Grid Optimization

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Scoring for the Future with a Common Definition: A Taxonomy for Microgrids

April 20, 2024
Think Microgrid’s Taxonomy Brief 2024 strives to define microgrids and the role they can play in transforming our energy system.

Exploring the Potential of Community Microgrids Through Three Innovative Case Studies

April 8, 2024
Community microgrids represent a burgeoning solution to meet the energy needs of localized areas and regions. These microgrids are clusters of interconnected energy resources,...

Microgrids to Become the Standard in Decentralized Power Generation, Not the Exception

March 6, 2024
In this QuickChat video, Robert Autengruber from INNIO Group explains why he believes the demand for microgrids and advanced microgrid controllers will continue to climb.
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Can Increasing Distributed Generation on the Grid Reduce Transmission Needs? It’s Complicated

March 4, 2024
Some might assume that increasing distributed generation on the grid in order to meet clean energy goals can reduce transmission needs. But the need for transmission investments...
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Cuyahoga Rules: Ohio County Approves Work on Microgrid Utility Project Moving Forward

Dec. 6, 2023
Compass will act as the utility operator and will begin pre-construction engineering work in January now that the contract is finalized and approved. Construction on the first...
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Puget Sound Energy Expands Virtual Power Plant Partnership with AutoGrid

Nov. 16, 2023
The VPP program aims to reduce costs, improve energy supply reliability and increase the amount of renewable energy flowing through PSE’s system.
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Accelerating Microgrid Projects

Oct. 9, 2023
Download the eguide to learn how a standardized approach to microgrids can lead to speed and simplicity from start to finish.
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‘Synthetic Inertia’ Could Be the Solution to Texas’ Clean Electric Grid Growing Pains

Sept. 25, 2023
Everything’s bigger in Texas, as the saying goes, and it’s no different for the state’s power sector. Texas consumes and generates the most electricity in the United States, and...
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The Azores Start DER Optimization Journey for Sustainability, Energy Independence

June 14, 2023
A remote island in the Atlantic Ocean deploys renewable DERs to clean up its power supply.