Siemens Digital Grid this week introduced a new microgrid controller, designed for small scale distributed energy projects, in keeping with the rise of solar plus storage microgrids. The new controller — the brain of the microgrid — serves demand for simpler microgrids, often characterized as having fewer generation sources and a …
Roundup: New Microgrid Projects Receive Millions in Federal GRIP Funding. The Microgrid Perspective. Sponsored Content. 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 …
Jana Gerber, microgrid president at Schneider Electric North America, welcomed Granholm and shared with her the partnership''s excitement over a fully carbon-neutral, stand-alone and bidirectional energy community of the future.The Menifee project also benefits from a $6.65 million DOE grant and renewables funding from the Inflation …
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has launched its community microgrid program and already started work on the first major project in the effort. The California Public Utilities Commission approved PG&E''s Community Microgrid Enablement Program (CMEP) last month. The utility will provide technical and financial support for qualifying projects in …
Here are eight microgrid projects that signal new directions for the technology: 1. Schneider Explores New Resource for Microgrids — River Currents. A selling point for microgrids is that they …
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The microgrid and other distributed energy projects will help Duke defer construction of natural gas-fired generation to replace the coal-fired plant, according to the certificate filing. The utility did not release the cost of the microgrid but said that the alternative — repairing the 10-mile feeder in the rugged Great Smoky Mountains ...
A microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources that acts as a single controllable entity with respect to the grid. It can connect and disconnect from …
Today, FEMA approved the first phase of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority''s (PREPA) project to design a new solar-powered microgrid system for the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, located east of the main island. The total cost of the project is nearly $97 million across two phases and will be fully funded by FEMA''s …
In remote northwestern Alaska above the Arctic Circle, the Iñupiat town of Shungnak and its connected sister village of Kobuk, 10 miles upstream, benefit economically from a new microgrid project. Commissioned in late 2021 and now operating successfully, the development team used UL Solutions HOMER® Pro to model the microgrid.
The Connecticut legislature, in particular, has worked to wrap microgrids into state policies designed to support a variety of energy investments for both public and private entities. First, the state added microgrids to the list of qualifying projects that municipal energy improvement districts can pursue.
The Adjuntas model is built around solar-powered microgrids. A key feature of a microgrid is the option of operating it connected to the main grid—a mode …
Although the Shadow Mountain microgrid project offers an exciting and compelling example for clean communities of the future, it was not without complexity. There is the community microgrid itself, but there are also 219 end-users requiring load control. ... In the new energy landscape, homebuyers need help navigating complexity and …
2 · According to Microgrid Knowledge, projects to watch out for in 2022 include an electric bus depot microgrid being built in Maryland, near Washington, DC and plans for …
Here are eight microgrid projects that signal new directions for the technology: Schneider Explores New Resource for Microgrids — River Currents. A selling point for microgrids is that they …
New York is currently evaluating 83 microgrids, and Gallagher thinks many of them will be implemented. New York also proves that microgrids don''t have to be small, the biggest development in the world is a 17 million square foot, mixed use project in Manhattan that has plans to be able to island from the grid.
Recipient: Entergy New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. GRIP Funding Received: $54.83 million Recipient Cost Share: $52.83 million. Entergy New Orleans will build an energy storage microgrid, as well as invest in hardening the transmission system and distribution lines. It''s expected that the efforts will avoid more than 600 million …
The research project will consider eight planned or existing microgrids across a nearly 200-mile stretch between Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. The first phase of the research, slated for 2024, will focus on an 18-mile section of the corridor that includes municipal utilities in Quakertown, Perkasie, Hatfield …
New York has always ranked high as a national leader in microgrid friendly policies, even if lagging behind a few states in actual installed projects. The ground-level reality could change upwardly as the Empire State welcomes an accelerating pipeline of microgrids planned by a host of developers.
The project''s name is Resilient Community Microgrids with Dynamic Reconfiguration to Serve Critical Loads in the Aftermath of Severe Events. "NREL will contribute metrics to quantify the resilience of microgrids, which will establish a measure for moment-to-moment operational resilience. NREL will also create new protection …
Northern California utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) announced Tuesday that it will expand its remote grid program, adding six new installations in 2024. Remote grids, also known as remote microgrids, operate independently from the larger electric grid. They provide stand-alone local energy resources to defined areas, allowing …
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of a new, interactive tool tracking microgrids installed throughout the United States. A …
Chelsea has ordered equipment for a microgrid that will connect municipal facilities, and is targeting a construction date in the second half of 2024. Chinatown is finalizing plans for a system to provide solar power and backup energy storage to a 200-unit affordable housing apartment building. "We do see this serving as a model …
Remote Villages in Suriname Forest Get 24-Hour Power with New Microgrid Twelve remote villages in the Suriname forest now have access to uninterrupted power thanks to a new microgrid. When complete, the Suriname Village Microgrid Photovoltaic Project...
Tencent''s distributed energy microgrid at its Tianjin data center. (Source: Tencent) Tencent, one of China''s largest technology companies, has commissioned a new microgrid at its High-Tech Cloud Data Center in Tianjin. With a total installed capacity of 10.54 MW, it is expected the microgrid will produce 12 million kWh of electricity per year ...
The new entity, which is being funded by BIP, will own new microgrid assets while Enchanted Rock operates them. The venture has signed customer contracts that total more than 50 megawatts. ... Texas Microgrid will own the microgrid projects, but Enchanted Rock said each customer will make a payment for the service. Customer …
A new microgrid is potentially coming to Ward 8 in Washington, D.C. In April 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funded the new St. Elizabeths microgrid, a project that intends to bolster community resilience by maintaining power at several critical locations in Ward 8 in the event of an outage.
Acadia has an existing potential project pipeline of over 1.5 - 2.0 gigawatts of renewable energy projects in New York with an average size of 20 – 50 MW per project, and is currently in ...
Four of the projects will use the funds to either create or expand existing microgrids, including one at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and three at the Department of Defense (DOD): The OPM will install a microgrid at the agency''s Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia, helping to transform the facility into a ...
Tencent has launched a new microgrid project at one of its data centers in China, which it says generates enough solar energy to power 6,000 households. ... Tencent said its self-installed new energy capacity in 2023 surpassed 32MW, doubling 2022''s figure and taking total installed capacity to more than 50MW. More in Sustainability.
Alcatraz''s 22-acre site, located in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, is now home to one of the nation''s largest microgrids. This $7.1 million project, originally funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has reduced the island''s fuel consumption by 45% since its 2012 installation.
Outcomes from DOE projects around remote microgrids have indicated a greater need for: • Institutional support programs that facilitate knowledge and data exchange, data-sharing resources, su pportive policy and regulatory models, development strategies, and wider-scale coordination.