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Microsoft Joins Schneider Electric’s Push to Fast Track U.S. Microgrids

by telepathsysEnergy, Microgrids September 25, 2025March 2, 2026No Comments

Schneider Electric has brought together more than twenty partners, including Microsoft, AlphaStruxure, Sunrock, Zurich, and Arcadis, to speed deployment of community based resilient energy systems across the United States. The effort, called Accelerating Resilient Infrastructure, pairs standard designs with financing pathways, reportedly a pipeline of about 7.5 billion dollars, to help customers stand up microgrids …

North Carolina Invests $5M in Mobile and Stationary Microgrids for Disaster Resilience

by telepathsysEnergy, Microgrids September 19, 2025March 2, 2026No Comments

In August 2025, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) State Energy Office announced a $5 million initiative to deploy both permanent and mobile solar + battery microgrids across the state. The program is funded by the federal Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, with support from regional partners including the Land of Sky Regional …

Microgrids at RE+: Tech Steps Into the Virtual Utility Model

by telepathsysEnergy, Microgrids September 9, 2025March 2, 2026No Comments

RE+ is in full swing in Las Vegas. Across the general session and the expo, one theme keeps coming up: tech and platform providers are leaning into software driven aggregation, virtual power plants, portfolio controls, and grid services. Microgrids are the site level building blocks that make those portfolios dependable. Data center demand is the …

Calistoga’s Clean Microgrid Moves From Backup Plan to Market Player

by telepathsysEnergy, Microgrids August 12, 2025March 2, 2026No Comments

Calistoga used to brace for Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) with rows of diesel trailers. This summer, the town’s Calistoga Resiliency Center (CRC)—a hybrid of lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen fuel cells—is taking over that role, engineered for about 48 hours of local backup with up to 8.5 MW of peak output. The big update: on …

Microcredential in Microgrid Systems

by telepathsysUncategorized August 2, 2025August 8, 2025No Comments

In partnership with Cleveland State University Washkewicz College of Engineering at Cleveland State University and Division of Continuing and Extended Education, Telepath Systems are excited to announce the Microcredential in Microgrid Systems course beginning October 2025! Energy professionals will gain comprehensive understanding of microgrid systems, integrating technical knowledge of electric power with systems engineering principles and …

Oregon Legislature Clears Twin Bills That Could Let Neighborhoods Own Microgrids

by telepathsysUncategorized July 15, 2025August 8, 2025No Comments

The Oregon House concurred with Senate amendments to HB 2065 and HB 2066, sending both measures to Governor Tina Kotek’s desk. If she signs them, Oregon will gain the nation’s first legal framework for neighborhood-scale and tribal microgrids inside investor-owned-utility territory. The legislation would create a new class called a “community microgrid service provider,” limited …

Groton II Shows How a Small Town Can Run Its Own Grid

by telepathsysUncategorized July 10, 2025August 8, 2025No Comments

The town of Groton, MA (11,000 residents) doesn’t own a peaker plant and can’t pass huge capacity charges on to rate-payers. What it does have is a forward-thinking municipal utility—Groton Electric Light Department (GELD)—and now a second battery-centric microgrid called Groton II. Commissioned this month with developer Lightshift Energy, the project gives the town true …

DOE C-MAP Microgrid Pilots: Fast-Tracking Resilience in Rural & Tribal America

by telepathsysUncategorized June 19, 2025August 8, 2025No Comments

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity announced 14 Community Microgrid Analysis & Planning (C-MAP) awards, steering $5.5 million in direct grants and $2.6 million in national-lab support to rural and tribal communities in Alaska, Nevada and South Dakota. These sites—35 towns and villages served by tribal utilities, rural co-ops and municipal districts—face the …

How Schneider Electric and Iberdrola Turned a Barcelona Plant into a Living Microgrid

by telepathsysUncategorized June 12, 2025August 8, 2025No Comments

Tucked into Molins de Rei’s industrial park outside Barcelona, Schneider Electric’s switch-gear factory now runs on its own miniature power system. The project—designed, financed, and operated by Iberdrola—pairs a half-megawatt rooftop solar array with a lithium-ion battery, fast-acting controls, and five on-site EV chargers. Together they let the plant ride through grid outages, shave demand …

Inside Calistoga’s Hybrid Microgrid: Hydrogen, Batteries, and Black Start Control

by telepathsysUncategorized May 27, 2025August 8, 2025No Comments

In the heart of Napa Valley, the city of Calistoga is poised to become a model for resilient, sustainable energy infrastructure. The Calistoga Resiliency Center (CRC), developed by Energy Vault in partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), represents a pioneering approach to long-duration energy storage and microgrid design. Project Overview The CRC is a …