-LSB-...] $ 35 million acquisition of software and
microgrid company Viridity Energy, a move that diversifies Ormat into energy storage and demand -LSB-...]
-LSB-...] Italian energy giant Enel's purchase of U.S. based energy storage and
microgrid company Demand Energy -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
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.
On Monday, developer The Irvine
Company and startup Advanced
Microgrid Solutions announced that they plan to build large battery farms — each the size of about five parking spaces — at buildings in Irvine, Calif..
For the first part of the deal, Advanced
Microgrid Solutions will install Tesla batteries at 24 buildings managed by the Irvine
Company.
Tesla and Advanced
Microgrid Solutions aren't the only
companies building new businesses off of batteries.
In September 2017, the
company disclosed that it was working with the blockchain - based P2P energy trading marketplace Power Ledger on a
Microgrid - as - a-Service platform, and that trials of the technology had been planned.
The
microgrid and storage
company will become part of Engie's growing innovation - aligned portfolio.
The
microgrid will be a living demonstration of one of the key themes of VERGE events: how
companies will increasingly need to develop technologies that foster interoperability — the ability to integrate seamlessly into a variety of systems with an almost unlimited combination of components.
MICROGRIDS: An Indiana
company known for installing
microgrids for the U.S. military sees an opportunity in mass producing the technology for private
companies.
Geothermal leader Ormat Technologies plans to diversify into energy storage and demand response with the $ 35 million acquisition of software and
microgrid technology
company Viridity Energy.
California - based Concentric Power has launched a $ 100 million program to finance cogeneration and
microgrid projects, primarily for commercial and industrial
companies.
A distributed infrastructure subsidiary of Southern
Company, one of the US» biggest utilities, has formed a partnership with Advanced
Microgrid Solutions (AMS) to execute behind - the - meter distributed energy projects.
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.
And, as with building
microgrids, critics question why ComEd should be allowed to add those expenses to customers» bill when there are
companies that will foot the bill in order to build their business.
Following the installation of an innovative
microgrid solution global technology
company ABB is saving over US$ 150,000 a year in fuel costs.
Following the installation of an innovative
microgrid solution, global technology
company ABB is saving over US$ 150,000 a year in fuel costs and cutting carbon emissions by around 1,000 tons a year.
One relevant aspect of the
company's clean transportation efforts, knowing that electric vehicles aren't inherently «better» for the environment, but depend on clean energy to charge them, is that Chanje has also announced that it will be providing «renewable energy and charging capabilities as a turnkey service» to large fleet customers in the form of a
microgrid depot solution that includes energy generation, energy storage, grid services, and charging availability.
The software
company has been involved in development of several
microgrids, among them the Village of Minster in Ohio, a project noted for its sophistication in achieving multiple revenue streams for a municipal utility.
Meiners»
company is in the midst of adding battery storage to some of the
microgrids.