“If we make end users pay their fair share, they won’t locate in Oregon and buy our publicly subsidized power” is uh quite a sales pitch. Utilities really trying to speed run municipal microgrids
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“If we make end users pay their fair share, they won’t locate in Oregon and buy our publicly subsidized power” is uh quite a sales pitch. Utilities really trying to speed run municipal microgrids
Related to this question, does this system include new techniques or materials that are transferable to microgrids?
And/Or - are any of their new techniques/systems things they created on a larger scale that already worked in microgrids?
And/Or - are any of their new techniques/systems things they created on a larger scale that already worked in microgrids?
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Related to this question, does this system include new techniques or materials that are transferable to microgrids?
And/Or - are any of their new techniques/systems things they created on a larger scale that already worked in microgrids?
And/Or - are any of their new techniques/systems things they created on a larger scale that already worked in microgrids?
You are right that the big boom in used EV batteries are in the future.
Still, I just heard of a Danish start up that thought that already now there was thousand's available (up to 85% capacity) due to guarantees etc.
They believed that it could be used in microgrids, solar panel parks etc.
Still, I just heard of a Danish start up that thought that already now there was thousand's available (up to 85% capacity) due to guarantees etc.
They believed that it could be used in microgrids, solar panel parks etc.
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
You are right that the big boom in used EV batteries are in the future.
Still, I just heard of a Danish start up that thought that already now there was thousand's available (up to 85% capacity) due to guarantees etc.
They believed that it could be used in microgrids, solar panel parks etc.
Still, I just heard of a Danish start up that thought that already now there was thousand's available (up to 85% capacity) due to guarantees etc.
They believed that it could be used in microgrids, solar panel parks etc.
Very good to hear. One way to go even further is to create "battery parks" of old car batteries, where the capacity has fallen below acceptable levels for EVs, but can be used for e.g.. microgrids.
This will extend the useful lifetime before they are recycled.
We have plenty of options out there...
This will extend the useful lifetime before they are recycled.
We have plenty of options out there...
December 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Very good to hear. One way to go even further is to create "battery parks" of old car batteries, where the capacity has fallen below acceptable levels for EVs, but can be used for e.g.. microgrids.
This will extend the useful lifetime before they are recycled.
We have plenty of options out there...
This will extend the useful lifetime before they are recycled.
We have plenty of options out there...
Microgrids: The Desert Facility Running on Sunshine
YouTube video by Undecided with Matt Ferrell
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December 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@IviChoc
I can't help but feel microgrids with shared communal storage would offer major benefits to the community, but probably reduce utility profits. This in spite of increasing resilience and offering much more effective use of resources than each home having its own battery storage.
I can't help but feel microgrids with shared communal storage would offer major benefits to the community, but probably reduce utility profits. This in spite of increasing resilience and offering much more effective use of resources than each home having its own battery storage.
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
@IviChoc
I can't help but feel microgrids with shared communal storage would offer major benefits to the community, but probably reduce utility profits. This in spite of increasing resilience and offering much more effective use of resources than each home having its own battery storage.
I can't help but feel microgrids with shared communal storage would offer major benefits to the community, but probably reduce utility profits. This in spite of increasing resilience and offering much more effective use of resources than each home having its own battery storage.
#FYI #JustHaveAThink video lecture and literature review #Australia #renewables #renewableenergy #solar #solarpower #batteries
(My two cents: Microgrids. To stabilize the grid, we would additionally need #microgrids in every neighborhood.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfzU...
(My two cents: Microgrids. To stabilize the grid, we would additionally need #microgrids in every neighborhood.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfzU...
Australians installed 100,000 home batteries in 17 weeks. Why can't we all do that?
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#FYI #JustHaveAThink video lecture and literature review #Australia #renewables #renewableenergy #solar #solarpower #batteries
(My two cents: Microgrids. To stabilize the grid, we would additionally need #microgrids in every neighborhood.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfzU...
(My two cents: Microgrids. To stabilize the grid, we would additionally need #microgrids in every neighborhood.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfzU...
M-DEM orchestrates DC microgrids via compressed air and fluid dynamics - no computation. Pneumatic pressure creates self-organizing distribution at 85% lower cost. Mechanical intelligence bypassing patents, now in public domain via Unpatentable AI.
Read the full report →
Read the full report →
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
M-DEM orchestrates DC microgrids via compressed air and fluid dynamics - no computation. Pneumatic pressure creates self-organizing distribution at 85% lower cost. Mechanical intelligence bypassing patents, now in public domain via Unpatentable AI.
Read the full report →
Read the full report →
He is relying on terrawatt scale thermal power plants. Unfortunately, they take decades to commission. Microgrids are flexible and are reliable sources when a mix of sources can deliver the energy requirements of data centers. Wr have 20 years of data to show residential micro is resilient &scalable
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
He is relying on terrawatt scale thermal power plants. Unfortunately, they take decades to commission. Microgrids are flexible and are reliable sources when a mix of sources can deliver the energy requirements of data centers. Wr have 20 years of data to show residential micro is resilient &scalable
Ironic since we still face so many barriers to entry with solar, storage, and microgrids. Legislators continually take hush money from utilities and energy monopolies to hinder renewables, and specifically solar. Lest we forget the more money (in any area) the utilities spend, the more they make?
If California were a country, they'd be number 1 with 32-34% reliance on solar.
I'd be ok if we were our own country.
I'd be ok if we were our own country.
December 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Ironic since we still face so many barriers to entry with solar, storage, and microgrids. Legislators continually take hush money from utilities and energy monopolies to hinder renewables, and specifically solar. Lest we forget the more money (in any area) the utilities spend, the more they make?
The great grid decentralization: Microgrids surge as centralized power falters
The great grid decentralization: Microgrids surge as centralized power falters
(NaturalNews) The global decentralized microgrid market is projected to nearly triple, reaching $17.16 billion by 2032, driven by a shift from economic motives ...
dlvr.it
December 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The great grid decentralization: Microgrids surge as centralized power falters
You wouldn't want country-wide integration as the grid will be very fragile on top of being expensive. You want to go the opposite way, such as having microgrids everywhere.
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
You wouldn't want country-wide integration as the grid will be very fragile on top of being expensive. You want to go the opposite way, such as having microgrids everywhere.
Optimal sizing and rule-based management of hybrid microgrids using SSA for rural electrification
->Nature | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Nature | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Optimal sizing and rule-based management of hybrid microgrids using SSA for rural electrification
International Energy Agency. Renewables 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/peng.20026. (2020). Ahmad, T. & Zhang, D. A critical review of comparative global historical energy consumption and future demand: the story told so far. Energy Rep. 6, 1973–1991 (2020). Nesamalar, J. J. D., Suruthi, S.,...
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There is a quiet energy revolution happening across #Africa. 🌞
Imports of #solar panels jumped 60% in the 12 months to June 2025 & microgrids & individual solar installations drive electrification. 🌍
Watch Just Have a Think's video to learn more 👇
app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/e15c8a44…
Imports of #solar panels jumped 60% in the 12 months to June 2025 & microgrids & individual solar installations drive electrification. 🌍
Watch Just Have a Think's video to learn more 👇
app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/e15c8a44…
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
There is a quiet energy revolution happening across #Africa. 🌞
Imports of #solar panels jumped 60% in the 12 months to June 2025 & microgrids & individual solar installations drive electrification. 🌍
Watch Just Have a Think's video to learn more 👇
app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/e15c8a44…
Imports of #solar panels jumped 60% in the 12 months to June 2025 & microgrids & individual solar installations drive electrification. 🌍
Watch Just Have a Think's video to learn more 👇
app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/e15c8a44…
Microgrids Set for $17 Billion Boom as Central Grids Fail oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
Microgrids Set for $17 Billion Boom as Central Grids Fail | OilPrice.com
The global decentralized microgrid market is projected to nearly triple to over $17 billion by 2032, driven by energy security concerns, grid instability, and rapid adoption in North America and Asia ...
oilprice.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Microgrids Set for $17 Billion Boom as Central Grids Fail oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
How Microgrids Could Solve the UK’s Data Centre Grid Capacity Crisis
Data centre microgrid architecture: offshore wind, solar, batteries and gas/hydrogen firming connected via private wire, bypassing grid constraints. How Microgrids Could Solve the UK's Data Centre Grid Capacity Crisis The UK…
Data centre microgrid architecture: offshore wind, solar, batteries and gas/hydrogen firming connected via private wire, bypassing grid constraints. How Microgrids Could Solve the UK's Data Centre Grid Capacity Crisis The UK…
How Microgrids Could Solve the UK’s Data Centre Grid Capacity Crisis
Data centre microgrid architecture: offshore wind, solar, batteries and gas/hydrogen firming connected via private wire, bypassing grid constraints. How Microgrids Could Solve the UK's Data Centre Grid Capacity Crisis The UK faces a stark choice: wait years—sometimes over a decade—for grid connection capacity to materialise, or fundamentally rethink how data centres are powered. Microgrids, which allow data centres to circumvent the national grid by connecting directly to dedicated renewable generation assets via private wires, are emerging as the most viable short-term solution to the connection queue crisis.
timharper.net
December 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
How Microgrids Could Solve the UK’s Data Centre Grid Capacity Crisis
Data centre microgrid architecture: offshore wind, solar, batteries and gas/hydrogen firming connected via private wire, bypassing grid constraints. How Microgrids Could Solve the UK's Data Centre Grid Capacity Crisis The UK…
Data centre microgrid architecture: offshore wind, solar, batteries and gas/hydrogen firming connected via private wire, bypassing grid constraints. How Microgrids Could Solve the UK's Data Centre Grid Capacity Crisis The UK…
The next session in the Colorado Energy Office Energy Storage Webinar Series is tomorrow at 10 AM MT.
Learn more about Battery Safety Standards and Microgrids!
https://energy.sandia.gov/programs/energy-storage/policy-and-outreach/regulatory-webinars/colorado-energy-office-ess-webinar-series/
Learn more about Battery Safety Standards and Microgrids!
https://energy.sandia.gov/programs/energy-storage/policy-and-outreach/regulatory-webinars/colorado-energy-office-ess-webinar-series/
December 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The next session in the Colorado Energy Office Energy Storage Webinar Series is tomorrow at 10 AM MT.
Learn more about Battery Safety Standards and Microgrids!
https://energy.sandia.gov/programs/energy-storage/policy-and-outreach/regulatory-webinars/colorado-energy-office-ess-webinar-series/
Learn more about Battery Safety Standards and Microgrids!
https://energy.sandia.gov/programs/energy-storage/policy-and-outreach/regulatory-webinars/colorado-energy-office-ess-webinar-series/
NAATBatt welcomes CleanTech Strategies LLC as new Silver member
Subject matter experts on energy storage, power electronics, microgrids - combining business consulting and engineering services
Founded 2018 | Team of 4 experts
linkedin.com/company/cleantech-strategies-llc
#NAATBatt #battchat
Subject matter experts on energy storage, power electronics, microgrids - combining business consulting and engineering services
Founded 2018 | Team of 4 experts
linkedin.com/company/cleantech-strategies-llc
#NAATBatt #battchat
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NAATBatt welcomes CleanTech Strategies LLC as new Silver member
Subject matter experts on energy storage, power electronics, microgrids - combining business consulting and engineering services
Founded 2018 | Team of 4 experts
linkedin.com/company/cleantech-strategies-llc
#NAATBatt #battchat
Subject matter experts on energy storage, power electronics, microgrids - combining business consulting and engineering services
Founded 2018 | Team of 4 experts
linkedin.com/company/cleantech-strategies-llc
#NAATBatt #battchat
Crypto & Decentralized Energy: Powering the Future Grid #DistributedLedgerTechnology #smartgrids #energywebtoken #microgrids #peertopeerenergytrading #VPP #prosumers #blockchainenergy #gridmodernization #tokenizedenergy
Crypto & Decentralized Energy: Powering the Future Grid
The Power Grid is Stuck in the Past. Crypto is the Future. Let's be honest. You probably don't think about the electrical grid until it fails. A flicker of the…
investurns.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Crypto & Decentralized Energy: Powering the Future Grid #DistributedLedgerTechnology #smartgrids #energywebtoken #microgrids #peertopeerenergytrading #VPP #prosumers #blockchainenergy #gridmodernization #tokenizedenergy
Ujjwal Pratap, Steffen Hofmann: Saturation-based robustly optimal hierarchical operation control of microgrids https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08757 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.08757 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.08757
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Ujjwal Pratap, Steffen Hofmann: Saturation-based robustly optimal hierarchical operation control of microgrids https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08757 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.08757 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.08757
Ujjwal Pratap, Steffen Hofmann
Saturation-based robustly optimal hierarchical operation control of microgrids
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08757
Saturation-based robustly optimal hierarchical operation control of microgrids
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08757
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Ujjwal Pratap, Steffen Hofmann
Saturation-based robustly optimal hierarchical operation control of microgrids
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08757
Saturation-based robustly optimal hierarchical operation control of microgrids
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08757
While small scale miners like Gridless are expanding, building out renewable microgrids in rural Africa. Warehouse mining was/is a temporary condition. All mining roads lead to utilizing stranded/waste energy or providing additional services like Demand Response, heat re-use, CH4 mitigation, etc.
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
While small scale miners like Gridless are expanding, building out renewable microgrids in rural Africa. Warehouse mining was/is a temporary condition. All mining roads lead to utilizing stranded/waste energy or providing additional services like Demand Response, heat re-use, CH4 mitigation, etc.
Fossil fuel framing is embedded everywhere. It's like a bad smell - after a while you just stop noticing it
But when you spend a couple days watching panels of people talking about industrial decarbonization, energy sovereignty, microgrids, transmission, storage, etc. it really sticks out
But when you spend a couple days watching panels of people talking about industrial decarbonization, energy sovereignty, microgrids, transmission, storage, etc. it really sticks out
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fossil fuel framing is embedded everywhere. It's like a bad smell - after a while you just stop noticing it
But when you spend a couple days watching panels of people talking about industrial decarbonization, energy sovereignty, microgrids, transmission, storage, etc. it really sticks out
But when you spend a couple days watching panels of people talking about industrial decarbonization, energy sovereignty, microgrids, transmission, storage, etc. it really sticks out
passivhaus mandates
focus more on e-micro mobility (safer streets, less energy consumption, actually affordable) over electrifying cars
more work on decentralization and microgrids for adaptation and resilience. solarbalkon!
negawatts galore
right to cooling (heat pumps for renters)
focus more on e-micro mobility (safer streets, less energy consumption, actually affordable) over electrifying cars
more work on decentralization and microgrids for adaptation and resilience. solarbalkon!
negawatts galore
right to cooling (heat pumps for renters)
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
passivhaus mandates
focus more on e-micro mobility (safer streets, less energy consumption, actually affordable) over electrifying cars
more work on decentralization and microgrids for adaptation and resilience. solarbalkon!
negawatts galore
right to cooling (heat pumps for renters)
focus more on e-micro mobility (safer streets, less energy consumption, actually affordable) over electrifying cars
more work on decentralization and microgrids for adaptation and resilience. solarbalkon!
negawatts galore
right to cooling (heat pumps for renters)