With power still not fully restored, Puerto Rico finds itself forced to quickly answer questions about microgrids that much of the U.S. mainland has yet to tackle. How many microgrids are enough? What’s the utility role? What price should customers pay for microgrid power? How green should they be? And what defines a microgrid, anyway? These … [Read more...]
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Too Few Microgrids for Puerto Rico? Or Too Many? Depends on Who You Ask
February 20, 2018 By Elisa Wood
Filed Under: Bloom Energy, CHP, Economics, Editor's Choice, Generation, Google News Feed, Infrastructure, North America, Players, Policy, Regions, Renewables, Schneider Electric, Storage, Wires, x ~ Main Features Tagged With: Bloom Energy, IEEFA, Natural Resources Defense Council, Schneider Electric, Sierra Club, Sunrun, Tesla, U.S. Green Building Council
What Will the 21st Century Grid Look Like?
July 30, 2014 By Kevin Normandeau
We cannot run a 21st century grid with 1950s technologies, fuel sources and practices. The good news is steps are being taken to usher in the new grid, says Carl Zichella, NRDC's director for western transmission, in this guest blog post. It seems everyone involved with renewable energy and climate change is asking the same question these days. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bonneville Power Administration, California Independent System Operator, Carl Zichella, Department of Energy, grid modernization, Microgrid Newsletter Article, Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC, Oregon Public Utilities Commission, Pacific Power, Portland QER, Quadrennial Energy Review. QER, Western Electricity Coordinating Council