To increase resiliency, Japanese cities are quietly moving away from large-scale power toward microgrids, distributed generation, and smart energy systems, Reuters reports. The switch is being led by Higashi-Matsushima, a coastal city of nearly 40,000 in Miyagi Prefecture that was hit by the 2011 earthquake … Read more…
The use of a microgrid system could help the US military stay operational in the case of an attack on America’s main electricity grid. The findings were published in a paper by Michigan Technological University engineering and energy policy experts, who say going off-grid — by … Read more…
On April 13, financial services provider Wells Fargo announced a $20 million expansion of the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a five-year, $10 million program launched in 2014, designed to facilitate early-stage technologies that reduce the energy impact of commercial buildings.
At Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Advanced Power Technology Office and the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies have initiated the design of the Pacific Energy Assurance and Resiliency Laboratory (PEARL) – a renewable energy microgrid … Read more…
Navigant Research has released its fourth quarter microgrid deployment tracker. The firm found that North America remains the leading region for the technique, with 54 percent of the market. Asia Pacific is next on the list with 41 percent of the market. The firm says … Read more…
The news is mostly good, but uncertainty on what’s ahead in Washington and at least one abandoned initiative are yellow flags.
Today, a look at the vital topics of nanogrids and microgrids.
Localized microgrids that connect to businesses, universities and military installations that are dependent on uninterruptible power will expand their capacity to 3.71 gigawatts by 2020, says GTM Research.
The US Department of Defense is still known for its bravery but it’s now also known for its use of green energy, battery storage and microgrids — that is saving the lives of soldiers in the battle field while also producing cleaner energy.
The MIT Energy Initiative says that says its Helia IQ microgrid technology will make owning and operating such localized networks a lot easier, and more efficient.
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