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Port of Long Beach Launches FM Harbor EV Charging Depot

The charging depot has 44 fast-charging stations, 9MW of power and supports more than 200 electric drayage trucks each day.
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ELM MicroGrid Unveils Upgraded FieldSight 2.0 Cloud-based Energy Management Tool

The original FieldSight technology was introduced eight years ago around the same time that ELM Companies CEO and founder Lee Graves spun off ELM MicroGrid into its own company...
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2 New York Toyota Dealerships Add Microgrids and EV Chargers

The microgrids will provide resilience and reduce energy costs for Sunrise Toyota and Sunrise Toyota North, both in Long Island. They will also power the dealerships’ new EV chargers...
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On-Site Power Opportunity and Challenge: Bloom Energy Report Predicts 80 GW Data Center Load in Future

This could be a big opportunity for several players on the energy transition front, from distributed energy resources to small nuclear startups to microgrid developers—but it ...
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DOE Pushes Accelerated Deployment of VPPs with New Liftoff Report

“Utilities, regulators, policy makers and industry partners all have a role to play to adopt an innovation mindset to accelerate the deployment of virtual power plants and serve...
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Power Ahead to a Closer Look at Microgrids for Energy Intensive Companies

Ron Beck, a longtime senior director and solutions expert at AspenTech, and strategic planning director TJ Surbella will guide a discussion on the value of industrial microgrids...
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Colorado Roadmap Identifies Outage-Prone Communities and Microgrid Deployment Challenges

Some Colorado communities are grappling with climate-change induced heat, wildfires, drought and blizzards, along with long feeder lines. To address the outages that these challenges...
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Major Microgrid M&A Deal: EQT Transition Infrastructure Acquires Scale

New Jersey-based Scale is one of the microgrid sector’s biggest project builders with close to 250 MW of microgrid and community solar projects either in operation or construction...

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

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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Quickchat: How SCADA Can Manage and Make Sense of Renewable and Distributed Energy Data

Managing editor Rod Walton spoke with Brett Benson, marketing director for global renewable energy solutions at global automation technology and software firm Emerson...

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7 Strategies to Make Microgrids a Fit for Utility Grid Modernization

In 2022, Enchanted Rock and Microgrid Knowledge conducted a survey of leaders at large U.S. electric utilities. The goal was to understand their actions and attitudes around microgrid...

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Microgrid Standardization Will Accelerate Much Needed Adoption

Demand for microgrids is growing in large part because they offer resilience for today’s energy needs. Microgrids are just one example of distributed energy resources. They generate...
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3 reasons your microgrid controls should be able to communicate in real time

Tom Poteet, vice president of corporate development at Mesa Solutions, outlines three things a microgrid controller should be able to do: accept control commands, engage in site...