
This funding is meant to help bring replicable microgrid solutions to underserved and indigenous communities in remote, rural, and islanded regions throughout the United States.
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Power Grid
PG&E to expand remote grid program with six new microgrids
Including the new systems to be deployed in the coming months, PG&E will soon reach up to 12 total remote grids powering 18 customers while removing nearly 13 miles of overhead electric distribution lines at the grid edge in high fire-threat…
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