Microgrids

The City of Davis in California purchased a second solar microgrid electric vehicle charging station for Playfields Park.

Domaine Carneros, a winery in the Napa Valley region in California, announced it reduced its carbon emissions last year by 375 metric tons of CO2 through the deployment of a microgrid.

Hawaiʻi Island Retreat, a 20-room eco-boutique sustainable hotel, operates on 100% onsite renewable energy generation from solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, a wind turbine, and a battery energy storage system and an emergency generator. In a case study from Better Buildings, learn more about the hotel's journey to operate completely off-grid — including project development, evolution, costs and community benefits.

The City of Edmundston, Brunswick, announced the addition of rooftop solar installation and a battery energy storage system (BESS).

The Menasha Joint School District added a renewable energy microgrid for resilient and sustainable power.

The City of Menlo Park, in partnership with Meta and ENGIE North America, built a microgrid for the Belle Haven Community Campus (BHCC) to connect a solar PV, solar thermal, and battery energy storage system (BESS) to develop an all-electric and net-zero public building.

Vallarta Supermarkets has entered into a contract for the construction of an on-site renewable energy microgrid.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through its Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced the closing of a $72.8 million loan guarantee to finance the development of a solar-plus-long-duration-energy-storage microgrid that will be located on the Tribal lands of the Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation near Alpine, California. 

UC San Diego now has a lithium-ion battery system on site, thanks to efforts of the California Energy Commission.

Montgomery County, Maryland began construction on an integrated microgrid infrastructure project that will feature electric bus charging and on-site green hydrogen production powered by solar and battery energy storage.