This is the first article in a Microgrid Knowledge series that explores why the clean energy microgrid makes sense for hospitals, higher education, business, military and government...
Scale Microgrid Solutions is on a mission to make sophisticated microgrids as easy to deploy and finance as rooftop solar, said Timothy Hade, microgrid specialist for the company...
A confluence of innovation, risk taking, and public and private effort has created a five-year, $1.5 billion microgrid market opportunity in Kenya, leading Germany’s TFE Consulting...
Here’s how California microgrids delivered flexible load and backup during the recent blackouts.
California is the poster child for microgrids, usually in a good way, this week in a bad way. Some Californians had access to microgrids when the power outages struck; most still...
Yet another global name is expanding its microgrid play — Rolls-Royce — with yesterday’s announcement that it has taken a stake in an energy storage and controls startup and will...
Racing to beat California’s next wildfire season, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is seeking companies to install microgrids near 20 substations.
After two years of debate and planning, Puerto Rico’s utility finally appears positioned to re-create its electric grid with microgrids and renewable energy, mandated in a new...
A solar microgrid, built in 27 days in cold and windy weather, was Southern California Edison’s (SCE) solution to an urgent need to avert wildfires near a remote dam in the Sierra...
An IKEA store in Adelaide, South Australia will soon set up the largest community microgrid on the continent, supplying energy from the solar array on
Oscar Ruiz arrived in Texas Feb. 19 for another reason, but he quickly became the point person for the Footprint Project, as it built emergency clean energy systems for desperate...
Utility microgrids are coming to California with speed and innovention. Here’s a look at some of the innovations described in last week’s state filings before the public utilities...
Salinas, California set out out to build six school microgrids two years ago as models for others. Today the project offers what schools do best — lessons — but not only about...
Enchanted Rock, a Texas-based microgrid company, has announced a deal with the City of Houston to build the largest microgrid yet for a water pumping plant.
By some estimates, PG&E may be creating a $1 billion opportunity for microgrids, meaning one utility in one year could boost the worldwide market by 10%. But the path there is...
An ambitious, grassroots project is underway in Cranston, Rhode Island to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2030 using microgrids.
Choosing electric buses powered by a microgrid was an easy decision for the Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA), which expects significant fuel savings, resilience and cleaner...
With a large swath of Puerto Rico in the dark as a result of this week’s earthquake, there is some good news from RMI. Microgrids in 10 schools are up and running. But many other...
When bush fires swept the south coast of New South Wales in Australia, an equestrian center showed why it’s good to have a neighbor with a microgrid.
As people look for lessons to be learnt from the Texas blackouts in February, Current± asked if an extreme weather event could ever lead to rolling blackouts in the UK.
