Employing proven design, microgrids are all but destined to be a part of the nation’s future electrical infrastructure. But gaps in supportive policy could act as a powerful brake on their development ...

According to the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources (DERs) that acts as a single controllable entity to ...

An August wildfire cut off electricity to Del Norte County, California. Residents might have been in the dark for weeks—except for the use of a makeshift microgrid that generated power locally. The ...

Most utility leaders believe their companies have a broad role to play with microgrids, yet say they face deterrents that prevent them from playing their rightful role. Core concerns include: When ...