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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.

Borrego Springs Microgrid: From Proof of Concept to Project Development Showcase

Published on January 12, 2017 December 25, 2016 by Andrew Burger
Built to deliver electricity to city and metropolitan area residents, one of the ironies of building large, utility-scale power facilities is that the electricity, in... Read more →

A Solar-Plus-Storage Microgrid at a South Pacific Resort Collects SEANZ Award For PowerSmart

Published on January 12, 2017 December 21, 2016 by Andrew Burger
An off-grid 'solar-plus-storage' mini-grid at Six Senses, Fiji has garnered Power Smart the 'Best Solar PV Off-Grid Implementation' at the Sustainable Electricity Association of New Zealand (SEANZ)... Read more →

The Largest Central American Microgrid is Officially Operational in Costa Rica Medical Plant

Published on January 12, 2017 December 19, 2016 by Microgrid News
costa rica president microgrid ribbon cutting event

Establishment Labs, S.A. has commissioned a solar-plus-storage microgrid at their medical manufacturing plant in Costa Rica, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony …

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Hybrid Solar Microgrids Up and Running in Colombia’s Forbidding Darièn

Published on January 12, 2017 November 30, 2016 by Andrew Burger
The land bridge that links Central and South America, the Darièn is one of the largest remaining areas of largely undeveloped tropical forest in the world,... Read more →

Postcard From the Future? Ta’u Island Ditches Diesel With Tesla-SolarCity Microgrid

Published on January 12, 2017 November 26, 2016 by Microgrid News
Tesla SolarCity Microgrid

In ‘Before The Flood,’ Elon Musk tells Leonardo DiCaprio that just 100 Gigafactories would be enough to move the entire …

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ABB, Indian Institute of Technology Microgrid Partnership To Boost Climate-Smart Rural Electrification Drive

Published on January 12, 2017 November 20, 2016 by Andrew Burger
Both India and multinational power engineering market leader ABB are on something of distributed clean energy microgrid construction binges. Along with a fledgling group of... Read more →

Naval Multi-Physics Lab Adds Ice Energy Storage to its Renewable Microgrid

Published on January 12, 2017 November 18, 2016 by Andrew Burger

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

Published on January 12, 2017 September 16, 2016 by Andrew Burger
The U.S. Armed Forces are leading-edge adopters of distributed low and zero-emissions microgrids. An installation at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton takes advantage... Read more →

Electrical Manufacturers Lay Out Microgrid Strategic Vision

Published on January 21, 2017 September 8, 2016 by Andrew Burger
The National Electrical Manufacturing Association (NEMA) lays out a strategic vision for microgrid development and use for the 21st century in a report released Sept.... Read more →

El Hierro – The leading example for renewable integration on islands?

Published on January 12, 2017 June 23, 2016 by Martin Baart
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El Hierro is a frequently cited example for renewable integration on islands, but microgrid expert Martin Baart “couldn’t disagree more,” here’s why: …

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