• Hospital Healthcare Microgrids

    Schneider Electric
    Solar panels at the Nyagoto birthing center in Kenya. Schneider Electric will partner with United Solar Initiative to build similar microgrids at two birthing clinics in Guatemala. (Source: Schneider Electric)
    Oct. 25, 2024
    Schneider Electric and United Solar Initiative announced plans to build microgrids at two rural birthing clinics in underserved, largely indigenous communities in Guatemala.

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    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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    Oct. 18, 2024
    Hakwata village in Zimbabwe launched a 200-kW solar microgrid system earlier this month that will power a health clinic, school, shops and homes. In Nigeria, plans to build a ...
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    Oct. 2, 2024
    The microgrid will be connected to a new battery energy storage system, the hospital’s existing rooftop solar array and biogas energy generated by the nearby La Crosse County ...
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    Sept. 23, 2024
    Valley Children’s Healthcare in Madura plans to bring the microgrid into operation next year. The facility’s planners hope that the project will generate 80% of the hospital’s...
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    March 28, 2024
    Kaiser Permanente has installed on-site solar at more than 100 of its 700-plus locations, including hospitals and MOBs. It does not aim to reproduce solar-and-storage on-site ...
    March 25, 2024
    If a hurricane takes out power for many months or even years, many people likely will have no access to health care or electricity to power medical devices and refrigerate vaccines...
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    Feb. 29, 2024
    More than $366 million will be spent on 17 projects in 20 states and 30 Tribal communities.
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    Feb. 5, 2024
    In the wake of a disaster, schools, hospitals, fire stations and other community infrastructure entities are now able to use FEMA grant money to rebuild using net-zero technologies...