Tag: microgrids
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Liberty Utilities goes with BoxPower solar microgrid for wildfire mitigation, cost avoidance
Liberty Utilities is going with a microgrid solution from BoxPower to power a remote mountain research station. The decision will save millions of dollars by replacing high fire-risk distribution lines with a containerized solar+storage microgrid. The project is the result of a request-for-offers issued by Liberty Utilities for a wildfire-mitigationRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Load management software DemandEx now integrates with microgrid controllers, reduces need to rewire
Extensible Energy has released a version of its DemandEx load flexibility software for Microgrids — it will integrate with a microgrid controller to manage and optimize energy usage when off-grid or on-grid. With DemandEx for Microgrids, businesses can move beyond the traditional critical loads panel and utilize dynamic, intelligent softwareRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Grid saturation lessons from Australia and Hawaii
A number of countries, states, and municipalities have been setting 100% clean energy goals. As the price of renewables keeps dropping, more people and businesses are turning to clean local energy, often in the form of rooftop solar. But in some locations, like Australia and Hawaii, solar adoption has beenRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar stats of the week, including 50,000 California homes adding storage
With our Terminator vision turned on, we scoured the internet for solar market stats this week. Here’s what caught our eye. Loans outpace leases in 2019 The numbers are in and loans accounted for 54 percent of the U.S. solar financing market in 2019, according to WoodMackenzie’s new report — aRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Check out Siemens’ microgrid demonstration lab at New Jersey headquarters
Siemens USA has launched an advanced microgrid research and demonstration environment at its U.S. Corporate Technology headquarters in Princeton, N.J. The living lab will validate the latest technologies in order to provide the market with a comprehensive blueprint of how microgrids can be flexibly operated in similar applications such asRead More — Solar Builder magazine