Island Microgrids
Island Microgrids are attractive due to the high cost of importing liquid fuels. While traditionally run off diesel, small and large islands around the world are incorporating renewables and energy storage into their energy systems.
A Solar-Plus-Storage Microgrid at a South Pacific Resort Collects SEANZ Award For PowerSmart
The Largest Central American Microgrid is Officially Operational in Costa Rica Medical Plant
Establishment Labs, S.A. has commissioned a solar-plus-storage microgrid at their medical manufacturing plant in Costa Rica, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony …
Hybrid Solar Microgrids Up and Running in Colombia’s Forbidding Darièn
Postcard From the Future? Ta’u Island Ditches Diesel With Tesla-SolarCity Microgrid
In ‘Before The Flood,’ Elon Musk tells Leonardo DiCaprio that just 100 Gigafactories would be enough to move the entire …
ABB, Indian Institute of Technology Microgrid Partnership To Boost Climate-Smart Rural Electrification Drive
Naval Multi-Physics Lab Adds Ice Energy Storage to its Renewable Microgrid
The addition of Calmac’s IceBank energy storage technology is the latest in the US Naval Postgraduate School Multi-Physics Lab’s efforts to design, test and build an integrated renewable energy-storage microgrid on its Monterey, California campus.
At the Grid Edge: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s Fractal Microgrid
Electrical Manufacturers Lay Out Microgrid Strategic Vision
El Hierro – The leading example for renewable integration on islands?
El Hierro is a frequently cited example for renewable integration on islands, but microgrid expert Martin Baart “couldn’t disagree more,” here’s why: …