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Colorado Regulators Give Xcel Okay on Panasonic Demonstration Microgrid
Denver International Airport The Colorado Public Utilities Commission yesterday approved plans by Xcel Energy and Panasonic to install a $10.3 million demonstration microgrid at the Denver...
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Connecticut Seeks Small-Scale Clean Energy; FuelCell Energy to Bid
Connecticut, an early leader in microgrids, is seeking proposals for small-scale clean energy projects, part of a larger effort to identify the best configuration of energy – large and small – for the...
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General Registration Opens for Microgrid Knowledge Conference “NY and Beyond”...
Microgrid leaders will gather in Manhattan May 19 for a Microgrid Knowledge conference designed to shape and propel the industry based on strategies emerging in New York, an epicenter of the microgrid...
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National Grid to Test New Utility Microgrid Services
Potsdam, NY Credit: John Marino How will utilities make money as more customers generate their own electricity? That’s one of the big looming industry questions, and one that National Grid is trying...
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Gas Guzzler No More: Confessions of a New EV Owner
Yes, The Dog Fit Into My New EV Note: MicrogridKnowledge.com’s Lisa Cohn decided to walk the talk and lease an electric vehicle. In this series, ‘Confessions of a New EV Owner,’ she describes her...
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What Would You Pay for Energy Resiliency?
Credit: Tony Webster If you don’t know the answer, join the club. Energy resiliency – maintaining a secure energy supply even when calamity strikes – is a key reason why many want microgrids in North...
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Is the Microgrid Industry Missing the Message about Local Energy?
Something funny happened on the way to this century’s big, new electric transmission build out. North America got religion about local energy. Consider this headline in yesterday’s New York Times,...
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Five Policies Blocking Microgrids (From a Veteran of Local Energy Wars)
Microgrid off the coast of Maine The smart phone has changed the consumer psyche about energy. If we can control so much in the palm of the hands — at so little cost — why not energy too? Such...
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Connecticut Advances Utility Cybersecurity Efforts; Survey Finds Threat Rises
Warning that there “will likely be a utility cyber disruption at some point,” Connecticut officials say they plan to begin annual confidential meetings to review utility cybersecurity efforts. “Given...
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How to Regulate the Microgrid Industry with Order and Fairness
States across the U.S. are trying to figure out how to regulate the microgrid industry in an unwieldy array of proceedings – mergers, rate cases, interconnection disputes, grid modernization plans....
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Take Our Microgrid Survey; Be One of the First to Get the Results
Announcing New Microgrid Survey Curious about what’s ahead for microgrids? Us too. So we’ve put together a microgrid survey to get a sense of the industry’s future. Please give us 10 minutes (or less)...
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‘New York & Beyond’ Microgrid Conference to Feature Top Industry Leaders
Microgrid Knowledge today announced speakers for its May 19 microgrid conference in Manhattan, a roster of top microgrid leaders from some of the largest U.S. utilities and energy technology companies....
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How to Juggle 100 Distributed Energy Resources on a Microgrid
In an ambitious ‘Internet of Energy’ juggling act, a Texas test center plans to demonstrate how to manage 100 distributed energy resources on a microgrid. Group NIRE will host the project at its Reese...
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Did My New EV Just Power My Frig? Confessions of an EV Owner Continued…
EV charging station at BMW dealership Editor’s Note: In Part Two of “Confessions of an EV Owner,” MicrogridKnowledge.com’s Lisa Cohn finds herself coasting down hills in search of an EV charging...
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How to Juggle 100 Distributed Energy Resources on a Microgrid
In an ambitious ‘Internet of Energy’ juggling act, a Texas test center plans to demonstrate how to manage 100 distributed energy resources on a microgrid. Group NIRE will host the project at its Reese...
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Updated: New York Launches Next Stage of $40M NY Prize
New York has issued the second NY Prize request for proposals, this one offering $8 million from the $40 million pot designated to spur community microgrid development in the state. One of the most...
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Exelon’s Next Big Stride: Connecticut Fuel Cell Microgrid
Bloom Energy’s AT&T project. Credit: Bloom Energy Exelon this week continued its vigorous push into the microgrid market, this time in Connecticut where it began construction of a fuel cell...
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6 Questions to Ask Before Building Your Microgrid
There are so many questions to ask before building your microgrid. There are plenty of experienced consultants and vendors who are happy to speak with you, and you should interview them. Yet, wouldn’t...
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Bypassing Utility Models for Clean, Smart Microgrids in Emerging Markets
Energy project developers are just beginning to see the advantages of bypassing the old and “messy” electricity infrastructure in favor of clean, smart microgrids in developing countries. That was one...
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Wife Leaves Husband over Power Outages and other Tales from this Year’s Eaton...
Credit; FEMA photo/Andrea Booher We know that power outages cost businesses a lot of money, but they apparently can play havoc with relationships too, according to the new Blackout Tracker by Eaton....
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