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Humboldt County and microgrids
A 2020 Nissan Leaf used at the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid. Courtesy of PG&E

The Most Microgrid-ish County in America?

Eight years ago, I wrote an article, “What is it about Humboldt County and Microgrids?” Now, the Northern California county is at it again.

Elisa Wood
November 16, 2025

How 4 Microgrid Developers Are Trying to Survive Trump Energy Policies

How are microgrid projects surviving steep federal funding cuts? We asked microgrid developers. Here is what they told us.

Lisa Cohn
October 31, 2025
microgrids and small nuclear reactors
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UK Study Finds Renewable Microgrids Cheaper than Small Nuclear Reactors for Data Centers

Microgrids come out winner in a new UK study that compares renewable microgrids and small modular reactors on cost and speed to power.

Elisa Wood
September 28, 2025
local energy
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Alliance Forms to Help Communities Rushing to Build Local Energy Before Tax Credits Expire

Big players in energy, software, and insurance, today announced an alliance backed by $7.5 billion to install local energy.

Elisa Wood
September 18, 2025
most interesting microgrids
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3 Energy Journalists on the 10 Most Interesting Microgrids

Innovation is running high in the microgrid space, so compiling a list of the 10 most interesting microgrids wasn’t easy. Here’s what we came up with.

Elisa Wood
August 31, 2025
Lightshift Energy
Wakefield 5 MW microgrid project.

Lightshift Energy Finishes Latest Microgrid in 50-MW Deal​ with MMWEC

Two schools in Wakefield, Mass. gain a microgrid through a partnership of Lightshift Energy and MMWEC.

Elisa Wood
August 3, 2025
grid inertia
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Politics Rears Its Ugly Head Following Spain’s Power Outage

The arcane concept of “grid inertia” is suddenly making headlines following Spain’s power outage.

Elisa Wood
May 5, 2025
Spain blackout
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South Australia Offers Lessons that Might Have Averted Spain’s Blackout

Grid flexibility could have helped avoid the Spain blackout, as South Australia learned nearly a decade ago.

Guest Contributor
May 3, 2025
clean and distributed energy
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Strong, Weak and Mixed Signals for Clean and Distributed Energy

Clean and distributed energy came barreling out of 2024 with force. Now, they face walls. Do they have enough momentum to knock them down? Consider these signals.

Elisa Wood
April 13, 2025
distributed energy
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Distributed Energy Is Misunderstood and Underrepresented

Even green energy advocates sometimes don’t fully understand the role distributed energy resources play as grid and community assets.

Elisa Wood
March 21, 2025
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