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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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Dignitaries cut the ribbon for the new $10.9 million water resiliency microgrid project Feb. 26 at White Sands Missile Range. (Source: Miriam Rodriguez)
March 6, 2025
White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico celebrated the launch of a hybrid microgrid that will provide backup power to four groundwater wells, ensuring power outages won’t impact...
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The Fort Hunter Liggett Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during the recent power outage. It is staffed with key garrison and tenant staff for information gathering and dissemination and coordinating efforts to mitigate and resolve issues. The garrison commander and command team provide guidance and makes decisions to mitigate or resolve issues. (Photo by Amy Phillips)
Feb. 28, 2025
Launched in August, the central California Army garrison’s microgrid performed as expected, serving critical loads and keeping operations running.
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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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Jan. 27, 2025
In response to the Los Angeles fires, cleantech industry members that generally provide clean energy to the entertainment business have partnered with nonprofits like the Footprint...
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Jan. 23, 2025
Short answer: we don't know yet. Tax credits might be safe without legislative action, but grants and loans could be under threat.
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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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Jan. 17, 2025
“Utilities, regulators, policy makers and industry partners all have a role to play to adopt an innovation mindset to accelerate the deployment of virtual power plants and serve...

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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...

Video Interviews

Dec. 16, 2020
Kevin Normandeau, publisher of Microgrid Knowledge, interviews Cordelia Thielitz, vice president of microgrid solutions at Rolls-Royce, which offers microgrids through its MTU...

White Papers

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Oct. 15, 2021
Resilient microgrids and energy as a service (EaaS) business models can help to support grid assets by linking renewables, EVs, and advanced software systems to provide real time...
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March 28, 2025
The VPP will expand Xcel’s existing VPP program, increasing the number of batteries that can be dispatched during an event and enabling the utility to more efficiently stabilize...
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March 27, 2025
The 12 MW Desert to Power Eritrea Minigrid Project will power homes, small-scale farms, agricultural processing zones and water supply systems, improving electricity access for...
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March 25, 2025
The 70 million Euro (US$76M) construction and conversion project has taken two years to complete. Koehler operates three paper machines at the Oberkirch plant.
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Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley launches the Barbados Energy Transition and Investment Plan flanked by Damilola Ogunbiyi, special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and co-chair of UN-Energy, among others at the SEforALL Global Forum (Source: Sustainable Energy for All)
March 21, 2025
A $500 million distributed renewable energy fund was announced by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, SEforAll, International Solar Alliance and Africa50 to develop and...
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March 20, 2025
The Charter Oak project in Bridgeport has been in development for about 10 years. The thermal loop will supply heat and hot water for the University of Bridgeport, Approved Storage...
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March 20, 2025
The microgrid will provide one-third of the annual energy demand of the brand’s Quarry Creek location in Oceanside, improving resilience, lowering energy costs and contributing...