Clean energy’s gold rush for minerals used to manufacture electric vehicles, solar and other systems is not always sustainable and sometimes employs questionable labor practices, says a group that has released a mining toolkit to help the industry develop best practices. The Energy Resources Governance Initiative’s (ERGI) toolkit aims to … [Read more...]
The Microgrid Knowledge South America Channel
News and feature articles on microgrids in South America including RFP's, policies and players impacting the region.
A Global Tour of Contrasting Microgrid and VPP Markets
January 31, 2020 By
Peter Asmus of Guidehouse explores the different drivers impacting microgrid and virtual power plant (VPP) uptake. The stars are aligning for distributed energy resources (DER) to play an increasingly important role in providing energy services across both retail and wholesale markets. Recent forecasts from Navigant Research, a Guidehouse … [Read more...]
Microgrids Installed at 10 Puerto Rico Schools
December 20, 2019 By
In Puerto Rico, 3,600 children will now study in buildings with secure electricity thanks to the installation of school microgrids by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Save the Children and Kinesis Foundation. The microgrids were installed in 10 schools, many of which had no power for six months after hurricane Maria destroyed the island's … [Read more...]
EV Charging Trends: Solar Absorption, Demand Response, Green Charging
November 8, 2019 By
More and more, electric vehicles (EVs) are being called upon to absorb excess solar energy and provide demand response. These are EV charging trends to watch. Yet another trend is increased demand from EV drivers for charging based on green energy. Enel X, which aims to help communities create, store, use and share energy, has a number of … [Read more...]
Microgrid Knowledge Announces Date and Venue for Microgrid 2020
July 15, 2019 By
Microgrid Knowledge today announced the date and venue of the next annual microgrid industry conference, Microgrid 2020. The international event — the world’s largest microgrid industry conference — will be held June 2-3 in Philadelphia, Pa., situated in the Northeast corridor’s vibrant microgrid market and home to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, … [Read more...]
Storage is the Boss for Utility-Scale Microgrid Yielding 70% Renewables
January 11, 2019 By
A utility-scale microgrid that uses energy storage has slashed the use of diesel fuel and allowed for up to 70 percent renewables to serve a Portuguese Island, Graciosa. The microgrid is made up of a 6-MW, 3.5-MWh battery system from Switzerland-based Leclanché, about 1.5 MW of wind energy, 3 MW of solar and an existing diesel system that … [Read more...]
What’s Driving Microgrids toward a $30.9B Market?
August 30, 2018 By
A forecast issued this week by Navigant Research identifies several new trends emerging in the global microgrid market as it moves toward becoming a $30.9 billion industry by 2027. The number of vendors in the arena has increased dramatically. Utilities, once seen as obstructers to microgrids, are now building their own. Microgrid growth is … [Read more...]
Siemens Building an 80-MW Microgrid Network in the Brazilian Amazon
October 27, 2017 By
Bringing reliable, secure and affordable electricity to the remote Amazon Basin is probably one of the most difficult obstacles to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goal of universal electricity access by 2030. But that's exactly what Siemens Brazil hopes to do by way of a microgrid network. With the support from Brazilian utility Centrais … [Read more...]
Microgrid Knowledge Seeks Input for its 2017 Survey
September 5, 2017 By
Who’s building microgrids, where and why? Please share your insights by taking the Microgrid Knowledge 2017 Survey, now live here. It will take just 10 minutes (or less) to answer the questions. And in return we’ll be sure you are among the first to receive the results. Just leave your email (optional) at the end of the survey, and we’ll … [Read more...]
EPS Installs Green Microgrid for ENEL…Can U.S. Cities Go All Green?…Stem in Austin
June 1, 2017 By
Paris-based EPS installs green microgrid for Enel Electro Power Systems (EPS) has completed a plug and play green microgrid for Italian utility Enel at a construction site in Chile. Powered by solar and two forms of storage, the microgrid requires no diesel energy backup, making it emissions free, according to the Paris-based microgrid … [Read more...]
