Natural disasters are striking more often and with greater intensity. To keep their lights on, these communities are turning ...

Pacific Gas & Electric’s latest round of microgrid funding includes a project in Lake County, Calif. that’s a twist on the ...

Jonas Birgersson, a Swedish entrepreneur, wants to use decentralized networks modeled on the internet to transform how electricity is distributed. Jonas Birgersson, a Swedish entrepreneur, wants to ...

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Vertiv Holdings (VRT.N), opens new tab on Wednesday said it would acquire microgrid and advanced power controls company Utility Innovation Group for about $1.45 billion in cash, ...

In remote towns, what happens when the sun fails to shine, the wind barely blows and batteries begin to run low? Too often, the answer is another costly diesel delivery. If more electricity is ...

A bill to bolster the adoption of microgrids with a $200 million U.S. Department of Energy pilot and $500 million in state grants was introduced in the Senate Wednesday by Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., ...

Vermont Democratic Sen. Peter Welch will introduce legislation Wednesday to try to boost the adoption of microgrids across the country as the nation’s transmission system becomes increasingly strained ...

Microgrids generate, store, and manage their own power, and can disconnect from the utility grid entirely during outages. Real-world systems, from UC San Diego's 92 percent self-powered campus to ...

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A new initiative called Beehive Microgrids aims to help Western North Carolina communities during power outages. The project was funded by $5M from the U.S. Dept. of Energy. These solar-powered ...

Australia’s big clean energy projects get a lot of attention, from giant solar farms to the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme. So too does the push for rooftop solar and home batteries. What often gets ...

The importance of reliable and resilient energy sources has become essential for data centers as demand for data processing rises, especially with the growth of AI. Recent events, such as the March ...