Distributed Energy
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Distributed Generation
How to Prevent Downtime as the Temperature Heats Up
Climate change is continuing to drive temperatures to unprecedented levels. In just a single day in late June, the United States set or broke at least 21 high-temperature records. So, what do we do to cool down? We crank up the air conditioner. But with each surge in energy demand, our aging grid is being […]
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Press Releases
Cummins opens a new microgrid testing laboratory
Fridley, Minnesota (August 17, 2022) – Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) celebrated the grand opening of a new microgrid lab called the Power Integration Center (PIC) at their Power Systems facility in Fridley, Minnesota. The PIC is a state-of-the-art facility that allows for the configuration, integration, and testing of power system technologies including diesel and natural […]
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Legal & Regulatory
Biden Signs Bill to Transform U.S. Energy, Combat Climate Change
President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) should provide further impetus for growth of U.S. renewable energy, coming on the heels of a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that installations of solar and wind power accounted for more than two-thirds of new domestic utility-scale generation in the first six months […]
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Distributed Energy
Powerful Priorities: Balancing Sustainability, Affordability and Resiliency in Your Energy Strategy
Sponsored by:Keeping energy costs for business affordable, while ensuring sustainability and resiliency as part of the business model, is increasing in importance as companies develop their operational strategies. Join Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions and our guests from Harris Teeter and T-Mobile as we discuss strategies that can be implemented on the march to net zero, as […]
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Press Releases
New facility in Kentucky to produce sustainable lithium-ion battery precursor and cathode for 250,000 EVs per year
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., (August 1, 2022) — Ascend Elements today announced plans to invest $310 million in Phase 1 — and up to $1 billion over several possible phases — to build a sustainable lithium-ion battery materials facility in Hopkinsville, Ky., with groundbreaking expected in Q4 2022. The first-of-its-kind manufacturing facility, known as “Apex 1”, will […]
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Press Releases
EnergyHub Launches Electric Vehicle Grid Management Solution for Utilities
(New York) July 26, 2022 — Today, EnergyHub announced EnergyHub EV, an offering for utilities that delivers electric vehicle demand flexibility coupled with a powerful EV data management system. EnergyHub EV is built on the core of EnergyHub’s Mercury DERMS platform, the most widely deployed grid-edge DERMS. EnergyHub works with over 60 leading utilities and […]
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Renewables
How a Solar and Storage Portfolio Ramped Up a City’s Sustainability and Financial Outlook
The City of White Plains, New York, enlisted DSD Renewables to design, engineer, develop, construct, and finance a nine-site, 6.8-MW community solar and 1.7-MW/8-MWh energy storage portfolio. The
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Solar
Turning Public Transit into a Solar Paradigm
An innovative project that combines solar power with electric buses is POWER’s Distributed Energy Award winner. The microgrid it created can help the community during emergencies, as well as during peak
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Interview
The POWER Interview: Schneider Electric’s New Microgrids Leader Plans for the Future
The use of microgrids to produce a reliable and resilient supply of power continues to grow, with several companies delivering new and innovative technologies to provide electricity for a growing number of industries. Microgrids have always been front and center at POWER’s Distributed Energy Conference (DEC), with the event featuring case studies over the past […]
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Press Releases
Intertrust and Clean Fuels Ohio Partner to Securely Deploy Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Ohio
San Francisco, CA and Columbus, OH June 23, 2022 – Intertrust, a leading provider of trusted distributed computing technologies, and Clean Fuels Ohio, a Columbus-based 501(c)3 nonprofit and the designated Clean Cities Coalition for the state of Ohio, have entered into a partnership to use Intertrust’s CleanGrid energy data toolkit to orchestrate the data needed […]