The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Department of the Army recently demonstrated a mobile, fast-forming, secure, and intelligent vehicle-centric microgrid (VCM) prototype that provides mobile power for next-generation […]
Schneider Electric and Black & Veatch have completed the installation of a microgrid system at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego, California. The microgrid is online, fully operational, and has been […]
The United States Army is developing a new laser weapon – the Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser for Army Platforms (UPSL) – that promises to be more powerful than existing weapons by nearly three orders of […]
The US Army has awarded Ameresco’ Federal Solutions Group and Duke Energy a $36 million design-build utility energy service contract (UESC) to implement power generation and facility efficiency improvements at Fort Bragg. A major part […]
Researchers at Binghamton University have designed a biosolar cell that generates electricity using two types of bacteria: one is photosynthetic and the other uses the nutrients it creates. This symbiotic relationship can provide a four-day […]
The US Department of Navy and the US Marines Corps have developed a resilience policy that will enable key installations to go off-grid for at least two weeks – with the goal of “assured energy […]
Researchers from the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan School of Engineering are examining ways to redesign how electricity is distributed within power grids. Their research proposes a power system operation that would consist of multiple […]
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently announced up to $43 million is now available in funding to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. Funding will enable power generators […]
Researchers at the University of Colorado are developing low-cost, high-performance, aqueous flow battery technology that potentially will lead to scalable grid-level storage for wind and solar energy. They use chromium – which is abundant in […]
Researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia are proposing the use of floating microgrids made up of electric boat motors, renewable energy, and controls to help power islands after disasters. “Powering […]
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