What is a microgrid and how does it work? New portable units allow you to “island” home energy for off-the-grid security. No, we’re not talking about miniature cooking pans for making tiny pancakes!

Sustainable Ramona is a local group dedicated to the preservation of our surroundings. By responding to your questions each month, we intend to provide you with common-sense, affordable, short- and ...

Microgrids are becoming an increasingly attractive means of supplying rural areas with energy, particularly as renewable energy sources can be used to power small grids in unconventional ...

Microgrids have long been viewed as bespoke energy systems mostly deployed by universities, hospitals, and corporations ...

In the global push for sustainability, companies across industries are racing to meet ambitious net-zero targets. But achieving true net zero—a state where greenhouse gas emissions are fully ...

When a community needs resilience, it’s important that developers, designers and equipment providers slow down and do their ...

As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up the climate bill, power companies anticipate a provision that would limit power plant emissions and impose a federal standard requiring a significant use of ...

On Saturday, people across the globe will roll up their sleeves to help save the environment in honor of Earth Day. Whether that's planting a tree, or cleaning up neighborhoods. One local neighborhood ...

The number of microgrids in the U.S. has increased by 11% in the last four years. Many are powered by new infrastructure and clean energy sources. They’re often used at facilities already connected to ...

The sun shines through a bifacial solar array in October 2023 at the Alliant Energy Solar Farm in Ames, where Iowa State University researchers are researching what crops can be raised under the ...

As more renewable energy sources and battery storage units are specified and incorporated into power systems, consultant specifying engineers are faced with many challenges that could impact the ...