Growth in solar microgrids -- and all forms of distributed solar -- is accelerating. So much so that utilities better jump into the market now or risk watching it pass them by. That's the message from a new white paper, “Utilities and Distributed Solar: Go Bold (and Smart) or Go Home,” recently published by ICF International. Utilities be … [Read more...]
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Will Utilities Look at Solar Microgrids in the Rearview Mirror and Say “Uh Oh”
November 16, 2015 By Elisa Wood
Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Google News Feed, Infrastructure, Markets, Renewables, Utility Tagged With: ICF International, Microgrid Newsletter Feature
What is Government Doing to Spur Microgrid Growth?
December 26, 2014 By Elisa Wood
What state and federal policies are spurring microgrid growth in the United States? Here's an inventory from our latest Think Microgrid report, The Energy Efficient Microgrid, which examines grid-connected microgrids and companion technologies: combined heat and power (CHP) and district energy (DE). The Obama administration created one of the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CHP, District Energy, Economics, Environmental, Google News Feed, Infrastructure, International District Energy Association (IDEA), North America, Players, Policy, Regions, Solar Turbines, x ~ Sub Features Tagged With: Clean Power Plan, Connecticut Microgrid Pilot Program (Public Act 12-148), ICF International, IDEA, International District Energy Association, Maryland Resiliency Through Microgrids, Massachusetts Electric Vehicles and Electric Vehicle Charging (Docket 13-182), Massachusetts Grid Modernization (Docket 12-76), Massachusetts Time-Varying Rates (Docket 14-04), Microgrid Newsletter Article, New Hampshire’s 10-year energy strategy (SB191), New Jersey Energy Resilience Bank, New Jersey Transit Microgrid, New York Reforming the Energy Vision, REV, RGGI, Solar Turbines
