Microgrids have long been viewed as bespoke energy systems mostly deployed by universities, hospitals, and corporations ...

The global transition to renewable energy faces a critical challenge: maintaining stable power grids as we integrate intermittent solar/wind generation and growing numbers of electric vehicles. This ...

Integrating microgrids through advanced management systems transforms isolated backup power into a dynamic, interconnected foundation for urban grid resilience and stability.

According to its government, Canada has more than 630 Indigenous and nearly 300 remote communities, with many more in the U.S., Australia and other countries around the world. For the Indigenous and ...

Microgrids offer an ideal solution to counter the risk of weather-related power disruption by bolstering operational resilience, reducing dependence on local utilities, and lowering energy costs.

Until recently, the small village of Boaz, Wisconsin, U.S., with a population of 156, perhaps was best known as the location where a 12,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found in 1897. Fast-forward ...

Microgrids, sometimes called distributed energy resources, are local sources of electricity operating separately from the utility grid. They typically produce electricity from renewable sources such ...

Solar panels support first-of-its-kind microgrid at Daughters of Mary campus, activated by Schneider Electric and Citizens Energy. Image: Schneider Electric. The speed at which renewables projects are ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. In 2012, microgrids gained sudden national awareness after the incredibly destructive ...

Miller: So Darren Murtaugh first, what’s your definition of a microgrid? Darren Murtaugh: A microgrid is any energy facility that is able to parallel the grid. Meaning during a normal day to day, when ...