Reliability

Smart Inverter States: New Map Shows Progress of IEEE 1547-2018 Adoption

May 10, 2024

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) several years ago established its IEEE 1547-2018 standard on interconnection requirements for smart inverters. This...

The Microgrid Perspective

Exploring the Potential of Community Microgrids Through Three Innovative Case Studies

April 8, 2024

Community microgrids represent a burgeoning solution to meet the energy needs of localized areas and regions. These microgrids are clusters of interconnected energy resources,...

Apuao Island, one of the 98 unserved or underserved areas of the Philippines that will soon have reliable electricity from a microgrid. (Source: Navier Solon / Shutterstock.com)

Philippines Seeks Microgrids to Solve Power Gaps

Oct. 31, 2023

More than 4 million Filipino households are unserved or underserved by the national power grid. The country’s Department of Energy is turning to microgrids to help electrify all...

DOE looks to make microgrids ‘essential building blocks’

Oct. 28, 2022

The US DOE plans to issue a road map for microgrids to become a pivotal part of the future grid.

Sunnova swings back at critics of microutilities plan

Oct. 24, 2022

Opponents are trying to block a microutilities proposal in California with self-serving “the sky-is-falling” arguments, says Sunnova, the plan’s architect.

California state capitol in Sacramento. Photo by Victoria Lipov/Shutterstock.com

California state budget goes all in to fund energy resilience; expected to lower microgrid costs

Oct. 21, 2022

A range of programs approved in the California state budget boost microgrid funding to increase energy resilience.

Big response to Sunnova’s microutility plan in California

Oct. 17, 2022

Not surprisingly, those who stand to lose and those who stand to gain have a lot to say about Sunnova’s idea for microutilities in California.

San Miguel Arcangel Parish at Utuado, Puerto Rico. By Euri Rivera/Shutterstock.com

Will microgrids keep young people from abandoning Puerto Rican towns?

Oct. 14, 2022

Young people are fleeing Puerto Rico towns because of persistent power outages. A new project proposes microgrids to keep the electricity flowing.

Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Courthouse reflecting in the pool on Public Square of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. By Nina Alizada/Shutterstock.com

Ohio county seeks utility partner to help it become ‘microgrid hub of the US’

Oct. 11, 2022

Cuyahoga County, Ohio, is seeking a partner to bring to fruition its ambitious plans for multiple microgrids coordinated by a newly created county utility.