As the saying goes, “If you’ve seen one microgrid, you’ve seen one microgrid.” The misconception that microgrids, or onsite energy systems, are easily replicable combined with pressure from markets and consumers to be more green has lead numerous businesses to set time-stamped sustainability or carbon reduction goals, often without knowing whether they can be executed

On June 3, the final day of the Microgrid 2021 Virtual Conference, the 4-week-long webinar closed with the session, “How Microgrids Will Change the Way We Make, Deliver, and Use Energy.” During the session, three experts offered their expert opinions on microgrids and microgrid technology in the next few years and in the longer-term future.

Chief financial officer sign-off is critical to advance your onsite energy plan. Fortunately, it’s not difficult to secure when you know which metrics are required to build a strong business case. You’ve already read Carbon Reduction Goals Linked To Additional Advantages Including Improved Profitability And Reputation so you’re aware of the big picture financial benefits

The third week of the Microgrids 2021 Virtual Conference, organized by Microgrid Knowledge, closed with a session titled, “What’s Next in Microgrid Tech.” Moderated by Kay Aikin, CEO of Dynamic Grid, the session featured three panelists: Jaimie Hamilton-Antonson, Technical Leader of Energy Management Systems for Cummins Inc.; David Theodore, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer for

In this series, we talk with some of the passionate, high-performance team members who are co-creating the Energy Transition Platform: the leading global marketplace for Distributed Energy Systems (DES). Today we talk with Erin Hunzeker, VECKTA's Head of Capital Markets. Tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to join VECKTA. I’ve straddled

At VECKTA we believe that businesses are key to a successful energy transition, and we need to empower them to proactively embrace this opportunity and act with confidence. Our mission is to simplify and accelerate the deployment of onsite energy systems and microgrids. It is very exciting to collaborate with Macarthur Minerals, a team who

More businesses are discovering the positive outcomes associated with reaching carbon reduction targets transcend the expected ethical and sustainable spheres. Once considered potential fringe benefits, these additional advantages of emissions reduction are now validated and traceable. It’s a major shift to transition business critical energy sources from utilities that we rarely think about (until they

Congratulations! You’re in charge of achieving your organization’s emissions reduction target. If you’re using this blog series as your energy initiative guidebook, then you’ve already taken action on early objectives, including: Ranked functional objectives so priorities are clear (lowest cost, energy resilience, or carbon reduction) Chose onsite energy as the main driver of emissions reductions

Your organization has set a sustainability target, and they’ve chosen you as the star of the show who will pull off this transition. Ideally, you’ve found this blog after deciding to make onsite energy part of your energy transition plan, and you’re ready to dig in and determine how it fits. If you haven’t fully