Sentences with phrase «called microgrids»
New York state has launched a $ 40 million competition to spur the development of small, independent power grids called microgrids that would allow local communities to keep the lights on during power failures.
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Entrepreneurs, lawmakers, and activists want more of these small, closed - loop transmission systems called microgrids that are backed up with batteries to keep the power on all night.
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In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.
Two gubernatorial hopefuls marched with more than 1,000 climate change protesters to call on the Cuomo administration to implement more environmentally friendly policies, starting with a new microgrid project that heats and cools the Empire State Plaza.
Called VERGE Interconnect, the microgrid will be a centerpiece of VERGE San Francisco, a four - day conference beginning October 14 focused on the intersection of tech and sustainability.
Management of the Rockaways» power grid has been taken over by PSEG Long Island, part of Public Service Enterprise Group, which in early October issued an updated plan called Utility 2.0 that aims to modernize the company's electric system and may open the door to a microgrid project, said Jackson Morris, formerly of Pace University's Energy and Climate Center and now director of eastern energy for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
During his inaugural address in January 2015, Gov. Brown called for more energy efficiency, microgrids and distributed generation to cut greenhouse gases.
The solar giant's arrival is a big deal not so much because of the product it will offer — a solar and battery microgrid called GridLogic — but because of how SolarCity has changed electricity markets... [Read more...]