The U.S. Department of Energy has committed $1 billion to develop solar energy in Puerto Rico, to help the island meet its goal of 100% renewables and to add resilience to a system plagued by ...

The number of microgrids in the U.S. has increased by 11% in the last four years. Many are powered by new infrastructure and clean energy sources. They’re often used at facilities already connected to ...

On September 21, 2017, one day after a Category 4 hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico, Carlos Velázquez glimpsed a dark island. For more than a decade, Velázquez had worked to make Puerto Rico’s vulnerable ...

Seventeen days after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, tearing down power lines, destroying water mains, and disabling cell phone towers, the signs of relief efforts were hard to ...

California and New York are among the states Scale Microgrids and Gutami will be developing the 500MW community solar portfolio. Image: Governor Kathy Hochul via Flickr Distributed energy platform ...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers have shown that microgrids equipped with solar-plus-storage systems can maintain an average levelized cost of energy (LCOE) below $0.30/kWh and limit ...

Climate change is fueling more floods, droughts, wildfires, and extreme storms across the United States. As a result, aging power grids are being pushed beyond their limits, sometimes with deadly ...

What’s the best way to ration solar-generated electricity in communities whose power supply wanes as the sun sets? What new technologies can help customers who struggle to pay their home heating bills ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scale Microgrids (“Scale”) recently announced they will acquire from CSG-Gutami more than 100 megawatts of New York community solar projects in late stage development ...

Chick-fil-A is working with microgrid developer SolMicroGrid to pilot solar and battery storage microgrids at its restaurants in California. The fast-food restaurant giant’s latest completed microgrid ...

Low-voltage direct current solar microgrids are the answer to support India’s overburdened grid as well as the green ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor is exploring the idea of creating city-owned solar microgrids to power neighborhoods and meet the community’s 2030 carbon-neutrality goals. Missy Stults, the city’s ...