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    Schneider Electric Investing $700M in U.S. Operations Through 2027

    March 25, 2025
    Schneider Electric’s total U.S. investment for the decade should exceed $1 billion and is the French-based global firm’s largest capital expenditure plan in its 135-year history...
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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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    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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    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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    SOLSTICE Microgrid Construction Under Way at the Edge of New Brunswick

    Dec. 17, 2024
    The solar portion of the SOLSTICE microgrid is being installed on the roofs of the city of Edmundston's Jean-Daigle Centre and the Sports Pavilion. Ameresco is working on the ...
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    SMR News: GE Hitachi Nuclear adds Worley Chemetics to BWRX-300 Supplier Group

    Oct. 31, 2024
    GE Vernova’s plan for the BWRX-300 SMR involves extensive manufacturing work in Canada, with power utility Ontario Power Generation (OPG), GE Hitachi, engineering firm AtkinsR...
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    Generac Securing DOE Funding to Support $100M Battery Microgrid VPPs for Water Utilities

    Oct. 27, 2024
    Under the planned water infrastructure power project, microgrids using battery energy storage and managed by distributed energy resources management systems (DERS) would form ...
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    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)

    Microgrids to Provide Life-Saving Benefits to Guatemala Maternal Healthcare Clinics

    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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    First Student, Con Edison Developing Microgrid Demonstration to Charge School Buses in Brooklyn

    Oct. 24, 2024
    The demonstration project will include a smart energy hub with generation supplied by solar power, battery storage and a power delivery system. The project also will include a...
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    Campus Microgrid With Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Could Yield 63.5% Reduction in Carbon: Study

    Sept. 30, 2024
    Report by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and software firm Xendee indicates that SMR nuclear could be cost-competitive to grid power ... if a high carbon tax was ...
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    Duke Energy Celebrates New Fleet Electrification Center Featuring Microgrid Link

    Nov. 21, 2024
    The goal of the Duke Energy + Electrada Fleet Mobility Microgrid, its planners say, is to create a model for utility-scale fleet electrification charging of light-, medium- and...
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    Takeoff for New Terminal One: Construction Begins on JFK Airport Microgrid

    Sept. 24, 2024
    The solar panel installation will begin early next year once the conduit work is in place, AlphaStruxure’s Macias noted. E-J Electric Installation will install the panels. The...
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    PowerSecure to Run Microgrid Generator with 100% Renewable Fuel

    Aug. 29, 2024
    The company launched its 100% renewable fuel initiative this month. First up: powering its Durham, NC, campus microgrid with hydrotreated vegetable oil.
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    Power Outages at Water and Wastewater Plants Pose Health and Environmental Risks. How Microgrids Can Help

    Aug. 26, 2024
    With increasing numbers of storms knocking out power to water and wastewater plants, operators of these facilities are turning to microgrids to help protect the environment and...
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    Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Signs Eaton to $10M Contract for Electric Central Utility Plant Equipment

    Aug. 21, 2024
    The equipment is expected to be installed by spring of 2025. Many airports are now pursuing on-site power and microgrid technologies as a way to protect against grid outages such...

    Liar, Liar, Battery Supplier

    Aug. 12, 2024
    Battery energy storage system integration is booming as organizations increasingly turn to renewable energy storage solutions and seek to offset grid power usage. However, this...