Microgrid Knowledge Elisa Wood March 1, 2016 Mother Nature keeps hammering home where we need microgrids. Last week it happened again. More than 1.7 million electric customers lost power February 23-24 when a major storm swept the Eastern U.S. and Canada, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Assurance Daily. The storm was an […]
MicrogridsMicrogrid Knowledge Lisa Cohn February 29, 2016 Net metering and microgrids can go hand-in-hand, but first you have to do your homework. Across the country, utilities are challenging net metering projects and laws, resulting in time-consuming delays and expensive charges and rate adjustments for some —and thwarted net metering projects for others. Utilities successfully challenged […]
MicrogridsMicrogrid Knowledge Elisa Wood February 17, 2016 Boston has identified dozens of potential microgrid sites that together with other community energy projects could save as much as $1.7 billion, according to a new report issued by the city. The Boston Community Energy Study maps specific locations for three kinds of microgrids: multipurpose microgrids, energy justice microgrids […]
MicrogridsMicrogrid Knowledge August 20, 2015 By Elisa Wood Microgrids act as insurance if the central electric grid fails. So it’s fair to ask, how do you keep the microgrid from failing too? It’s a legitimate worry since microgrids increasingly provide back-up power for critical facilities — hospitals, emergency services, telecommunications towers and the like. This is […]
MicrogridsMicrogrid Knowledge July 23, 2015 By Elisa Wood Microgrids get a federal push under a broad Congressional energy bill unveiled yesterday by U.S. Senate energy committee leaders after months of hearings. The bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 elevates many of the issues that have already been spurring microgrid development in the United States — […]
Energy Efficiency, MicrogridsEnergy Efficiency Markets.com Connecticut has seen its share in recent years of severe weather events that have sparked outages – one, in fact, that left numerous residents in the dark for days. The state sees microgrids as a way to provide a ”baseline level of safety and security.” How is the state funding its microgrid […]
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As the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) previously announced, over the next three weeks, DEEP will conduct a four part microgrid educational webinar series. The four webinars will cover the following topics: Financing for clean generation and entire microgrids Tuesday, March 25, 2014 from 1:00-2:00pm EDT Technical aspects of microgrids Wednesday, […]
CEFIA, DEEP, Microgrids, REEBA, Renewable EnergyHartfordBusiness.com March 11, 2014 Wesleyan University in Middletown powered up the state’s first microgrid under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s program designed to help keep electricity flowing during emergencies. The Wesleyan microgrid will stay energized even if a large-scale power outage strikes the state, as a series of generations and switches can isolate the university […]
HBJ, Malloy, MicrogridsThe Hartford Courant By BRIAN DOWLING, bdowling@courant.com MIDDLETOWN — The head of Wesleyan University‘s physical plant on Tuesday walked into the small electrical switching station that links a more than a quarter of the campus’s buildings to the electric grid. “If I flip this switch it goes dark,” said Alan Rubacha, his hand almost touching […]
Hartford Courant, Microgrids, Murtha Cullina LLP, Paul MichaudFrom: Morrell, Debra [mailto:Debra.Morrell@ct.gov] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:51 PM Subject: Connecticut Microgrid Program Update – Lots Going On Dear Microgrid Program Participants, We are approaching an important time for Connecticut’s microgrid program – the release of our 2nd round of Request for Proposals for our program. On top of this, we have a […]
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