California's water worries prompted the state to require utilities to acquire unprecedented amounts of energy storage. Similar worries could prompt other states to support solar and storage to help ease drought problems. And that will help boost the storage and microgrid markets, says Darren Hammell, co-founder and chief strategy officer for … [Read more...]
Yep, Utilities Do Like Microgrids, Especially Public Power Utilities
Utilities do like microgrids, as we’ve said. And now Navigant Research has some data to back it up. A new report by Navigant finds that a small, but growing number of utilities see microgrids as a logical extension of their smart grid investments. This runs contrary to popular thinking that utilities fear microgrids as competition. A survey … [Read more...]