Porsche Cars North America is investing $50 million dollars in a renovation project that includes a solar microgrid and an expansion of the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta, a unique venue that allows the public to let their inner Formula E driver loose on the track in a Taycan, Porsche’s first all-electric sports car.
US President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law Tuesday. Here are 8 changes (all good) that microgrid industry insiders foresee.
With power outages becoming a routine worry for many Californians, several groups last week pushed state regulators to act quickly on microgrid incentives — which are now more than a year in the making.
If you couldn’t attend Microgrid 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this past June, good news. We captured every session on video and it’s now available for you to view on demand.
Eric Dupont, chief development officer at PowerSecure, explains how working with a microgrid+ developer can ensure microgrids are future-proof.
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.
In this video, we explore three examples of how mass transit leaders and organizations are increasingly relying on microgrids.
California’s higher education institutions are leaders in microgrids. In this panel discussion from Microgrid California, hear from schools that operate campus microgrids and those that are soon to join them.
This video sets the stage for day 2 of the Microgrid 2022 conference. Speakers include Joe Calhoun of PERC and Kevin Normandeau of Microgrid Knowledge.
Four microgrid industry leaders reflect on the information presented during the Microgrid California event and discuss predictions for the future.
The customer is demanding more of the grid these days as our world becomes more electrified, and that means that power outages are becoming more and more expensive. What does reliance on the grid cost your operation — and how can you get the cost down?
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.
You may be enthusiastic about pursuing a microgrid, but are you aware of the issues that could bog down your project? We've prepared a list of key questions about microgrids to consider before getting started.
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.
How is a microgrid defined? A few different definitions exist. Here we set out to explain what we mean by 'microgrid' at Microgrid Knowledge.
Tom Poteet of Mesa Solutions outlines five questions you can use to determine which demand response program works best for your organization.
Leaders in large corporations, government agencies, and other organizations face numerous challenges in running their day-to-day operations. For them, energy – the lifeblood of many organizations – has historically been seen as reliable, and occasional power outages considered an inevitable cost of doing business. However, these same organizations are starting to view energy and the associated risks and opportunities in a new light as power outages continue to impact their organizations and as new energy innovations make it to market. Download this new white paper from Ameresco that explores ways in which government agencies, companies, and other organizations can leverage their energy infrastructure to minimize the adverse impacts of major events – in other words, become more resilient.
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