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to the growth of decentralized power,
which continues to take a greater role
in global generation of electricity. "
POWER is committed to providing
The 2021 edition of the Distributed Energy
Conference, hosted by POWER
magazine, will take place Oct. 18-21
at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention
Center in San Antonio, Texas. This
year's event is co-located with the
Experience POWER conference, and
the inaugural HydrogeNext event, providing
attendees the best experience
yet in terms of networking with other
power industry professionals. The Distributed
Energy Conference provides
information to help you and your business
navigate the explosive growth of
distributed power generation, enabling
conversations with the right companies
to position your group to achieve
profit, growth, and economic sustainability.
The event, now in its fourth year,
is known for its informative case studies
featuring distributed generation
projects, including microgrids (Figure
1), commercial and industrial installations,
backup power systems, energy
a safe environment for this year's inperson
event, as it brings the distributed
energy community back together.
Here's a look at some of the companies,
along with their products and services,
participating in this year's event.
Lowering Costs, Providing
Power Security and Reliability
Distributed energy power generation
systems can lower costs, improve
energy security and reliability, lower
overall carbon emissions, and provide
emergency backup or peak demand
power. Ameresco is a leader in distributed
energy technologies, working
with commercial, municipal, institutional,
and industrial operations across
a variety of fuel types, including biomass,
landfill gas, solar, wind, and
hydroelectricity. The company designs
and develops solar and wind projects,
along with combined heat and power
and co-gen plants, and also geothermal
and renewable natural gas-powered facilities.
Its technologies can be paired
with microgrid and battery storage
technologies to promote resiliency and
sustainability. Ameresco, Framingham,
Massachusetts
ameresco.com
1. The Bronzeville Community Microgrid
project in Chicago, Illinois, developed by Commonwealth
Edison (ComEd), is among the
microgrid installations that will be featured
at this year's Distributed Energy Conference.
Courtesy: ComEd
storage, renewable energy, and more.
This year's event features a keynote
address from Julia Hamm, president
and CEO of the Smart Electric Power
Alliance, with a second keynote by
Scott Harden, the CTO of Microsoft
Corp. " We are thrilled to have keynote
presentations from two dynamic individuals, "
said Darrell Proctor, senior
associate editor for POWER magazine
and the conference's content director.
" Those two are among the highlights
of another insightful and informative
program for the Distributed Energy
Conference, an event that consistently
provides attendees with the tools they
need to design and implement their
own distributed power generation
projects. Utilities, commercial and industrial
enterprises, and even those in
the residential space are contributing
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Making Energy a Sustainable
Business Practice
The changing energy landscape includes
an increased commitment by
many companies to integrate sustainable
technologies into their business
practices. Commercial, industrial, and
manufacturing companies want to honor
those commitments, but many face
challenges from aging infrastructure
and a constant need for operational efficiency
improvements. Black & Veatch
helps organizations find solutions that
achieve their environmental, social,
and governance goals when it comes
to powering their operations. The company
provides development and design
support to help organizations build a
distributed energy infrastructure. Black
& Veatch, Overland Park, Kansas
bv.com
Providing Mission-Critical
Power
Many mission-critical projects require
distributed generation, and mtu systems
is a leader in providing power
for these important applications. The
company develops advanced solutions,
including
microgrids, that
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integrate
renewable energy resources and help
manage
customers'
energy
needs.
The company's products include diesel-
and natural gas-powered generator
sets, dynamic uninterruptible power
supply (UPS) solutions, and energy
storage systems. The mtu EnergyPack
improves the reliability and profitably
of a microgrid; it's a scalable, all-in-one
solution that stores electricity from any
distributed power systems, including
gensets, solar panels, and wind turbines.
mtu systems, Friedrichshafen,
Germany
mtu-solutions.com
Empowering the
Virtual Power Plant
The virtual power plant (VPP) is very
real, in use in many areas as a way to
support the traditional power grid. Enbala,
a Generac company, offers technology
designed to support VPPs, and
its technology goes far beyond load
control, demand response (DR), and
auto DR. It raises the bar to a whole
new level, with features like closedloop
real-time optimization of distributed
energy resources and bi-directional
wholesale transactions to add and subtract
power at precisely the right time
and place that it's needed-or not
needed. Enbala offers a real-time energy-balancing
platform that is transforming
energy system operations through
a revolutionary, highly flexible approach
for creating controllable and dispatchable
energy resources. Enbala, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
enbala.com
Using AI to Make Data
Work for You
The digitization of the power sector
has brought forth massive amounts
of data from distributed energy generation.
Making sense of that data,
and enabling it to provide actionable
insights, is Veritone's focus, as the
company accelerates the world's transition
to more sustainable, reliable,
and affordable energy with patented
predictive artificial intelligence (AI) to
model, optimize, and control smart
grids in real time. Distributed renewable
generation, such as rooftop solar,
has transformed the grid, and Veritone's
technology works to solve the
challenges of distributed renewables,
using AI to process data in real time to
effectively address the intermittency
of these resources. With Veritone aiWARE,
you can uncover insights from
massive amounts of data across many
cognitive capabilities at scale, making
your business smarter and more efficient.
Veritone, Denver, Colorado ■
veritone.com
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http://www.mtu-solutions.com http://www.ameresco.com http://www.enbala.com http://www.bv.com http://www.veritone.com http://www.powermag.com
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