So it turns out that utilities like microgrids, contrary to the notion – almost lore – that they dread them as economic disruptors or technical headaches. In fact, utilities view microgrids as a business opportunity. That was the finding of a recent project that I had the pleasure of working on with the nice folks at Utility Dive, who surveyed … [Read more...]
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Industry Insiders _Not_ Surprised that Utilities Like Microgrids
Filed Under: Grid, Thermal Tagged With: Anbaric, Central Hudson Gas & Electric, Consolidated Edison, Darren Hammell, David Chiesa, Dominion, Duke Energy, Ed Krapels, General Microgrids, International District Energy Association, Larisa Dobriansky, Long Island Power Authority, Microgrid Newsletter Feature, microgrids, PG&E, Princeton Power Systems, princeton university, Robert Thornton, S and C Electric, Schneider Electric, University of Texas at Austin, UT Austin, utilities like microgrid, Utility Dive, utility view of microgrids
Microgrids, Money and the Utility ‘Death Plunge’
This is the second part of our coverage on microgrids from last week’s Northeast Sustainable Energy Association BuildingEnergy 14 conference in Boston. Read Part I here. If distributed generation is accelerating the utility death spiral – as some say – will microgrids cause a total utility plunge? That’s the question Galen Nelson, director of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Demand Response, Grid, Solar Plus Storage, Thermal Tagged With: Acuity Power Group, Anbaric Holding, Boston Innovation District, Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority, Ed Krapels, Galen Nelson, Genevieve Sherman, Leonard Loomans, Long Island Power Authority, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, microgrid, New York City Housing Authority, Niobrara Data Center Energy Park, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association BuildingEnergy 14, Superstorm Sandy, utility death spiral, Weekly Newsletter Recent Articles
