Sentences with phrase «more microgrids»

Given these four good reasons to build community microgrids — electric reliability, grid strengthening, economic advantage, and environmental improvement — likely to soon see many more microgrids in U.S. cities and towns.

As the Planning Engineer explains in his blog post: «There is no bargain to be found by pushing jointly for both more microgrids and the greater integration of «clean» resources.

Not exact matches

• Advanced Microgrid Solutions, a San Francisco - based provider of distributed energy resources and energy storage assets, raised more than $ 34 million in Series B funding.

Regulators are now looking for alternatives to the conventional power grid, like microgrids, and are hoping that backing them up with renewable solar and wind power would reduce the bottlenecks in the power system and get the lights back on more quickly after a future disaster.

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.

To put it in language more familiar to today's techies: EVs, home batteries, solar panels, smart appliances, and mini / microgrid energy management software are all part of a platform.

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.

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

The idea is that a large, interconnected system composed of smart microgrids will be more resilient, helping to eventually eradicate — or at least greatly minimize — blackouts.

The batteries» unique design could smooth out the power from renewables and help usher in the rise of more resilient microgrids

Several firms are now coming to market with designs that they say address those concerns, opening the door to the possibility that battery backups for renewables could one day form a constellation of self - sufficient microgrids far more resilient than the present electrical infrastructure.

Alaskan microgrids provide electricity for more than 200 communities and generate more than 2 million hours of operating experience annually.

In more rural settings, a microgrid can be even more empowering.

For more practical, non - «one - megaton nuclear bomb detonated 250 miles over Kansas» purposes, it would also protect a microgrid from solar storms.

«There is enormous technical potential to using microgrids to make electric service more resilient in the face of loss of bulk grid power,» said the report.

Microgrid benefits encompass better resiliency, easier access to energy through a less capital - intensive, modular, scalable solution that is quicker to implement, more choice around when and how to interact with the grid and energy cost optimization.

So it makes sense that today's movement to improve urban resilience — and add microgrids — looks to the... [Read more...]

Any microgrid can save energy because of the reduced transmission losses and some will save even more energy, depending on the microgrid's storage capability, power source and other factors.

More rarely discussed is the less apparent, but significant linkages between microgrids and energy efficiency.

«Microgrids are helping communities reduce greenhouse gas emissions and become more self - sufficient, making them an important tool for climate action and community resiliency,» said Melanie Nutter, Director of the San Francisco Department of the Environment.

Achieving that would include following the ISO - NE natural gas generation plan, deploying more community microgrids, and increasing infrastructure hardening.

«But in order to help scale the growth — with so much of cost reduction being related to scale — helping integrate more solar into the grid and taking advantage of microgrid opportunities... would go a long way toward reinforcing the resiliency of the grid and grid security.

Here are two more good reasons for community microgrids, excerpted from our new report, «Community Microgrids: A Guide for Mayors and City Leaders Seeking Clean, Reliable and Locally Controlled Enermicrogrids, excerpted from our new report, «Community Microgrids: A Guide for Mayors and City Leaders Seeking Clean, Reliable and Locally Controlled EnerMicrogrids: A Guide for Mayors and City Leaders Seeking Clean, Reliable and Locally Controlled Energy.»

Development is underway on the Italian island of Sardinia of a 1.2 MW hybrid microgrid that incorporates concentrating solar power (CSP), a diversion from the more common use of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in microgrids.

Microgrids can... [Read more...]

«These microgrids effectively form the blueprint for more than just recovery, but for preparation for islands and regions around the world that are susceptible to natural disasters and power outages.

The value of a microgrid lies in its sophisticated ability to... [Read more...]

Along with ABB equipment, the rural microgrids will enable homes... [Read more...]

For many, gaining access to electricity through solar microgrids and other local power sources that bypass the traditional utility model is a far more practical option.

They argue more durable grid infrastructure and the use of more distributed generation resources and microgrids would do more to help the grid bounce back from outages.

We frequently see assertions that microgrids are more flexible and will help support renewable energy.

As the fledgling microgrid industry matures, the technology's advantages become apparent in more applications.

While most of them run on costly diesel fuel, more than seventy of these microgrids integrate some type of renewable energy.

In other words, a microgrid is not just back - up generation but should be a robust, 24/7/365 asset that provides primary energy services to a market A microgrid can provide back - up generation, but it offers additional, more intricate services as well.

-LSB-...] by doing so, the commission fails to take into account that microgrids might cost more, but provide greater benefits than grid power.

At the conference they showcased their efforts, including more than a dozen community solar projects, the widespread deployment of «smart meters» that give customers real - time information about their electricity use, and a range of microgrids — small, self - powering energy systems that can disconnect from the larger grid in times of emergency.

During a panel about microgrids at REFF, David Cohen, managing partner of E7 Ventures, a developer of hybrid renewable systems, noted the movement afoot in his home of Boulder, CO to build a municipal utility to displace Xcel Energy because residents want more renewable energy faster than the large utility can deliver it.

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...]

The microgrid also is designed to make the manufacturing plant more energy efficient as it works toward achieving Carbon Neutral and LEED Gold certifications.

This microgrid technology is becoming increasingly important as we look to create a more robust and resilient power grid throughout New York.»

Others are more complex, like developing renewables - based microgrids to ensure critical services and vulnerable populations are powered up even if the broader grid goes down.

Korea's Kepco made more international moves to further its microgrid business.

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Microgrid are integral to initiatives that aim to strengthen the economy, save lives during natural disasters, and make our energy supply more sustainable and our electrical power more secure.

Microgrids increasing support more reliable, efficient and safe power for critical infrastructure.