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    Learn how microgrids are being deployed at schools and universities around the world in this collection of videos from Microgrid Knowledge.
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    What Microgrids Offer the Golden State Could Prove a Golden Opportunity Globally

    Nov. 9, 2024
    The solution to these problems isn’t more transmission lines or fossil-fuel-powered peaker plants. The solution is decentralizing the grid, making it more flexible, resilient,...

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    Revolutionizing Defense: The Crucial Role of Microgrids and Schneider Electric in Department of Defense Energy Resiliency

    Sept. 13, 2024
    Last month, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) said that U.S. power grids are becoming more susceptible to cyberattacks every day, with vulnerable attack...
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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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    ENGIE NA Delivers New Microgrid for San Marcos Schools’ Electric Fleet

    Oct. 23, 2024
    The San Marcos Unified School District, in conjunction with ENGIE North America, unveiled upgrades to its transportation center, including a new microgrid.
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    Zimbabwean, Nigerian Villages Celebrate New Solar Microgrids

    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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    Next-Gen Nuclear Milestone: NRC Approves Construction Permit for Natura Test Reactor

    Sept. 17, 2024
    Developer Natura Resources would deploy its MSR-1 system at Abilene Christian University and operate the 1-MW in tandem with the school’s Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing ...
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    Natura, Abilene Christian Closer to NRC Approvals to Build 1-MW Demonstration Reactor at Campus Lab

    June 27, 2024
    Small modular (SMR) and advanced next-gen nuclear energy is viewed by many as a solution for the twin challenges of decarbonization and exponential load growth. Many tech firms...
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    Ethiopia and Nigeria Power the Future with Minigrids

    June 4, 2024
    Two new solar minigrid projects in sub-Saharan Africa will power Ethiopia’s agrarian economy and 15 Nigerian universities.
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    In this Disadvantaged Community, a Proposed Bidirectional School Bus, Microgrid and Resilience Center – and Many Challenges

    April 15, 2024
    Bidirectional school buses are new to schools. That’s creating many learning opportunities for the partners proposing the Wy’East Community Resilience Project, which aims to use...