Internet of Things Fuels VC Smart Grid, Energy Storage Investment
Venture capital (VC) investment groups put $81 million of capital across 12 transactions to work in up-and-coming smart grid systems …
Microgrid News
November 7th-8th, 2016 | New York City | HOMER Microgrid Conference and HOMER training at Columbia University
HOMER Energy will hold its 4th International HOMER Microgrid Conference and HOMER training at Columbia University in New York City …
NY Prize Feasibility Studies Under Way in 10 Communities
The NY Prize program is heating up in New York, as a variety of factors are putting pressure on and raising …
Will Desalination Undermine California’s Renewable Energy Targets Or Be A Grid Resource?
Large, inflexible desalination plants could jeopardize California’s renewable energy targets and increase the cost of both water and energy. Better designed desalination plants …
October 25-26, 2016 | Infocast’s Microgrid Summit | San Francisco Bay Area
Infocast’s Microgrids Summit, now in its 9th edition, returns this October 25-26 in the San Francisco Bay Area as the …
Duke Energy Gets Bullish on ¨Green¨ Microgrids
The nation’s power utilities are facing pressures of unprecedented breadth and depth – from reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution …
Hawaiian Electric Launches $2.1MM Distributed Energy Storage Program
Integrating electricity produced by solar and wind energy systems on to power grids has quickly become a major cause for …
Distributed energy resources can already balance themselves on a local microgrid
At ESNA 2015, UCSD’s Byron Washom described his ‘hallucinogenic dreams,’ where solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, and other distributed energy …
Community Microgrids are the bridge to a modern grid
The Clean Coalition shows how adopting community microgrids can provide a pathway to a clean, resilient, and less expensive energy system. The electric grid was …
The New Economics of Battery Storage
In ¨The Economics of Battery Energy Storage,¨ RMI lays out 13 distinct services advanced battery storage systems can deliver today. …