• Campus Microgrids

    This section includes white papers on Campus Microgrids
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    Aerial view of the State University of Campinas, also known as Unicamp. (Source: ADVTP/Shutterstock.com)
    Dec. 6, 2024
    The microgrid, located at the State University of Campinas, also known as Unicamp, is expected to save the university roughly $75,000 in annual energy costs.

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    Feb. 10, 2025
    As we enter 2025, microgrids are driving the evolution of the New Energy Landscape, fueled by advancements in renewable energy and smart technology. I see several transformati...
    Menasha Joint School District
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    Dec. 5, 2024
    When the Maplewood Intermediate/Middle School opens in Menasha, WI, next year, it will be home to a solar and energy storage microgrid that is expected to save the local school...
    Engineering campus at University Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Image credit By Amphylite - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
    Sept. 30, 2024
    Report by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and software firm Xendee indicates that SMR nuclear could be cost-competitive to grid power ... if a high carbon tax was ...
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    July 25, 2024
    DERConnect, funded by a $42 million grant from the National Science Foundation, is a new testbed designed to help researchers and the energy industry understand how distributed...
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    July 16, 2024
    Electric bus manufacturer PhoenixEV delivered five new 40-foot ZX5 battery-electric models to the school over this last spring term.
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    March 19, 2024
    A $5.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Renew America’s Schools funding program will finance construction of energy improvements to The Match High School and...
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    Feb. 5, 2024
    In the wake of a disaster, schools, hospitals, fire stations and other community infrastructure entities are now able to use FEMA grant money to rebuild using net-zero technologies...
    Dec. 13, 2023
    In 2020, the University of Toronto commissioned an on-campus solar and energy storage microgrid. Located in the Energy Systems lab, the installation aids the researchers in studying...