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    Scale Microgrids, Captona Close Financing on Community Solar, Microgrid Portfolio Coast to Coast

    June 18, 2024
    Scale Microgrids Chief Investment Officer Julian Torres said that the community solar assets create more optionality and value for microgrid customers.

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    Revolutionizing Defense: The Crucial Role of Microgrids and Schneider Electric in Department of Defense Energy Resiliency

    Sept. 13, 2024
    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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    NY Green Bank Loans Catalyze $100M to Finance Community Solar Projects

    May 16, 2024
    Community solar offers an alternative and sometimes more accessible type of renewable energy. Some microgrid developers are interested in community solar as part of their projects...
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    Data Center Solar Startup Gains $14.5M Funding for Illinois Projects

    March 4, 2024
    The financing with SkyRocket Capital eventually extends to Donato Solar’s planned pipeline of 100 MW in projects, totaling close to $100 million in financing. Anthony Donato is...
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    Interconnection Woes Stymie DER and Microgrid Deployment: These Innovative Policies Could Help

    Feb. 12, 2024
    A few states – including Maryland, Massachusetts and California – are beginning to implement innovative programs to address the interconnection roadblocks.
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    Scale Microgrids’ 500-MW Community Solar Deal Seen as Opportunity to Add Value to Microgrids

    Jan. 22, 2024
    Scale Microgrids is especially interested in community solar because it can maximize the amount of solar that microgrid owners can use. “By having a community solar portfolio ...
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    Stracker Solar will install a solar microgrid in Ashland, OR to support critical city services.

    Oregon DOE grant fully funds Ashland community resilience microgrid

    Oct. 27, 2022
    The Oregon Department of Energy will fully fund a community resilience microgrid project to support critical infrastructure in the city of Ashland.
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    EnergyTech: ERCOT moves forward on pilot to evaluate DERs in wholesale markets

    Oct. 24, 2022
    Rod Walton, senior editor of EnergyTech, describes an ERCOT pilot project with implications for microgrids.
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    Solar minigrids bring water to Ethiopian farms

    Oct. 12, 2022
    In a new pilot project, the DREAM initiative has launched nine solar minigrid powered large scale irrigation systems in Ethiopia.