What is a Microgrid?
How is a microgrid defined? A few different definitions exist. Here we set out to explain what we mean by 'microgrid' at Microgrid Knowledge.
Vehicle-to-Grid Programs Give Rise to Mobile Microgrids
As vehicle-to-grid programs take hold, electric vehicles are being transformed into mobile microgrids that support the grid when it’s under stress.
Can a ‘Microgrid Gap’ Solution Keep the Power Flowing Until the Real Thing is Built?
Cannabis operations, city officials look to a “microgrid gap solution” — a transitional technology to provide resilience while the full microgrid is being built.
US’ Largest County — Los Angeles — Proposes Agency to Support Microgrids in a Large Swath of California
The County of Los Angeles last week made an eye-opening proposal — a $41 million program that includes a regional microgrid agency to serve an area that encompasses roughly half of California’s population.
What Role Do Microgrids Play in the Biden Administration’s 40% Solar Vision?
A new US DOE study shows the path for 40% solar by 2035 and how microgrids can come into play.
Microgrid Perspectives
So You Want to Build a DC Microgrid?
Hanan Fishman, president of Alencon Systems, discusses five practical considerations for building a DC microgrid, including defining the components.
Video Library
Using Real Time Dynamic Modeling for Microgrid Optimization
This workshop will answer a lot of your questions about the challenges and opportunities around microgrid adoption. Learn how to use real time dynamic modeling and artificial intelligence for microgrid optimization, control, and resilience.
Virtual Microgrid Tour: DEIF
Take a tour of two sustainable microgrids in this behind the scenes tour with DEIF. See the microgrid at the Headwaters Center in Winter Park, Colorado and Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, Indiana.
How to Pay for Your Microgrid
Financial experts from Lincoln Energy Services, Ameresco, and Mesa Solutions educate you about your microgrid financing options.
Solutions Showcase: Cummins Power Integration Center
Many companies around the world are looking for the resiliency and sustainability benefits that a microgrid can offer. In this solutions showcase video, go behind the scenes at the Cummins Power Integration Center.
Small But Powerful: Designing Packaged Microgrids for Small and Medium Sites
In this video, we explore the market landscape for microgrids, recent trends in pre-engineered microgrid designs, relevant industry standards, and design/specification considerations.
Why Does a Microgrid Cost What it Costs?
Microgrid leaders describe issues that drive up microgrid costs — development and permitting delays, state regulations and utility rules, generation choices, location, market rules — and how to overcome them.
About Microgrids
Here you’ll find microgrid 101 information. We define terms and explain concepts to help readers understand the growing usefulness and popularity of this form of distributed energy. We welcome you to send these article links to others who may want to learn more about microgrids.
Microgrid Benefits: Eight Ways a Microgrid Will Improve Your Operation…and the World
Microgrids serve industries, institutions, communities and other customers in a range of ways. Here we look at eight main microgrid benefits – from keeping the lights in a storm to lowering energy costs to improving community well-being.
History of Microgrids in the US: From Pearl Street to Plug-and-Play
While it may seem that microgrids are new, they have been around in some form for years, going back to Thomas Edison's Pearl Street Station. Here's a brief look at the history of microgrids in the US.
