Running a farm like Rose Acres takes a lot of power. In the six-county service area where Tideland EMC operates, the egg farm uses more power than any other customer to keep operations running ...

With funding from Google, nonprofit environmental group Appalachian Voices will spearhead the construction of solar and ...

Hot Springs' system, which can provide 100 percent of the town’s peak load and up to six hours of backup power went live on Oct. 2, only five days after the storm. The microgrid operated continuously ...

When a community needs resilience, it’s important that developers, designers and equipment providers slow down and do their ...

Colorado’s Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) has selected a project sponsored by United Power to receive a grant from the more than $2 million awarded through the Microgrids for Community Resilience ...

Microgrids provide flexible, decentralized power solutions that can operate independently from national grids, boosting access in remote and underserved areas. Global initiatives are using microgrids ...

A research team based in Italy and Pakistan has examined the socio-technical implications of installing solar microgrids in rural off-grid communities in Pakistan. The research covered three rural ...

In 2024, DOE announced nearly $60 million in funding to support solar microgrid installations at rural community health centers. The investment is part of its Energy in Rural or Remote Areas program ...