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California School District Using Solar, Storage, V2G and a Microgrid to Power More Sustainable Future

The 1,171 kW solar and energy storage microgrid will reduce energy costs, lower emissions, improve resilience and power the ...
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Healthcare Microgrid Developer Starts Preliminary Work at Senior Living Facilities in California

NextTNRG Inc. begins pre-construction on two senior healthcare microgrids in California, featuring solar and battery storage ...
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Flywheels Handled a Cannabis Facility’s Demand Bursts. Maybe They Can Deal with AI’s Huge Transient Loads

In AI data centers, “hammer blows” of load steps can occur in milliseconds. That can be true of cannabis growing facilities ...
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Almond Joy: New Microgrid to Water Australian Almond Farm

AGL Energy will own, operate and maintain the microgrid, which will support operations including watering at Koompartu Farms, ...
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Mind the Gap and Beyond: Why Bridge Power is More Than a Stopgap Measure

In a new EnergyTech QuickChat video, PowerSecure’s Ryan Spivey explains why you should be thinking about bridge power as a ...
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Department of Energy Backs Microgrid Innovation with $8 Million in New Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity gave a big boost to microgrid innovation earlier this month with the announcement that 14 projects had been selected to receive more than $8 ...
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Costco Advances Toward Energy Independence with Off-Grid Solar Systems

Costco ticked another box in its quest for energy independence this week with the announcement that two of its California distribution centers successfully completed fully integrated off-grid solar ...
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Data Center Executives Say Islanding Important, Expect Onsite Generation to Cut Grid Reliance

Eighty-eight percent of data-center executives interviewed in North America see islanding during outages as a competitive advantage, said a new report from Capgemini Research Institute. In a Bloom ...
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Port of Long Beach Launches FM Harbor EV Charging Depot

The Port of Long Beach celebrated the launch of FM Harbor this week, a new electric vehicle charging depot. FM Harbor will support more than 200 electric drayage trucks each day. Drayage trucks are ...
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U.S. Air Force Research Lab Awards $18 Million Contract to Develop Advanced Energy Storage Solutions

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Energy Office has awarded an $18 million contract to Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) to develop advanced energy storage solutions that will ...
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African Development Bank Advances Mission 300 Goal with $58M Minigrid Project in Eritrea

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is investing $58 million to develop a solar-powered minigrid in Eritrea. The system will support clean water pumping, enhance irrigation and agricultural ...
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Puget Sound Energy Expands Virtual Power Plant Partnership with AutoGrid

Puget Sound Energy (PSE), Washington state’s largest utility, is expanding its virtual power plant (VPP) partnership with AutoGrid in an effort to reduce costs and improve the reliability of its ...