Commercial & Industrial Microgrids

The Fireplace Comeback: Why Stone Centerpieces Are Trending Again With Blair Stone Masonry

Fireplaces are making a strong return in modern home design. Once considered a traditional feature, they are now being reimagined...

Sustainable Plumbing Practices for Modern Homes

Sustainable plumbing is no longer a niche topic—it’s a necessary practice for homeowners looking to reduce their environmental footprint. Today’s...

Modular Aeroponic Farms Open Door to Clean Energy Urban Agriculture

Growers in in Salamanca, New York are using geothermal energy to heat an IFOA aeroponic warehouse farm to produce fruits...

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

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

Finnish Research Team Lays Out Blockchain Microgrid Platform Development Model

The ETLA research team identifies and defines a target state and use case -- an adaptive distributed energy resource management...

Bipartisan Microgrid Support Helps Push Energy Bill Forward

At 85-12, the senate has passed the first energy bill since 2007 with overwhelming bi-partisan support. It’s a historic $37.5 billion energy...

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...

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...

A Glimpse Into Future Microgrid Communities at Solar Decathlon

The Solar Decathlon, organized by the US Department of Energy is showcasing a new generation of homes designed to minimize energy consumption and...