Arizona’s largest utility, Arizona Public Service (APS) is in the process of developing a large data center microgrid -- 63-MW – with partner Aligned Data Centers, a subsidiary of Aligned Energy. The utility and pay-for-use data center provider are billing the project as a ‘next generation microgrid’ that will include a new 69-kV … [Read more...]
Growing Microgrid Markets? An Energy Attorney’s View
Where and why are microgrid markets growing? Chad Marriott, an associate with Stoel Rives, Portland, who is an active member of the company's energy development team, says he's seeing interest first of all from industries with critical loads -- hospitals, for example. In addition, in the Pacific Northwest, certain types of energy-intensive … [Read more...]
Causam Energy to Partner with SDF on Secure Node for Critical Infrastructure Protection Network
Causam Energy plans to partner with SDF Development (SDF) to construct a dedicated, secure facility for providing network, interconnection, monitoring and storage to enable critical infrastructure protection (CIP) for the Northern Virginia electric energy market. SDF is an entity formed by Thomas Darden and John Mazzarino, the co-founders and … [Read more...]