US collaboration between LO3 and MotorWerks will test tools to let consumers buy and sell electricity within microgrids using their homes and vehicles.
My electric car, your solar home, a microgrid, and the future
Power to learn: Puerto Rico schools get the microgrid treatment
RMI and Save the Children to install renewable microgrids in 12 schools in Puerto Rico, ensuring access to education, bolstering the grid, and serving the larger community.
A shining example for microgrids, or a cautionary tale?
A community microgrid development in the works for nearly two years in southern California faces a battle against the local city council, which is urging a vote to reject the project.
Hydro-Quebec pursues new strategy with Lac-Mégantic microgrid
Canadian hydroelectricity giant unveils plans for Lac-Mégantic solar and battery storage microgrid, a project it describes as a major step in its technological evolution.
California winery microgrid wins top environmental award
Stone Edge Farm Estate Vineyards and Winery, home of a microgrid noted for its performance during the California wildfires last year, now has received an additional accolade.
What is electricity resilience worth to you?
As the global microgrid market takes off, It’s crucial each customer knows what power loss costs them as they weigh their need for a microgrid.
Tiny island lands big catch with solar plus storage microgrid
Cuttyhunk witnessed New England’s whale oil industry give way to kerosene and incandescent light bulbs. Now the tiny island is deep in another energy revolution — reducing diesel use by way of a solar plus storage microgrid.
Hurricane Harvey creates new abnormal for the electric grid
Stories are emerging about microgrids and distributed energy systems keeping critical services up and running despite Hurricane Harvey’s best efforts to do them in.
"A glimpse into the energy future" with NY affordable housing microgrid
New York has unveiled a groundbreaking project that brings microgrid technology – rooftop solar + fuel cell + lithium battery – to the city’s affordable housing stock.
Has the microgrid industry crossed 'the chasm'?
The success of two unusual US microgrid projects is good news, but it’s still not clear whether microgrids have leapt ‘the chasm’ – a pivotal step in a disruptive technology’s market evolution.
