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The market for microgrids

What supply shortages, new policies and a changing view of resilience mean for the microgrid market.

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By Shayle Kann . 45 min . 27 October 2023

Grid edge

Kohler Power buys startup that uses game-theory math to manage microgrids

Heila Technologies has a novel approach to balancing solar, EVs, batteries and generators.

By Jeff St. John . 12 January 2022

Grid edge

Why LS Power is going big into microgrids with Endurant Energy

A major player in power plants, grid-scale batteries and transmission targets investments in distributed energy, from geothermal heat pumps and generators to solar and storage.

By Jeff St. John . 24 May 2021

Grid edge

Housing developers and utilities join forces to create the next generation of microgrids

Sharing rooftop solar, batteries and grid controls between utilities and customers is a complex undertaking, but it could yield benefits greater than the sum of their parts.

By Jeff St. John . 15 June 2021

Duke Energy’s solar-and-battery microgrid in Hot Springs, North Carolina

Distributed energy resources

Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids

Distributed solar and batteries are helping North Carolina communities that were cut off from grid power by flooding. Should utilities build them into resilience plans?

By Jeff St. John . 18 October 2024

Transportation

Microgrids + mass transit = resilient mobility in a future clouded by climate change

Transit agencies can use microgrids to cleanly power electric buses and other systems during blackouts, but they'll likely need help building them.

By Gordon Feller . 5 August 2021

Transmission

Newsletter: New Orleans leaders put off building microgrids, and now the people are paying the price

Advocates tried for years to build local grid resilience.

By Julian Spector . 2 September 2021

Guest essay

It's time for solar microgrids to replace dirty diesel generators

In rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, costly diesel generators are often the only power source. A concerted push to deploy solar microgrids could change that.

By Manoj Sinha, Joseph Nganga . 28 October 2022

Solar

Why Puerto Rican communities are all-in on solar microgrids

Advocates say the island's goal to reach 100% renewable energy should be met through a community-led, decentralized approach.

By Carolina Baldin . 4 April 2023

Solar

How solar microgrids are bringing power (and quiet) to North Carolina

In areas hit by Hurricane Helene, the nonprofit Footprint Project is replacing noisy and polluting generators with solar panels and batteries.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 28 October 2024

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The market for microgrids

Kohler Power buys startup that uses game-theory math to manage microgrids

Why LS Power is going big into microgrids with Endurant Energy

Housing developers and utilities join forces to create the next generation of microgrids

Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids

Microgrids + mass transit = resilient mobility in a future clouded by climate change

Newsletter: New Orleans leaders put off building microgrids, and now the people are paying the price

It's time for solar microgrids to replace dirty diesel generators

Why Puerto Rican communities are all-in on solar microgrids

How solar microgrids are bringing power (and quiet) to North Carolina