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Eaton’s microgrid projects cut energy use, lower costs, and boost resilience—supporting a net-zero journey. This paper shows how clean energy investments deliver strong ROI, sustainabil...
Aug. 20, 2025
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Discover how a modular microgrid solution is transforming energy resilience for commercial and institutional buildings. Powered by advanced battery storage, and delivering sustainabilit...
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As the world faces pressing challenges related to climate change, resource depletion, and energy security, the urgency to transition towards sustainable energy systems has never...
July 24, 2025
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Key Takeaways from Microgrid Knowledge Conference 2025: Demand-Side Strategies, Celebrations, and Challenges
July 15, 2025

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Effective maintenance of microgrids involves proactive strategies like condition-based monitoring and predictive analytics to ensure reliable power, resiliency, and safety. This...
June 11, 2025
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Dr. Ifran Al-Anbagi, director of the Microgrid Living Lab and associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, stands in front of the microgrid's control center. (Photo by U of R Photography)
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The fully operational microgrid living lab will partner with businesses, researchers and energy experts to develop new technologies, test ideas and train the next generation of...
May 30, 2025
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The 165,000 square-foot facility in Florida’s Ponte Vedra Beach is supported by three PowerSecure PowerBlocks with 3,750 kW of backup power capacity.
May 21, 2025
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With increasing numbers of outages due to wildfires and storms in Oregon and the Northwest, a coalition of stakeholders helped develop two bills now in the Oregon Legislature ...
May 19, 2025

Videos

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In this video, experts discuss Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) trends, challenges, and innovations.
June 13, 2025
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In this QuickChat video, Seán Adam, vice president for market strategy and innovation for AFL, explains why utilities and microgrid developers need a strong communications infrastructur...
June 3, 2025
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In this QuickChat video, Jason Petermeier, chief operating officer of ELM MicroGrid and ELM Solar, explains how distributed energy resources are impacting the grid of today and...
July 17, 2024
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In this QuickChat video, Jim Bunsey of the Propane Energy Resource Council explains how propane is powering the decarbonization of ports, vehicle fleets and beyond.
June 21, 2024

Projects

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The initiative will develop two mobile and up to 24 permanent microgrids across the state in an effort to strengthen emergency power access for critical community services.
Aug. 14, 2025
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The solar and storage microgrid can deliver up to 2 MWh of electricity per day and will fully power the Costco tire center in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Aug. 13, 2025
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The CHP and prime power package will include Caterpillar’s latest model G3520K generator sets and equipment to provide both electricity and capture waste heat to power and cool...
Aug. 7, 2025
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Launched in 2021, the pilot delivered electricity access 3.5 times faster than a traditional grid extension, reduced household connection costs, generated a 3,000% rise in demand...
July 31, 2025

Technologies

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While gas power is the starter, nuclear energy is the next step in the Fermi America plan for the Amarillo HyperGrid.
July 7, 2025
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While the U.S. Department of Energy and California Energy Commission are testing long-duration energy storage technologies, battery providers are working to lower the levelized...
July 2, 2025
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The Groton II microgrid is the second 3-MW energy storage microgrid launched by the Groton Electric Light Department and Lightshift Energy. It will provide financial, resilience...
June 25, 2025
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Landmark Homes and sonnen have deployed a residential virtual power plant in a master-planned Edmonton community. The system combines solar, battery storage and VPP software to...
June 24, 2025

Generation/Fuels

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HNO says its first two HyGrid microgrids will deliver 4 MW of off-grid energy on the relatively small footprint of one-fifth acre each. The company did not detail an end-use customer...
July 24, 2025
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Under President Trump’s new domestic policy law, solar, wind and electric vehicles take a big hit, losing the investment tax credit. But fuel cells, which gained the credit, are...
July 17, 2025
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Ameresco announced it has hired longtime nuclear industry insider Cenk Güler as its first-ever director of nuclear partnerships. The role is a newly created one as the company...
June 10, 2025
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The next-gen project may provide Dow's UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site –which produces plastics and other products—with electric power and industrial steam replacing...
May 17, 2025

Policy

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With $1.8 billion in new state funding, Texas has opened up opportunities for microgrid providers that can serve small critical facilities.
June 16, 2025
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While federal funding for microgrids and distributed energy resources (DER) is shrinking, microgrid seekers–especially municipalities and schools– are looking into state and local...
June 3, 2025
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An analysis of IRA funding for microgrids, done by project developer and operations firm PowerSecure several years ago, estimated that the tax credits could help cut microgrid...
May 13, 2025
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The new microgrid and data center energy law was passed in tandem with House Bill 2002, which is intended to simplify and speed up the project permitting process. The Power Generation...
May 1, 2025

About Microgrids

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Schneider Electric first announced its Microgrid Flex plan in 2023 centered around the concept that a standardized, modular approach to microgrid development can overcome long...
June 18, 2025
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The latest investment win for Scale Microgrids is closing on $275 million from several lenders to support 140 MW of distributed generation projects across the U.S. Those projects...
June 13, 2025
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Sitka, Alaska, one of the 35 towns awarded C-Map funding to advance innovative microgrids in remote areas. (Source: Roman Tigal/Shutterstock.com)
14 projects have been selected to receive funds from the Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership. The projects will advance microgrid innovation, delivering energy reliability...
June 11, 2025
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With the electrification and data center boom, utilities marvel over future electricity sales, but stress about how they'll meet demand. To tame the tidal wave, experts say we...
April 16, 2025