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Microgrids - the key to providing electricity in rural communities?
2014-07-09 01:00:00| Power Technology
Small-scale decentralised microgrids are being touted as one of the most credible ways to provide electricity to the energy poor. However, as a first-of-its-kind report highlights, if microgrids are to be viable on a meaningful scale, developers must
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ABB Microgrids to Stabilize Power Grid, Increase Renewables for Alaska Island
2014-05-06 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
ABB wins order with Kodiak Electric Association to deliver two PowerStore units; microgrid to provide grid stabilization, asset life extension to support a new crane, extend battery life and manage intermittencies from a 9 MW wind farm on Kodiak Island.<br /> <br /> Las Vegas, Nevada — ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced it has received an order to deliver two PowerStore units as part of a microgrids solution to stabilize the power grid and increase ...This story is related to the following:Electrical Equipment and Systems Sponsored by: Globtek Inc. - MOBILE BANNER ADSearch for suppliers of: Generators |
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Microgrids: utility friend or foe?
2014-04-02 16:33:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Microgrids offer an alternative for ensuring power reliability by integrating and automating distributed energy resources. read more
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Indian Microgrids Aim to Bring Millions out of Darkness
2014-01-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Bharath Kumar was furious that the lights went out an hour early. His candy-making operation in the village of Tamkuha, in northern India, had been plunged into darkness at mid-batch, forcing him to use a weak, battery-powered lantern to manage his boiling pots. "If I knew that the power would be shut off an hour earlier, I would not have mixed the sugar in the flour," he fumed. "This is not the first time. I will keep a record of when the power is switched off every night and show this when they...
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Post Sandy, U.S. pushes microgrids for backup power
2013-10-31 22:54:07| Energy - Topix.net
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks as U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, right, watches during a news conference to announce a grant at NJ Transit's Frank Lautenberg Station in Secaucus, N.J. on Aug. 26, 2013.