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Most existing microgrids are inefficient, poorly optimized, and overwhelmingly diesel-powered.  The newly formed Microgrid System Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico is hoping to change that. It will be a “fully-integrated innovation center for decentralized energy systems,” focusing on microgrid innovation, education, and component certification.  The laboratory boasts an impressive array of partners, drawing from premier research institutions, utilities, and microgrid industry leaders. …

The advent of automated demand response (ADR) technology is enabling owners of commercial and industrial (C&I) facilities to earn revenues and reduce their energy bills by helping distribution utilities enhance grid operations and management. Given the scale of distribution utility grids, this has given rise to energy services companies (ESCOs) that contract with grid operators to aggregate ADR systems at …

The Paris climate negotiations have exceeded most expectations, concluding in an ambitious global agreement on limiting carbon emissions to restrain the impacts climate change. The agreement has several important aspects including a commitment from developed countries to a significant sum of $100 billion per year to support the transition of developing countries to a low-carbon development trajectory, and for adaptation …