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

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

Mirror images of one another, blockchain-based P2P transaction networks and distributed energy resource management platforms seem to go hand-in-glove. It may be years before the ...

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Hybrid Renewable Mini-Grids A Potential $200 Billion Market

Hybrid Renewable Mini-Grids A Potential $200 Billion Market

Declining costs and improving performance is fueling a surge in the construction of hybrid renewable energy mini- and microgrids worldwide, particularly in rural and otherwise ...

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Marin County Energy Launches My Energy Insight Demand Response Pilot

Marin County Energy Launches My Energy Insight Demand Response Pilot

MCE is leveraging AutoGrid's Demand Response Optimization and Management Systems (DROMS) to conduct the year-long pilot system in a bid to lower customer energy costs and GHG ...

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Off-Grid Renewable Energy Bringing Universal Electricity Access to Africa

Off-Grid Renewable Energy Bringing Universal Electricity Access to Africa

Widely available and cheaper than ever, PV solar is spreading rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa as a first generation of local clean energy entrepreneurs taps into support from ...

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Marine Expeditionary Force Tests Microgrids on Land, In the Air

Marine Expeditionary Force Tests Microgrids on Land, In the Air

The U.S. I Marine Expeditionary Force tested microgrids in recent large-scale field exercises. Early results indicate they proved more efficient and reliable, reduced man-hours ...

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Share&Charge Blockchain EV Charging Sharing Network Moves into Beta

Share&Charge Blockchain EV Charging Sharing Network Moves into Beta

Germany's Block.it's Share&Charge mobile app resides atop Ethereum secure blockchain distributed database technology to offer EV charging station owners a means of generating ...

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British Columbia Solar-EV Charging Microgrid Shines During Grid Outage

British Columbia Solar-EV Charging Microgrid Shines During Grid Outage

Designed to serve as a cutting edge ¨gas station of the future,¨ British Columbia Institute of Technology's Energy Oasis solar-EV charging platform kicked in and delivered the ...

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At the Grid Edge: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s Fractal Microgrid

At the Grid Edge: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s Fractal Microgrid

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton's Fractal Microgrid serves as an illustration of how the U.S. Navy and armed forces are taking advantage of leading-edge clean energy technology ...

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Contract To Design Six Interconnected Microgrids at Pearl Harbor Goes To Burns & McDonnell

Contract To Design Six Interconnected Microgrids at Pearl Harbor Goes To Burns & McDonnell

HONOLULU, HAWAII—The High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) announced today that its Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (HCATT) program just awarded a ...

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Tabuchi America Joins Electric & Gas Industries Association to Launch ¨Solar Plus Storage¨ Loan Program

Tabuchi America Joins Electric & Gas Industries Association to Launch ¨Solar Plus Storage¨ Loan Program

The US subsidiary of one of the world's largest solar inverter manufacturers, Tabuchi has partnered with energy efficiency and renewable energy advocacy EGIA to launch the $300 ...

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Sharp Launches New Mid-Tier, C&I Solar-Energy Storage Financing Program

Sharp Launches New Mid-Tier, C&I Solar-Energy Storage Financing Program

Sharp's Energy Systems & Services Group expects to finance more than 12 MWs worth of hybrid commercial and industrial (C&I) ¨solar plus storage¨ projects in the next 12 ...

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Electrical Manufacturers Lay Out Microgrid Strategic Vision

Electrical Manufacturers Lay Out Microgrid Strategic Vision

Microgrids will evolve from playing passive to active roles and serve as core elements of 21st century U.S. grid modernization efforts, according to a research report from the ...

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New Milwaukee Microgrid May Advance Wisconsin Energy Sector, Build US MidWest as a Microgrid Hotbed

New Milwaukee Microgrid May Advance Wisconsin Energy Sector, Build US MidWest as a Microgrid Hotbed

A new possible microgrid may help advance Wisconsin's energy sector, while building the US midwest as a hotbed for microgrids. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, both ...

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Military, Utilities Key to Microgrid Growth, Multi-Stakeholder Ownership Models

Military, Utilities Key to Microgrid Growth, Multi-Stakeholder Ownership Models

U.S. installed microgrid capacity will more than double out to 2020 as growing participation on the part of utilities and the military in microgrids owned by multiple stakeholders ...

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Global Microgrid market to Advance: Technavio

Global Microgrid market to Advance: Technavio

Upgrading outdated grid infrastructure, concerns over an increase in extreme weather events, and government support will help drive the microgrid market, according to a recent ...

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India’s Fast Growing Number of Cloud Data Centers May Spur Microgrid Investments

India’s Fast Growing Number of Cloud Data Centers May Spur Microgrid Investments

Leading cloud data center hosting companies, including AWS, IBM and Microsoft, have been opening up new facilities across the sub-continent, opening up prospects for hybrid and ...

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PwC Identifies 3 Key Strategic Elements for Microgrid Market Success

PwC Identifies 3 Key Strategic Elements for Microgrid Market Success

Microgrid market participants will be well served if they incorporate a ¨total solution¨ approach, along with two other key elements, in their strategic business plans, according ...

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New Community Microgrid Projects Crop Up in Seattle and Santa Monica

New Community Microgrid Projects Crop Up in Seattle and Santa Monica

Community microgrids are cropping up in a growing number of states as government, civic and business leaders look to shore up energy security, grid reliability and resilience, ...

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Power Outage in Atlanta Causes Global Delta Airlines Meltdown

Power Outage in Atlanta Causes Global Delta Airlines Meltdown

"Our systems are down everywhere," Delta told tens of thousands of stranded passengers Monday after a power outage at their Atlanta headquarters wreaked havoc on their ...

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Utility Grant Boosting Minnesota Microgrid Research

Utility Grant Boosting Minnesota Microgrid Research

A recent grant from Xcel Energy is helping a Minnesota University in investigating the Gopher States future microgrid potential. According to MidWest Energy News, a $2.1 million ...

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