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Microgrid Standardization Will Accelerate Much Needed Adoption. Demand for microgrids is growing in large part because they offer resilience for today’s energy needs. Microgrids are just one example of distributed energy resources. They generate...
Microgrid Benefits: Eight Ways a Microgrid will ... - Microgrid …
Dec 19, 2022 · Eight microgrid benefits. 1. A microgrid improves electric reliability. Among microgrid benefits, electric reliability has gotten the most attention since 2012 when Superstorm Sandy knocked out power to about 8 million electric customers in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Some outages lasted two weeks or more. People suffering in the darkness noticed that neighboring buildings still ...
Utility Interest in Microgrids is Up: What’s Driving the Trend?
Sep 18, 2023 · Utilities are recognizing the financial, safety, renewables integration and reliability benefits of microgrids. This is especially true as the number of storms and hurricanes increases. Image credit San Diego Gas & Electric. In the last year, Bobbi Dillow-Walsh has seen utility requests for Block Energy’s microgrids increase four- or fivefold.
Choosing the Right Resources for Your Microgrid
Jul 6, 2021 · A microgrid that is hosting a fleet of EVs may need to have more operational flexibility to handle different charging times for the EVs, according to Victor. The microgrid may include more dispatchable generation or more battery storage than normal to make sure EVs can be charged when needed, he said. Michael Boswell.
An Inside Look at the Microgrid Market from Those Making It …
Apr 17, 2023 · That’s what we heard in talking to a series of microgrid company executives over the last month who will participate in Microgrid Knowledge’s upcoming annual conference, Microgrid 2023: Lights On!, May 16-17, in Anaheim, California. The upward inflection is particularly notable in regions “where the price of electricity is high, the grid ...
How Microgrids Fare in the Biden Infrastructure Plan
Apr 2, 2021 · Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan calls for spending $2.3 trillion over eight years as well as extending clean energy tax credits and adding new ones. “The American Jobs Plan will lead to a transformational progress in our effort to tackle climate change with American jobs and American ingenuity,” Biden said March 31 in Pittsburgh.
Microgrid Growth: What are the Drivers? | Microgrid Knowledge
Mar 1, 2023 · Among the major energy sectors, renewable energy generation grew the fastest — a 13% year-on-year rise. It provided 27% of total US power in 2022. The push for renewables influences microgrid growth. Companies and communities are installing renewable microgrids to achieve dual goals: both resilience and sustainability.
Micro or Mini: There’s a Grid Type for Every Energy Need
Apr 12, 2019 · Haun breaks it down. In its Q4 2018 Microgrid Deployment Tracker, Navigant Research reported 2,258 microgrid projects, representing nearly 20 GW of capacity across seven geographies. Interestingly, Navigant includes both grid-interactive microgrids and remote microgrids or mini-grids in its tracker. However, these two grid types are quite ...
Residential Microgrids - Microgrid Knowledge
Dec 8, 2023 · Pepco, Block Energy Breaking Ground on Residential Microgrids for Affordable Housing in Maryland. Oct. 11, 2023. Pepco will utilize the BlockEnergy residential battery storage system combined with rooftop solar at six family homesites. They are working in tandem with non-profit developer... Sponsored Content.
The Case for Microgrids on Skids: Small and Modular
Mar 18, 2024 · In this week’s Industry Perspectives, Steve Pullins and Brian Levite explore the possibilities of small, modular microgrid solutions that could be designed once and built in a controlled environment; what they are calling microgrids on skids. The case for microgrids has been made many times here on the pages of Microgrid Knowledge.