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    New Microgrid Provides Resilience to U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Connecticut

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    MGK QuickChat: The Intersection of SCADA and Power Generation

    Emerson’s Brett Benson shares his view of the future of power generation in this QuickChat interview for Microgrid Knowledge’s Rod Walton.
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    EPRI Gains $2M Funding for Commercial Building VPP Demonstration Project

    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

    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

    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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    Deborah Westlight, operations manager with the Oregon Clean Power Cooperative, raises her arms in celebration of the solar panel portion of the project.

    Oregon Agrivoltaics-Based Microgrid Tackles Crop Warming from Climate Change – and May Improve Taste of Lettuce

    As climate change increases summer temperatures in Oregon, one farm struggling with decreased crop production is deploying a microgrid with agrivoltaics to provide solar, shade...
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    Generac Securing DOE Funding to Support $100M Battery Microgrid VPPs for Water Utilities

    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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    Microgrids to Provide Life-Saving Benefits to Guatemala Maternal Healthcare Clinics

    Schneider Electric and United Solar Initiative announced plans to build microgrids at two rural birthing clinics in underserved, largely indigenous communities in Guatemala.
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    Lincoln Electric System Adding Battery Storage to Community Microgrid

    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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    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: How SCADA Can Manage and Make Sense of Renewable and Distributed Energy Data

    Managing editor Rod Walton spoke with Brett Benson, marketing director for global renewable energy solutions at global automation technology and software firm Emerson...

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    7 Strategies to Make Microgrids a Fit for Utility Grid Modernization

    In 2022, Enchanted Rock and Microgrid Knowledge conducted a survey of leaders at large U.S. electric utilities. The goal was to understand their actions and attitudes around microgrid...

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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...