Scale Microgrid Solutions Announces Equity Commitment of up to $300 Million from Warburg Pincus
Scale Microgrid Solutions Announces Equity Commitment of up to $300 Million from Warburg Pincus
The Vertical Farming Industry is Growing Deeper Roots
The urban indoor vertical farm industry is at an important juncture. Automation is taking root, long-term contracts with creditworthy retail and food service distributors are in the works and vertical farms are preparing to scale up. Also, the industry is about to get its first trade group, the American Association for Urban and Vertical Farming.
Microgrid Industry to California: Help Us Help You
We can move faster installing microgrids, but you need to make some changes. That’s the overarching message from microgrid companies to California regulators as the state faces utility power shutoffs for years to come.
Microgrids, the Solution to CA’s Wildfires?
Last week the massive power shutoffs enacted by California’s largest electric utility, PG&E, affected millions of people and even lead to the death of a man whose ventilator stopped working. In the aftermath, there’s a lot of anger among PG&E customers and across the state, people are grappling with how to best address wildfire prevention.
Fighting Fire: If PG&E Now Has Power to Shut You Down, it’s Time to Take Control of Your Energy Needs
Another season of big wildfire risks in California was never an if, always a when. And so here we are again.
No Sparks, No Fire
When it comes to wildfires the experts are saying, “Abnormal is the new normal.” According to the National Interagency Fire Center, from Jan. 1 to Aug. 16, 2019, there were 30,000 fires and 3,667,237 acres were burned.
WoodMac: Natural Disasters No Big Catalyst for Microgrid Deployment
After Hurricane Irma and then Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico and ripped out its electricity infrastructure, renewables developers quickly descended on the island to offer clean energy and resilient solutions such as battery storage, residential solar and microgrids. Leading industry names like Tesla, Sunrun and Siemens all angled to get a slice of what was seen […]
California Wildfires Will Only Get Worse – Clean Energy Microgrids Can Help
Six of the 10 most-destructive wildfires in California’s history have occurred over the past two years, and the state’s aging electrical infrastructure is a big part of the problem.
Are California Utilities Heading Down the Wrong Path as Wildfire Season Approaches?
Utilities are proposing a range of costly investments to the central grid that may take decades, which still leave “substantial risk” for power outages, says “California’s Critical Facility Challenge: The Case for Energy as a Service Municipal Microgrids,” prepared by Navigant for Schneider Electric.