Campus Microgrids

This section includes white papers on Campus Microgrids

Aerial view of the State University of Campinas, also known as Unicamp. (Source: ADVTP/Shutterstock.com)

Brazilian University Launches New Solar and Energy Storage Microgrid

Dec. 6, 2024

The microgrid, located at the State University of Campinas, also known as Unicamp, is expected to save the university roughly $75,000 in annual energy costs.

The Microgrid Perspective

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

Sept. 13, 2024

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...

New Wisconsin Middle School Expects Big Savings with Renewable Microgrid

Dec. 5, 2024

When the Maplewood Intermediate/Middle School opens in Menasha, WI, next year, it will be home to a solar and energy storage microgrid that is expected to save the local school...

Engineering campus at University Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Image credit By Amphylite - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Campus Microgrid With Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Could Yield 63.5% Reduction in Carbon: Study

Sept. 30, 2024

Report by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and software firm Xendee indicates that SMR nuclear could be cost-competitive to grid power ... if a high carbon tax was ...

UC San Diego Adds DER Testbed to its Array of Clean Energy Technologies

July 25, 2024

DERConnect, funded by a $42 million grant from the National Science Foundation, is a new testbed designed to help researchers and the energy industry understand how distributed...

UC-Irvine Campus Microgrid Powering New EV Buses added to Fleet

July 16, 2024

Electric bus manufacturer PhoenixEV delivered five new 40-foot ZX5 battery-electric models to the school over this last spring term.

Indianapolis Charter School Contracts Ameresco for Solar-Storage Microgrid

March 19, 2024

A $5.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Renew America’s Schools funding program will finance construction of energy improvements to The Match High School and...

FEMA to Fund Net-Zero Energy Projects – Including Solar Microgrids – in Disaster Areas

Feb. 5, 2024

In the wake of a disaster, schools, hospitals, fire stations and other community infrastructure entities are now able to use FEMA grant money to rebuild using net-zero technologies...

Microgrid-friendly Toronto U. Named Top University in Sustainability by QS

Dec. 13, 2023

In 2020, the University of Toronto commissioned an on-campus solar and energy storage microgrid. Located in the Energy Systems lab, the installation aids the researchers in studying...