“All winds are blowing in the direction of microgrids,” said Annette Clayton, CEO of Schneider North America in an interview with Microgrid Knowledge this week. The interview followed Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit North America 2021, a Nov. 10 teleconference that focused on energy resilience and sustainability. Speakers identified … [Read more...]
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In Unique Deal, California Utility Places Monetary Value on Microgrid Use to Help Avert Crises
October 29, 2021 By
In a move that recognizes the value of clean microgrid power to avert grid emergencies, California utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar inked a deal under which Miramar would provide generation from its microgrid during September and October 2021 to help avert emergencies. The deal, … [Read more...]
Why We Can’t Just Shrug Off Texas’ Extreme Winter
October 22, 2021 By
Microgrids and distributed energy resources (DER) can help Texas grapple with climate-induced extreme weather outlined in a new report that calls on state policymakers to better prepare for electricity disasters like February's Winter Storm Uri. Uri knocked out power to two out of three Texans and shut off water to nearly half. The Texas … [Read more...]
Welcome, Stranger, to the Real Energy Revolution: Demand Flexibility and Connected Communities
October 19, 2021 By
If you asked folks on the street about the energy revolution, they’d probably say something about wind and solar. They'd be a bit behind the times. Renewables were the game changer a decade ago. Today’s insurgent is energy flexibility. Energy flexibility is a software-driven ability imbued within advanced distributed energy resources, such … [Read more...]
Facing Off Climate Disaster in Louisiana: The Tale of Two Microgrid Champions
October 18, 2021 By
Debra Phipps, of PowerSecure, had her eye on Hurricane Ida when it was little more than an oceanic disturbance. Years of experience, and her company’s state-of-the-art weather monitoring bureau, signaled to her that trouble was headed for the United States long before the rest of us were paying much attention. The more she watched the … [Read more...]
Resilient Microgrids Link Clean Energy and Clean Mobility
October 15, 2021 By
A new white paper from Schneider Electric explores the link between clean energy and clean mobility, and the role resilient microgrids can play. As electric vehicle (EV) adoption increases in the US, utilities need a way to both manage the demand from EV chargers and take advantage of the value they can provide the grid. Resilient microgrids … [Read more...]
Linking Clean Energy and Clean Mobility via Resilient Microgrids
As electric vehicle (EV) adoption grows, it's straining grid management and retail structures that were not designed to either handle the demand from EV chargers or take advantage of the value EVs can provide the grid. Resilient microgrids and energy as a service (EaaS) business models can help to support grid assets by linking renewables, EVs and … [Read more...]
Why Don’t More Companies Use Microgrids in their Climate Disaster Plans?
October 5, 2021 By
Wondering why more companies aren’t incorporating microgrids into their climate disaster plans? The answer may be pretty simple. They still don’t know what microgrids are. That’s one of the findings from research released today by Schneider Electric about how organizations are transforming their business models in response to climate … [Read more...]
Five Local Governments Leading the Way with Microgrid Innovation
September 28, 2021 By
Big ticket microgrid legislation in Washington, D.C., tends to grab headlines, but it is local governments in the United States that produce some of the most intriguing microgrid policy. Given that most electric power regulation happens at the local and state levels, these local programs serve as labs of experimentation in the real world of … [Read more...]
California Transportation Authority Proposes Bus Charging Microgrid
September 23, 2021 By
The Santa Clara, California, Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) plans to build a microgrid with charging infrastructure to upgrade and fuel its fleet of battery-powered electric buses with a potential $4.68 million in grant money from the California Energy Commission (CEC). This Northern California project is part of the VTA’s effort to … [Read more...]
