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DOE Announces $366 Million to Accelerate Energy Security in Rural America

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This week the Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $366 million for 17 projects across rural and remote American communities. The funding will accelerate the development of clean, sustainable energy deployment with community driven projects such as building microgrids to ensure energy security with reliable, affordable energy.

Rural and remote communities face a unique set of energy challenges due to their small populations and isolation from larger electrical systems, resulting in higher electric bills, unreliable energy supplies, and/or no access to electricity at all. Read more

A city connected by smart technology and microgrids

New Report Grades States on Microgrids Policy

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Microgrids have the potential to play a key role in the transformation of an aging electric grid into a system that is reliable, resilient, and distributed. The U.S. Department of Energy has developed a vision in which microgrids are a core component of a transformed grid where 30-5-% of electricity generation comes from distributed sources (i.e. microgrids). But many states have yet to put in place policies that will encourage the widespread development & deployment of microgrids. Read more

Microgrids are helping communities become energy self-sufficient and gain resilience

Improving Energy Resilience with Microgrids

For communities that are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, microgrids have a demonstrated ability to ‘keep the power on’ when disaster strikes.

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