Microgrid developers do not have the luxury of well-beaten paths to follow; the industry is too new. Thus, developers are hungry for road maps. And the state of Connecticut is busy creating some of those maps with 11 projects that were awarded more than $23 million in state grants. Connecticut was the first state in the nation to offer such … [Read more...]
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How a Small Connecticut Town and its Utility Are Building a Microgrid: Part 1
February 26, 2015 By Elisa Wood
Filed Under: Community, Editor's Choice, Financing, Generation, Google News Feed, Infrastructure, Markets, Microgrids, North America, Regions, Wires Tagged With: Connecticut microgrid RFP, Microgrid Newsletter Feature
States Lead on Microgrids…California, Connecticut, Maryland (Part 1)
June 26, 2014 By Elisa Wood
Certain states lead on microgrids when it comes to sorting out policies and regulation. Here we look at what California, Connecticut and Maryland are doing to move the microgrid market forward. This article series is based on EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com’s report: Think Microgrid, available here. In the U.S., electricity is governed mostly at … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Abigail Hopper, California Public Utilities Commission Policy & Planning Division, Connecticut microgrid RFP, Genevieve Sherman, leading state microgrid, microgrid state policy, Microgrids: A Regulatory Perspective, Philip Barton, Resiliency Through the Microgrids Task Force, Schneider Electric, Weekly Newsletter Recent Articles
Why Insiders are Bullish on Microgrid
March 10, 2014 By Elisa Wood
Microgrids are coming to the US, but they face some significant roadblocks. What’s driving the sudden upswing in their development? And what’s getting in the way? A panel of microgrid experts tackled these questions last week at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) BuildingEnergy 14 conference in Boston. Ed Krapels, founder of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Grid, Solar Plus Storage, Thermal Tagged With: Anbaric, BuildingEnergy 14, Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority, Connecticut microgrid RFP, Ed Krapels, Genevieve Sherman, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, microgrids, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), Northeast Utilities, Northern Pass, Weekly Newsletter Recent Articles
