What's been catching the interest of Microgrid Knowledge readers? First and foremost, they want to know what a microgrid costs. Our interview on the subject with experts from ABB, Hitachi, S&C Electric, and Siemens is the top trending microgrid article for the first six months of 2016. Check out the list below for the ten most read microgrid … [Read more...]
National Grid to Test New Utility Microgrid Services
March 14, 2016 By
How will utilities make money as more customers generate their own electricity? That’s one of the big looming industry questions, and one that National Grid is trying to solve by testing new utility microgrid services. The utility plans to try out the services in Potsdam, New York, where it is installing a microgrid with Clarkson University, … [Read more...]
Symposium on Microgrid Controllers Oct. 1 in Boston
September 28, 2015 By
Dan Ton, of the U.S. Department of Energy, will be the keynote speaker at the Microgrid Controller Symposium on Oct. 1, 2015 at District Hall in Boston, Mass. Ton is the program manager in the DOE's Power Systems Engineering Research and Development Office, Electricity Delivery and Reliability (DOE OE). The event is sponsored by the … [Read more...]
Interview with Steve Holliday, CEO National Grid: Our Strategy is Centered around Flexibility, Agility
September 14, 2015 By
What consumers want. That will be the great driving force of the energy business in the future, says Steve Holliday, CEO of National Grid, the British company that operates the gas and electricity transmission and distributions systems in the United Kingdom and northeastern United States. Holliday spoke with World Energy Focus, the free monthly … [Read more...]
Microgrids Still Just R&D for Massachusetts Utilities?
September 9, 2015 By
Microgrids are typically considered a key element of today's grid modernization. But not so much in recent Massachusetts utility plans. Microgrids are relatively scant -- largely pilot or R&D proposals -- in recent grid modernization plans that Massachusetts utilities filed with the state. The proposals are signficant because they … [Read more...]
Quick Microgrid News…Northeast Storm ‘If Only I Had a Microgrid’…Willdan Group & NY Prize…Ideal Power & Sonnenbatterie…Geli and Equana
August 8, 2015 By
What you might have missed this week in microgrid news... Anyone in the Northeast thinking 'If only I had a microgrid' this week? No doubt some were remembering SuperStorm Sandy when a round of thunderstorms and 80 mph winds knocked out power in New England and New York August 4. Outages lasted for days in some areas More than 80,000 … [Read more...]
Should New York Be Wary of Utility Monopolies in Distributed Energy?
September 4, 2014 By
Should New York let utilities both manage and compete in the distributed energy market the state is planning? That's one of the big questions the industry is debating in New York's “Reforming the Energy Vision,” or REV. The Department of Public Service last week confirmed its intent to let utilities act as the distributed grid operator in a … [Read more...]
