Microgrids

Integrating time-tested technology with emerging innovations, remote Isle au Haut could be a renewable energy model for the rest of the world.

Vertical farms can help produce food close to urban areas, but plant factories require a staggering amount of energy.

Here's the buzz about the energy transition from DistribuTech.

A microgrid pilot program run by Colorado cooperative Holy Cross Energy includes four all-electric homes in an affordable housing community.

A growing array of players, from startups to global energy giants, are charging up solutions.

More commercial and industrial companies are waking up to their risky exposure to climate-related power outages.

California's planned power shutdowns have communities, cities and companies scrambling for solutions, and microgrids are at the top of the list.

Utilities expand the grid without building power plants. Consumers get backup power and a virtually free electric car. Such are the promises of V2G tech, even if the infrastructure isn't quite here yet.

No one organization, industry or government can do it alone, especially by 2050.

Entities are looking more closely at microgrids and other technologies as a solution.