• Commercial Microgrids

    This section includes white papers on Commercial Microgrids
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    Chick-fil-A Launches Third Solar Plus Storage Microgrid in California

    March 20, 2025
    The microgrid will provide one-third of the annual energy demand of the brand’s Quarry Creek location in Oceanside, improving resilience, lowering energy costs and contributing...

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    Key Microgrid Trends Impacting the New Energy Landscape

    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...
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    Navigating the Energy Landscape: Commercial Real Estate and the Role of Microgrids

    March 17, 2025
    The commercial real estate sector covers close to 97 billion cubic feet in the U.S. alone. All of those facilities are mission critical in one way or another—especially to those...
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    Yassine Askri, microgrid specialist with Schneider Electric (left) walks and chats with Abel Lopez, facilities manager of the Napa winery Domaine Carneros, while surveying the winery's solar and battery storage microgrid.

    Harvesting Energy Security is Always Vintage: Winery Microgrid Creates Power Resiliency in Heart of Napa Valley

    March 3, 2025
    The 614 solar panels, which are mainly on the roofs of several Domaine Carneros buildings but also include one ground-mounted array near one vineyard section, total 427 kW at ...
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    2 New York Toyota Dealerships Add Microgrids and EV Chargers

    Jan. 27, 2025
    The microgrids will provide resilience and reduce energy costs for Sunrise Toyota and Sunrise Toyota North, both in Long Island. They will also power the dealerships’ new EV chargers...
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    The Wendy’s Microgrid: Beefing up Fast Food with On-Site Solar and Battery Storage

    Jan. 8, 2025
    A Wendy’s location in California will soon join the growing list of quick service restaurants using microgrids to reduce emissions and save on energy costs.
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    Lone Star Adoption: Texas Microgrid Growth Up Nearly 20X in Past 10 Years

    Jan. 2, 2025
    Since early 2021, when Winter Storm Uri’s extended freeze caused 52 GW in lost grid capacity and eventually led to more than 100 deaths, commercial customers have added nearly...
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    3 New York Automobile Dealerships Install Solar and Storage Microgrids

    Dec. 18, 2024
    The grid-connected microgrids were installed by Sprocket Power and are expected to reduce dealers’ net utility bills by up to 90%.
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    Solar-Storage Microgrid Construction Under Way at California Roofing Firm's HQ

    Dec. 13, 2024
    The microgrid is expected to produce more than 460 MWh of carbon-free energy annually to power company operations at the headquarters, offsetting some 425 metric tons of carbon...