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Data Center Bond: PowerSecure, Edged Strengthen On-Site Power Collaboration

4 days ago | microgridknowledge.com | Rod Walton

Microgrid developer PowerSecure is reaffirming its alliance with data center developer Edged to supply on-site electric distribution for the latter’s facilities across the U.S.Powersecure, which is a subsidiary of the Atlanta-based utility holding company Southern Co., and Edged have previously collaborated but are extending that partnership. The first PowerSecure work for Edged came with a project at the data center firm’s Atlanta campus in August 2024.
Siemens Energy, Eaton Collaborating to Speed On-Site Power Options for Data Centers

5 days ago | microgridknowledge.com | Rod Walton

Two of the energy industry’s biggest players are joining their particular areas of expertise to build a fast-track approach to providing more easily scaled on-site power for future data centers. German-based Siemens Energy and Irish-American power management technology firm Eaton are collaborating on new options for future data center projects.
Eos Contributing 15-MWh Zinc-Based Battery Storage to Faraday Microgrid for California Tribe

1 week ago | microgridknowledge.com | Rod Walton

Eos Energy Enterprises will supply its zinc-based long-duration battle storage system to a tribal microgrid project underway in northern California. Project developer Faraday Microgrids ordered the 3-MW/15-MWh Eos Z3 battery system manufactured in the U.S. Zinc-based battery chemistry offers longer duration options to the lithium-ion currently deployed at most utility-scale and distributed energy sites.
Groups Seek to Create a Microgrid Serving a Multi-Family Project in Northern California, But PG&E’s Cooperation Is Needed

1 week ago | microgridknowledge.com | Lisa Cohn

It’s not easy to deploy a microgrid for multi-family housing projects in California because existing state laws don’t allow for master metering–using one meter to provide electricity to all the units in a housing complex. That’s a challenge, given that 45% of Californians are renters who don’t have access to renewable energy, according to Clean Coalition, a non-profit advocacy group which aims to advance the use of sustainable energy technologies.
Sprocket Power Teaming with Schneider Electric on Microgrid Flex Future Expansion

2 weeks ago | microgridknowledge.com | Rod Walton

The versatility and uniqueness of microgrids has equipped them to fit nearly every mission-critical power resiliency challenge. The sheer complexity of coordinating a diverse set of distributed energy technologies, however, takes a lot of time and design calculations. And with distributed energy possibly expanding to account for 40% of U.S. electricity generation within the next two decades, the collaborations around connection must accelerate or risk projects dying in long interconnection queues.
Oregon Bills Would Advance Microgrids by Creating Resiliency Corridors and Boosting Community Powers

3 weeks ago | microgridknowledge.com | Lisa Cohn

In response to power outages caused by climate-change related natural disasters such as wildfires and extreme weather in Oregon, a coalition of stakeholders seeks to make it easier to deploy microgrids with two bills—HB 2065 and HB 2066– now in the state legislature. In addition to paving the way for microgrids to provide resilience, the bills aim to advance local energy production and energy storage to insulate communities from rising costs due to load growth, according to Sustainable Northwest.
Will New GOP Budget Reconciliation Threaten Microgrid and Distributed Energy Momentum?

3 weeks ago | microgridknowledge.com | Rod Walton

Editor's Note: A similar version to this story also was posted at EnergyTech.com)The Inflation Reduction Act, passed by a straight party-line Democrat vote and signed by President Biden three years ago, has undoubtedly incentivized several hundreds of billions of dollars in new and pending clean energy and microgrid investments. These energized many renewable project supporters but left skeptics wondering if the juice is worth the squeeze.
Why Direct Current Microgrids Work Best in Some, But Not All, Scenarios

4 weeks ago | microgridknowledge.com | Lisa Cohn

The idea of creating direct current (DC) microgrids to yield efficiencies is gaining ground in the U.S. and Europe as more and more DC devices are added to homes and businesses. In fact, Current/OS Foundation, which is funded by Schneider Electric Foundation, Siemens and 82 other industry players, aims to expand the use of DC microgrids, arguing that DC microgrids at the grid edge could help integrate renewables, reduce power demand, lower costs and create efficiencies.
DER Grid Services Manager CPower Energy Acquired by NRG as part of $12B M&A

4 weeks ago | microgridknowledge.com | Rod Walton

Virtual power plant (VPP), microgrid and distributed energy management provider CPower Energy is being acquired by independent power producer NRG Energy as part of an estimated $12 billion buy for numerous gas-fired generation and DER platforms which have belonged to CPower’s parent company LS Power. The deal announced this weekend includes 18 natural gas-fired power plants owned by LS Power across nine states.
New Microgrid Lab in Adjuntas Promises Energy Innovation for Puerto Rico

1 month ago | microgridknowledge.com | Rod Walton

Adjuntas, a mountainous community prone to devastating power outages in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, is home to numerous microgrids which power both homes and businesses. Those microgrids are now being connected together at the center of a new laboratory focused on developing decarbonized and defensible energy infrastructure for the island.