| | | | | | | | Today's News from the Editors of Microgrid Knowledge | | |
| | | By Lisa Cohn 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 and medications. Often the value of resilient power to address this challenge isn’t included in cost-benefit analyses. ... |
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| | | | | | Five potential minigrid sites have been identified as part of the United Nations Development Program’s $1.5 million Energy Offer Project. |
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| | | | | | 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. |
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| | | | | | 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. |
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| | | | 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. |
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| | | | Sponsored | | Islands' size and population make the transition easier, but challenges exist. |
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| | | | A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this week at Bimbo Bakeries’ Montebello location, marking the launch of microgrids at six of the company's California facilities. The microgrids are expected to provide around 20% of the combined electricity needs for the sites. |
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| | | | 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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| | | | New data center models use microgrids and clean energy to provide flexibility that reduces grid stress. |
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| | 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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| | | | Sponsored | | Reducing Costs and Uncertainty in Microgrid Deployment By Employing An Integrated Solution |
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