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A relatively new industry known as Controlled Environment Agriculture (“CEA”) embodies the consumer’s desire for local and organic food, and also accommodates the legal growth of recreational cannabis in many states. The push for locally-sourced foods and other commodities appears to be an enduring trend, both for the provision of higher quality products and for shoring up the supply chain, which showed its fragility during COVID-19.Continue Reading Energy Solutions for Controlled Environment Agriculture: Combined Heat and Power System Microgrids

Communities interested in cleaner energy, as well as greater control over their electric supply and reliability, are increasingly turning to microgrids — miniature power systems that serve an individual facility or area with electricity, either on its own or in concert with a larger power grid. Typically, a microgrid consists of energy generation and energy storage that can power a building or community and can be disconnected from the energy grid.Continue Reading Microgrids: Placing Energy in the Hands of the Consumer