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Multiple Billion-Dollar Rewards If Energy Blockchains Can Live Up to the Hype

Published on May 21, 2017 May 14, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Vancouver-based blockchain systems development pioneer BTL Group published its first white paper online May 12, touting how use of automated, cyber-secure transaction processing, recordkeeping and... Read more →

New Solar Cells, Supercapacitors, Blockchain Apps Expected to Drive Renewable Power Costs Down Further

Published on February 9, 2017 February 9, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Research results set out in the 2017 edition of Lloyd’s Technology Radar – the first to zoom in on low carbon energy and power and... Read more →

Global Microgrid Markets To Reach $35 billion By 2022: New Report

Published on January 24, 2017 January 15, 2017 by Adam Johnston

Research & Markets suggest global microgrid markets will have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12% between 2016-2022. The …

World’s First Open Microgrid Lets Commercial Zones Co-Invest and Optimize Energy Resources

Published on January 3, 2017 December 21, 2016 by Microgrid News

Two new pilot projects, dubbed ‘E-Cloud’ seek to develop and optimize open microgrids in Belgium’s industrial zones. E-cloud is funded …

‘Microgrid as a Service’ Projected Annual Growth Over 15% In New Report

Published on January 12, 2017 December 20, 2016 by Microgrid News

According to a new report from Markets and Markets, the Microgrid as a Service (MaaS) is likely to grow at …

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.

Finnish Research Team Lays Out Blockchain Microgrid Platform Development Model

Published on January 21, 2017 October 13, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Proponents and supporters of distributed energy resources and management systems are exploring how blockhain distributed databases and smart contracts can be used to design and build... Read more →

Blockchain and the Rise of Peer-to-Peer Power Markets

Published on January 12, 2017 October 9, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Fast growing residential PV solar installations have led to the rise of individual energy ¨prosumers¨ – households that both produce and consume electricity. Capitalizing on... Read more →

PwC Identifies 3 Key Strategic Elements for Microgrid Market Success

Published on January 12, 2017 August 24, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Mid-tier microgrid investment (microgrids to power neighborhoods, commercial/industrial facilities and government/public services institutions, such as schools, university campuses, hospitals and military bases) is falling short... Read more →

Utility Grant Boosting Minnesota Microgrid Research

Published on January 12, 2017 August 8, 2016 by Adam Johnston

A recent grant from Xcel Energy is helping a Minnesota University in investigating the Gopher States future microgrid potential. According …