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What is a Milligrid?  How do they differ from Microgrids?

What is a Milligrid? How do they differ from Microgrids?

According to Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and the Department of Energy, a Milligrid is a type of microgrid that involves a segment of the legacy regulated utility grid.  This ...

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These Electric Motorcycles Come Inside Their Own Nanogrid

These Electric Motorcycles Come Inside Their Own Nanogrid

Current Motor's new Mini-fleet-in-a-Box consists of four of their Nb electric cargo motorcycles inside a solar charging station that resembles a shipping container.  The container ...

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Bipartisan Microgrid Support Helps Push Energy Bill Forward

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 and water bill that could shape the ...

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Connecting the Dots Along the Emerging Energy Internet of Things

Connecting the Dots Along the Emerging Energy Internet of Things

One 12 recently funded ARPA-E microgrid projects is taking place in Lubbock, Texas, where DNV GL, Group NIRE and GELI will develop and operate an ¨Internet of Energy¨ (IoEn) ...

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NY Prize Pushing Community Microgrids Beyond Feasibility Studies

NY Prize Pushing Community Microgrids Beyond Feasibility Studies

NYSERDA is now accepting applications for detailed designing, engineering, and business plans for microgrids in the state of New York.  The RFP is the second stage of the NY ...

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June 15th, 2016 | St. Paul, MN | Always Ready: Using solar and storage to enhance community preparedness

June 15th, 2016 | St. Paul, MN | Always Ready: Using solar and storage to enhance community preparedness

Fresh Energy is hosting a policy and practical discussion on how solar combined with energy storage can enhance community preparedness in the Midwest. Communities and ...

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Decentralized Renewable Hybrid Mini-Grids for Sustainable Electrification of the Off-Grid Coastal Areas of Bangladesh

Decentralized Renewable Hybrid Mini-Grids for Sustainable Electrification of the Off-Grid Coastal Areas of Bangladesh

By Majbaul Alam and Subhes Bhattacharyya Academic Editor: Josep M. Guerrero Journal: Energies Received: 23 November 2015 / Accepted: 21 March 2016 / Published: 6 April 2016 ...

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Autonomous Electric Vehicles: The Real Monopoly Utility Killer

Autonomous Electric Vehicles: The Real Monopoly Utility Killer

The bulk power system we've relied on for the last century is remarkably inefficient.  Due to waste heat and transmission losses, less than 30% of energy inputs in thermal power ...

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Brooklyn Startup Broadens Solar Power Access with P2P Energy Exchange

Brooklyn Startup Broadens Solar Power Access with P2P Energy Exchange

Back in the 1990s the advent of peer-to-peer (P2P) computing sites such as Napster turned reproduction and distribution of music, then TV programs and films, upside down and ...

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Mobile Phone Adoption In Africa Can Provide Tools, Demand, and Lessons for Off-Grid Electrification

Mobile Phone Adoption In Africa Can Provide Tools, Demand, and Lessons for Off-Grid Electrification

Hundreds of millions of phones (and smartphones) have been activated in Africa. But the aspiration of portable and renewable off-Grid solutions for all households still appears ...

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