The US awards $2.2 billion to expand and strengthen the grid
The US Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a $2.2 billion investment in the grid to create resiliency and growth.
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Toyota goes large on hydrogen with new US headquarters
Toyota today announced that it’s turning its R&D office in Los Angeles into its new North American hydrogen headquarters.
Expand Expanding CloseEGEB: GM backs EPA’s emissions reduction goals, US energy resilience and Sri Lanka stops coal
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- GM endorses the EPA’s stricter emissions rule, and 22 states say it’s not enough.
- The US energy secretary details how the country can achieve a more resilient power system.
- Sri Lanka will stop building coal plants, aims to be net zero by 2050.
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California’s PG&E launches community microgrid program
California’s Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today launched the Community Microgrid Enablement Program. The program will help communities identify, design, and build permanent, multi-customer microgrids that serve critical facilities and vulnerable customer groups.
Expand Expanding CloseUS Air Force unveils solar+battery microgrid that could be deployed in less than an hour
Microgrids using solar and batteries have primarily been deployed in remote communities, like Tesla’s Powerpack projects in a resort in the Fiji Islands and an entire island in the American Samoa, because they are more easily deployed than power plants and becoming cheaper than diesel generators.
For the same reasons, the military has also been closely following and developing the technology. The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Advanced Power Technology Office (APTO) unveiled this week its own “operating base of the future demonstration” using a battery- and solar-powered microgrid.
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“Cat Microgrid Technology” – Solar Power Microgrids are coming to your neighborhood
Caterpillar – the company known for building some of the biggest, baddest construction hardware on the planet has launched a new product line: CAT Microgrid Technology powered with Solar Power. Caterpillar’s product line is focused on mining, telecoms and remote communities, but a push by the likes of SolarCity, The State of New York and Community Solar, and you’ll soon see why Microgrids will reshape how your neighborhood gets it electricity.
