Rapidly declining costs and performance improvements, along with supportive energy and power market policy and regulatory changes, continues to fuel strong growth in distributed renewable energy investment and installations and, more recently, stationary battery storage systems. Bringing together and integrating these and other components, microgrids are seen as an increasingly important driver of emissions-free electricity and the decentralization of power …

Affordable energy storage and an uptick in personal wealth are creating new business opportunities for community microgrid developers, according to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.  The global increase in personal wealth may come as a surprise to those in the United States, who are constantly reminded of income inequality and a struggling middle class. But globally, many in poverty-stricken areas are …

Data Centers are among the largest and fastest growing consumers of electricity in the United States. According to NDRC, data centers are one of the “key drivers in the construction of new power plants.”  In 2013, US data centers required the equivalent of 34 large (500MW) coal plants, and is on track to hit 50 by 2020. This coincides with global efforts to …

The global number of microgrid deployments is on the rise as governments, communities, corporations, utilities and others seek to enhance energy efficiency, security and grid resiliency, as well as add emissions-free renewable energy and energy storage capacity. There were 1,437 microgrid deployment projects with a total generation capacity of more than 13GW around the world as of 4Q 2015. Projects …

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Scaling up from community and campus microgrids, leading edge power producers and utilities are helping advance the clean energy transition by making use of pioneering distributed power and energy resource management systems. To wit: Redwood, California-based AutoGrid on November 11 announced that Netherlands-based Eneco Group will use its flagship DROMS application and Predictive Controls technology to build what’s billed as …

Early Bird Registration Register Before December 21st, 2015 to Save $200 $9,999 Register Now ATTEND Presentation Topics for the Africa Energy Investment Summit Energy Infrastructure Infrastructure has played a significant role in Africa’s recent economic turnaround, and will need to play an even greater role if the continent’s development targets are to be reached. Scaling Up Scaling Up Renewable Energy …