Community Microgrids — “Cornerstone of Future Energy Operations”
NREL To Play a Major Part in Microgrid Innovation for American Communities
NREL To Play a Major Part in Microgrid Innovation for American Communities
The Defense Department is taking steps to accelerate the microgrid revolution by tapping the analytic power of rural electric cooperatives.
Oopsies! Provision in 2017 tax law could zing red states by stalling renewable energy projects and broadband improvements for rural electric cooperatives.
Donald Trump’s desire to pollute America’s skies with millions of tons of poisonous gases from coal-fired generating plants is running into a problem. It costs too much money. In many so-called red states that voted for Trump, the demand for solar power is rising and creating jobs faster than any other sector of the economy, according to research by Greentech Media.
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry has turned to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in an effort to revitalize the country’s coal and nuclear industries by essentially subsidizing their sectors based on a misguided belief that their technologies are the only way to bring stability to the country’s electricity grid.