• Data Center Microgrids

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    How Can Fuel-Cell Powered Microgrids Fed by Methane from Coal Mines Meet Data Center Demand?

    March 24, 2025
    “Grid capacity is oceanfront property for data centers, the greener the better,” said Mark Feasel, executive vice president and chief commercial officer, FuelCell Energy. He describes...

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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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    Meeting Data Center Energy Demand Requires Multiple Power Generation Strategies

    March 12, 2025
    Those can include microgrids. The new report by Accenture shows that data centers alone could consume almost one-fifth of total nationwide utility-scale electricity by 2033, up...
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    Nautilus, Overwatch Aiming for AI-Ready Data Centers Powered Carbon-Free

    Feb. 19, 2025
    Integrating clean energy microgrids will help address the data center sector’s growing power demands as well as its need to curb carbon emissions.
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    Gas-fired Microgrids to Power Data Centers at Heart of New VoltaGrid-Vantage Deal

    Feb. 12, 2025
    Surging demand for AI and data centers is lifting Vantage’s bottom line in keeping pace with data center growth. The company last year launched new campuses in Dublin, Zurich,...
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    On-Site Power Opportunity and Challenge: Bloom Energy Report Predicts 80 GW Data Center Load in Future

    Jan. 21, 2025
    This could be a big opportunity for several players on the energy transition front, from distributed energy resources to small nuclear startups to microgrid developers—but it ...
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    PowerSecure Powering Edged's New Data Center in Atlanta

    Jan. 16, 2025
    The Edged Atlanta campus includes a recently completed 27-MW data center within an overall 168-MW critical Information Technology site.
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    As Data Centers Boost Demand for Clean, Reliable Energy, New DER Tariffs and Models Emerge

    Dec. 16, 2024
    With data center, electrification and manufacturing increases boosting demand for clean, reliable power, new tariffs – designed to encourage investment in clean distributed energy...
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    Will Co-locating Renewable Energy with New Data Centers Solve the Power Crunch?: Google, Intersect Power Trying Options

    Dec. 12, 2024
    To meet rising demand for reliable, clean data center power, Google is joining with clean energy company Intersect Power and global impact investing platform and private equity...