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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 …

LARGE, INFLEXIBLE DESALINATION PLANTS COULD JEOPARDIZE CALIFORNIA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS AND INCREASE THE COST OF BOTH WATER AND ENERGY.  BETTER DESIGNED DESALINATION PLANTS CAN BE A GRID RESOURCE ENABLING RENEWABLE MICROGRIDS. Maintaining a balance on the electric grid used to be simple for utilities, just follow demand with turbine generators.  The electric utilities had a monopoly on generation and were incentivized to build plenty of infrastructure, so there was more than …

WORKING WITH NATURE TO REACH 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY WITH ELEMENTAL WATER MAKERS Crosspost (With Permission) from Microgrid Media EDITOR’S NOTE Let’s admit it, fossil fuels have made us lazy.  What we used to accomplish with biomimicry and working with nature we now just burn more fossil fuels. Today we depend on coal and gas for everything from water treatment to pharmaceuticals. …