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    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.

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    Key Microgrid Trends Impacting the New Energy Landscape

    Feb. 10, 2025
    As we enter 2025, microgrids are driving the evolution of the New Energy Landscape, fueled by advancements in renewable energy and smart technology. I see several transformati...
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    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...
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    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 ...
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    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...
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    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.
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    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...
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    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...