Microgrid

Energy Generation
Microgrids South America: Creating behind the meter systems in Chile
New entrant Amigo Solar has developed an innovative microgrid business model for Chile’s regulated B2C market.

Transmission & Distribution
Rural microgrids: Facebook and Microsoft help fund $50m accelerator
The Microgrid Investment Accelerator will mobilise $50m to support the development of clean energy microgrids for rural areas without energy access.

Energy Generation
Digital disruption in Africa – how will it reshape energy supply?
Ahead of African Utility Week, Oracle’s Martin Dunlea gives his interpretation of digital disruption for energy suppliers on the continent.

Energy Generation
Microgrids in India and Africa – how is space tech helping
Engerati assesses the impact of a new initiative with the European Space Agency on microgrid and mini-grid markets in India and Africa.

Energy Generation
What is the value of blockchain to the energy sector?
Blockchain is finding application in transactive energy and other energy sector use cases.

Energy Retail
Wien Energie gets on the blockchain
Austria’s largest utility company, Wien Energie, has launched a pilot to test blockchain for gas trading.

Energy Generation
InterFlex – exploring flexibilities, local interactions and smart connections in Europe
InterFlex aims to deploy smart grid technologies at industrial scale in five countries.

Energy Generation
Microgrids: how are business models evolving?
Microgrid business models are moving along a continuum, from third-party projects to utility-initiated projects.

Energy Generation
Interaction of microgrids and centralised grids
Microgrids should be viewed as complementary and a building block to the centralised grid.

Energy Generation
InterFlex – Taking Nice Grid to the next level
InterFlex will take findings from Nice Grid to move smart grid technologies from 'demonstration to industrialisation'.

Energy Generation
Blockchain and energy suppliers – the solution to faster switching times?
A blockchain based meter registration platform could enable energy-supplier switching in near real-time

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Adopting SDN for Microgrid Communications
This paper explains how software-defined networking (SDN) provides unique advantages that enable power utilities to meet the microgrid challenges.

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Adopting SDN for microgrid communications
As power utilities strive to improve the reliability of electricity delivery and become eco-sustainable