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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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In September 2017 , Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids.

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80x30: U.S. Clean Energy Standard Accelerates Transition to Renewables

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"This departs from the status quo in some pretty meaningful ways," says Mike O'Boyle , Director of Electricity Policy at the think tank Energy Innovation. For one, CES would set a clear target, the so-called "80x30" standard: generating, across the US, 80% of electricity by 2030 from clean sources, including renewables, hydro, and nuclear. (In

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