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Siemens Teaming Up with ComEd to Manage Microgrid Clusters in Chicago

Renewable Energy World: Chicago-based ComEd and Siemens are partnering on their first utility-operated microgrid cluster.

On February 28, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved ComEd’s plan to construct a microgrid in the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. It will connect with the microgrid on the nearby campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, creating an opportunity for Siemens to work with ComEd in the testing and implementation of the software that will operate within the Siemens Microgrid Management System.

The project will allow ComEd to take full advantage of work funded by two grants awarded by the Department of Energy (DOE). The first grant supported the development and testing of a microgrid controller; the second is focused on studying how large amounts of solar PV and batteries can be integrated into a microgrid.

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