Microgrids are good, underground microgrids are even better, especially in storm-prone regions. Buried wires are spared the destruction -- and outages -- brought by wind, snow and ice, which often topple over-head wires. Underground microgrids also escape the ire of neighbors who increasingly protest against stringed wire, especially in … [Read more...]
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Underground Microgrids: Nothing to See Here Neighbors
December 11, 2014 By Elisa Wood
Filed Under: Controllers & Software, Design, General Electric, Google News Feed, Infrastructure, Inside Microgrids, North America, Regions, Wires, x ~ Sub Features Tagged With: Caleb Stratton, Clarkson University, Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory, GE Energy Consulting, GE Global Research, Microgrid Newsletter Feature, National Grid, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, NREL, NYSERDA, Sandia National Laboratories, underground microgrids
Microgrid Projects Underground, Overseas and on the Coast
July 30, 2014 By Elisa Wood
Recent news about microgrid projects, funding and awards.... Bury your microgrid? New York has awarded $3.3 million for research into microgrids and other electric resiliency projects, among them an underground microgrid. The underground microgrid will be at Clarkson University in Potsdam. The state awarded $381,000 for its design, being … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Thermal Tagged With: Clarkson University, Consolidated Edison, Cornell University, Dominion, General Electric, Microgrid Institute, microgrid news art, Microgrid Newsletter Article, National Grid, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority, NYSERDA, Pareto Energy, Rochester Institute of Technology, SunEdison, SunEdison Eradication of Darknes, SUNY Potsdam
