Grid-tied microgrids driving demand for energy storage
Energy storage opportunities will continue to grow over the next 10 years, along with the microgrid market, according to Navigant Research. This will be driven by diesel fuel prices, a greater push toward renewable resources…
Microgrids becoming mainstream
Driven by growth in distributed generation and a greater desire of consumers and businesses for greater energy independence, the microgrid concept has moved steadily toward the mainstream. Microgrid deployments are happening worldwide, with some new…
Nanogrids are big business
Because of their simplicity, the technology requirements of nanogrids are less complex, in most cases, than those for either microgrids or the smart grid, according to Navigant Research. Nanogrids face less technical and regulatory barriers…
Harmonizing Edison and Tesla with HVDC and Microgrids – IEEE Smart Grid
We envision a drastically different electric grid than what exists today, one with efficient markets, idealized grid-pervasive demand-response, rapid real-time end-point control, smart peripheries and fully coordinated networks of microgrids, synergistic electrified transportation, green and…
Remote microgrids are driving capacity growth
For years, United States has led the world on microgrid development. But now, the world is catching up as communities turn toward microgrids as a way to shore up grid reliability and integrate more renewables….
The emergence of Nanogrids
Solar and storage are driving the rise of ‘nanogrids.’ But the smaller the grid, the bigger the challenge for utilities. First it was just the grid. Then we had microgrids. And now, it seems an even…
When is a microgrid project not really a microgrid?
Australia is making some big moves in energy innovation, and their latest project will test an off-grid system that will become the country’s largest solar and battery project. DeGrussa Mine. Credit: ARENA The project is…
Community Resilience & The Future Of Microgrids
The spate of extreme weather events in recent years has stirred up interest in the concept of “community resilience”—i.e., the creation of more reliable and resilient power grids. The debate rages on how best to…