Green Mountain Power has begun building what is believed to be the US’ first solar microgrid in a brownfield landfill, part of project to revitalize Rutland City. The Vermont utility is installing 7,700 solar panels that can generate 2 MW, backed up by a 4-MW battery storage system. Called Stafford Hill Solar Farm, the $10 million microgrid … [Read more...]
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Green Mountain Power Builds Microgrid to Revitalize City
August 13, 2014 By Elisa Wood
Filed Under: Critical Services, Economics, Generation, Google News Feed, Infrastructure, Markets, Microgrids, North America, Policy, Regions, Renewables, Storage, Utility, Wholesale, x ~ Sub Features Tagged With: ancillary services, Chris Louras, Clean Energy Group, Dynapower, Dynapower Multiport inverters, economic development, Green Mountain Power, GroSolar, Imre Gyuk, ISO New England, Lew Milford, municipal revitalization, Office of Electricity; and the Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership, Peter Shumlin, Rutland, Sandia National Laboratories, Vermont, Vermont Public Service Board
Green Mountain Power Builds Microgrid to Revitalize City
August 13, 2014 By Elisa Wood
Green Mountain Power has begun building what is believed to be the US’ first solar microgrid in a brownfield landfill, part of project to revitalize Rutland City. The Vermont utility is installing 7,700 solar panels that can generate 2 MW, backed up by a 4-MW battery storage system. Called Stafford Hill Solar Farm, the $10 million microgrid is … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Solar Plus Storage, Wholesale Tagged With: Chris Louras, city revitalization, Clean Energy Group, Clean Energy States Alliance, Dynapower and GroSolar, Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership, Green Mountain Power, Lew Milford, Microgrid economics, microgrid for economic development, Microgrid Newsletter Article, Rutland City microgrid, Sandia National Laboratories, Shumlin, Stafford Hill Solar Farm, Vermont microgrid, Vermont Public Service Board
