• Microgrid Design

    This section includes white papers on Microgrid Design
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    May 12, 2025
    Karina Hershberg, associate principal at PAE Consulting Engineers, tried twice to design DC microgrids for commercial clients–and says numerous challenges stood in the way. Others...

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    June 13, 2025
    Take a closer look at propane — a resilient energy source that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 52 percent compared with grid electricity.
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    Nov. 27, 2024
    The devices rising to the top of the modern and future economic and technological food chains are almost all DC, such as computers, solar cells, electric vehicles, batteries ...
    July 22, 2024
    The WTW report noted the World Economic Forum analysis that airports may need multiple times more power capacity by 2050 due to factors such as increased number of flights, passengers...
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    June 11, 2024
    Microgrids are playing a more critical role in providing energy resiliency for end-use customers in the industrial, data, commercial and military sectors. They are complex, multifaceted...
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    May 21, 2024
    Using microgrids as an alternative means to ensure operational uptime is a significant selling point, as PowerSecure’s Todd Jackson pointed out at Microgrid Knowledge Conference...
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    March 21, 2024
    The EcoStruxure Microgrid offering is aimed squarely at commercial and industrial customers. Mainspring’s generator offers fuel flexibility and resiliency, the companies say.
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    Nov. 21, 2023
    The microgrid, which will integrate a variety of on-site and remote renewable energy resources, will be built at the National University of Singapore.
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    A new solar microgrid trailer was unveiled at RayDay, an annual sustainability event held near Atlanta, GA. Photo by www.BenRosePhotography.com
    Oct. 25, 2023
    The microgrid, which includes an inverter, solar panels and battery storage, will be used to provide emergency power in the aftermath of severe storms or other disasters.