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As Puerto Rico struggles to recover from the devasting impacts of Hurricane Maria, Tesla Inc. is reportedly sending hundreds of its Powerwall battery systems to the island as German storage company Sonnen pledges to build microgrids on the island.

Utilizing recently installed backup power systems, San Antonio-based grocery store chain H-E-B has been able to keep many of its Houston-area stores open and able to offer disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

A university in the U.K. recently implemented a biofuel combined heat and power plant focused on creating flexibility behind the meter, allowing customers to be more in control of how they use their own power, in what the team behind the project calls an “energy system of the future.”

This white paper presented by Schneider Electric covers microgrid technologies in detail and explores their significant role in the new energy transition.

A Texas-based grocery retailer announced July 12 its partnership with a local microgrid company to create an on-site natural gas generator system to power its stores when its utility service is down.

The U.S. DOE announced July 21 that it is teaming up with Xcel Energy and Panasonic on Peña Station NEXT, a smart-city mixed use facility in Denver, Colo.

As part of a $43 million energy savings performance contract, Hanscom Air Force Base is installing an array of energy upgrades including a 4.6-MW cogeneration plant that will operate on a microgrid.

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Recent applications include Apple Inc.'s new campus in California, which was designed as a microgrid in order to ensure operations can continue in the event of a utility grid outage, and a project being deployed in a Denver transit-focused development area.

With the installation of a new 1.4 MW fuel cell power plant, Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., is expecting to save 30% on its annual energy costs.