S&C Electric recently addressed a series of challenges to help provide microgrid engineering support for a project in Lancaster, Texas. Oncor, a Texas transmission and distribution service provider, partnered with S&C to provide engineering expertise, as well as new equipment to build and operate an advanced microgrid. Oncor wanted to … [Read more...]
S&C Integrates 30-year-old Texas Diesel Generation Equipment with Advanced Microgrid
April 22, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Farewell to “If You’ve Seen One Microgrid, You’ve Seen One Microgrid”
October 9, 2018 By 2 Comments
Some quotes become sticky. Such is the case with: “If you’ve seen one microgrid, you’ve seen one microgrid.” Not long after S&C Electric’s David Chiesa coined the phrase about five years ago, it became something of a mantra at industry conferences and discussions. The converse of “if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ‘em all,” it was … [Read more...]
Energy Storage Is a Key Ingredient for All Microgrids
October 14, 2015 By 1 Comment
Troy Miller, business development and marketing manager in the Power Quality Products Division at S&C Electric, sets the record straight on the need to pair energy storage with solar in microgrids Recently I read where microgrids that generate half their power from solar supposedly don’t need energy storage. It might be true that they don’t … [Read more...]
Rumor is True. Oncor Unveils First-of-a-Kind Microgrid
April 7, 2015 By 22 Comments
Rumors have circulated for months that S&C Electric, Schneider Electric and Oncor had in the works a microgrid more sophisticated than any so far built in North America. Today the companies lifted the veil off the completed project near Lancaster, Texas. The new microgrid isn’t particularly large (1.25 MW), but oh what’s inside. Not one … [Read more...]
