Microgrid Knowledge - Mar 22nd, 2024
 
 
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March 22, 2024
Today's News from the Editors of Microgrid Knowledge
By Rod Walton, Managing Editor
Speakers from the IOUs, municipal and co-op sectors spotlighted at MGK will include Cobb EMC of Georgia, American Municipal Power, Ameren, Duke Energy, Georgia Power, Baltimore Gas & Electric, EPB of Chattanooga, Tenn., Exelon, Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison.
The grant will fund an innovative V2G program that will connect a fleet of electric school buses to the grid.
The EcoStruxure Microgrid offering is aimed squarely at commercial and industrial customers. Mainspring’s generator offers fuel flexibility and resiliency, the companies say.
A $5.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Renew America’s Schools funding program will finance construction of energy improvements to The Match High School and Career Center site. These include installation of a combined 165-kW solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage system.
ASU project leaders have already assessed 300 isolated communities to come up with the most suitable 75 sites for minigrids. Part of Xendee's work is calculating energy potential tailored to the specific needs of each individual community, as well as the system sizing for the minigrids.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office has made a conditional commitment to provide a $72.8 million partial loan guarantee for the development of a solar plus long-duration energy storage microgrid for the Viejas Band of the Kumeyaay Indians.
New data center models use microgrids and clean energy to provide flexibility that reduces grid stress.
The U.S. Department of Energy is currently accepting proposals for transmission projects that would connect remote and isolated microgrids to each other or to existing transmission corridors in Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. territories.
U.S. Army Garrison-Fort Cavazos, formerly known as Fort Hood, will use the microgrid to power critical services and infrastructure during outages and to reduce energy costs during ERCOT peak demand periods.
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