As Cyclone Gabrielle batters the NZ grid, new research explores how renewables-based microgrids can bolster energy independence and security.
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Can tidal energy help power coastal and island microgrids?
A microgrid project in Canada aims to get island and coastal communities off diesel using tidal energy.
Microgrids provided electric sanctuaries amid the devastation of Hurricane Ian
Microgrids kept power flowing in residential communities, retail establishments, medical facilities, a university and manufacturing operations across four states.
Australia’s biggest rooftop solar microgrid sets stunning green benchmark for industry
Plans unveiled for massive solar and battery based embedded network to help supply 100% renewables to tenants of the Moorebank Logistics Park.
Works begin on solar and battery microgrid to power island national park
Construction has begun to install a solar and 215kWh battery energy storage-based microgrid on Tasmania’s Maria Island.
Redflow lands big new battery order for off-grid Kangaroo Island icon
After being destroyed by fire over Australia’s devastating Black Summer, the Southern Ocean Lodge is being resurrected, complete with a hybrid renewable microgrid.
Should you even bother connecting to the grid?
US start-up sells a “modern electric system,” where “ridiculously outdated” networks are replaced by microgrids with solar, storage, backup and controls.
NSW project to model regional microgrids identifies eight potential communities
ANU-led project selects eight communities on NSW south coast for deeper look into transitioning them to renewable and battery-based microgrids.
Microsoft commissions California’s largest “renewable gas” microgrid
Microsoft contracts Enchanted Rock to develop a data center microgrid – the largest in California to date that will use “renewable natural gas” to offset fossil fuels.
Wind, solar and battery take WA town to 50 pct renewables – with more to come
Pacific Energy launches Shark Lake Renewables Hub in Esperance, with plans to keep adding to the microgrid and increasing the town’s share of renewables.