Generac's Jamie Smith explores the importance of natural gas generators for today's microgrids. Despite the challenges of a global pandemic, interest in distributed generation solutions and microgrids continues to accelerate. A busy hurricane season and utility safety shutdown programs have commercial and industrial energy consumers seeking … [Read more...]
Why We Need Renewable Natural Gas
May 1, 2020 By
Joseph Sullivan, Concord Engineering's vice president of energy policy and development, explores the importance of renewable natural gas in today's energy markets, as well as potential sources and recent RNG legislation and regulation moves. The organized environmental community has abandoned their previous position that natural gas is … [Read more...]
Study Warns that Gas Plants Could become Stranded Assets
September 17, 2019 By
Utilities, investors and regulators should stop the rush to natural gas and choose clean energy portfolios (CEP) made up of combinations of solar, wind, storage, efficiency and demand response, warns a new report from the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). If they don’t, many gas plants will become stranded assets, raising the specter that … [Read more...]
Something Old is Getting a Lot of Attention
June 10, 2019 By
Chris Evanich, manager of microgrids at S&C Electric, explains why natural gas is top of mind for many in today's microgrid industry. Globally, we are seeing a push to lower our carbon emissions. From electric cars to rooftop solar, there are more and more ways everyone can help contribute to this goal. While many individuals have … [Read more...]
Why Use Natural Gas in Microgrids?
May 21, 2018 By
We explore the advantages of natural gas-fired microgrids in part four of a six-part Microgrid Knowledge Special Report Series on the affordable microgrid. Microgrids can use a variety of generation sources: natural gas, diesel, flywheels, fuel cells, energy storage, solar panels and even wind turbines. Here we look at what natural gas … [Read more...]
