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Solar News From News Topic: Microgrids

75 MW of community solar coming to Illinois in Ameren, ComEd territories

Arlington, VA based Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) announced that it will acquire 11 projects from Pivot Energy in Illinois totaling 29 MWs, increasing SRE’s portfolio of community solar projects in the state to more than 20.

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Jul 11, 2019 in Community Solar, DER, Microgrids, News, solar, Solar Education

How a perfect storm is driving microgrids into the mainstream

Given the diverse benefits that microgrids provide – reductions in energy costs, business risk, and carbon emissions, and increases in resiliency and power reliability – one wonders why discussion of microgrids has only started to take off recently.

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Jul 2, 2019 in DER, Microgrids, Opinion & Commentary, solar, Solar Education

Clearway Energy sets up blockchain test to trade renewable energy credits

Clearway Energy Group, one of the U.S.’s largest clean power developers, is launching a pilot electronic marketplace for renewable energy credits as more states push for solar and wind projects.

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Jul 1, 2019 in C&I, DER, Microgrids, News, Rooftop, solar, Solar Education

November fest: POWERGEN University offerings now on tap

POWERGEN International Week truly begins Monday, Nov. 18 with POWERGEN University. This year’s set of three, four and eight-hour PGU classes include detail educations on crucial power generation topics such as effective project management, gas turbine …

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Jun 26, 2019 in Coal, Energy Storage, Gas, Microgrids, O&M, On-Site Power, Renewables, solar, Solar Education, Utility Integration

Eos supplying non-lithium batteries for Duke, UCSD storage projects

Eos Energy Storage is manufacturer and supplier of the zinc-based Aurora 2.0 battery system for Duke Energy’s McAlpine substation and as a behind-the-meter solution at the University of California, San Diego. 

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Jun 19, 2019 in Batteries, DER, Duke Energy, Energy Storage, Microgrids, News, Renewables, solar, Solar Education, Utility Integration

Energy storage company Saft buys Go Electric

Go Electric Inc. is a specialist in energy resiliency solutions for microgrids and commercial & industrial customers integrating renewables and generators

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Jun 19, 2019 in Batteries, DER, DER Grid Edge, Energy Storage, Microgrids, News, On-Site Power, Smart Grid, solar, Solar Education

U.S. solar market soars in Q1 2019

In the first three months of the year, the U.S. installed 2.7 gigawatts of solar photovoltaics (PV), making it the most solar ever installed in the first quarter of a year. With the strong first quarter, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables forecasts 25% …

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Jun 18, 2019 in C&I, DER, Microgrids, News, Rooftop, solar, Solar Education

China adds 5.2 GW of photovoltaic capacity in Q1 2019

In the first quarter of this year, China added 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity, according to the National Energy Administration. The figure is a drop from the 9.65 GW in the same period of 2018, due to the new policy on the c…

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Jun 3, 2019 in C&I, DER, Microgrids, News, Rooftop, solar, Solar Education, Utility Integration, Utility Scale

Bermuda Electric Light Company installs 10-MW/5.5-MWh energy storage system

Yesterday, energy storage company Saft said it delivered and installed a turnkey Energy Storage System to Bermuda Electric Light Company (BELCO). The system provides up to 10 MW power for spinning reserves and frequency response to maintain grid stabil…

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May 29, 2019 in Energy Efficiency, Grid Scale, Microgrids, News, solar, Solar Education, Wind Power

EESI to help rural co-ops and public power entities ‘ACE’ clean energy upgrades

Yesterday, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) announced the launch of the Access Clean Energy Savings (ACES) initiative. ACES provides technical assistance to help rural electric cooperatives and public power utilities apply for the U….

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May 14, 2019 in C&I, Energy Efficiency, Grid Scale, Microgrids, Off-Grid, solar, Solar Education
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