Kevin LeecasterAug 15, 2023

#ThanxBiden for even more #ClimateAction

#Microgrids directly contribute to #EnergyReliability and #GridResilience, by allowing the local grid to operate separately from a larger network. The Office of Electricity has $14.7M in funding to deploy #microgrid technologies in underserved, Indigenous, remote, rural and islanded communities. This funding focuses on deploying grid-enabling tech like #CleanEnergy generation and storage systems, control systems, and more. https://www.energy.gov/oe/articles/us-department-energy-announces-147-million-microgrid-technologies-underserved-and

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $14.7 Million for Microgrid Technologies for Underserved and Indigenous Communities

The U.S. Department of Energy announced a $14.7 million funding opportunity for multi-year RD&D of microgrid-related technologies to bring microgrid solutions to underserved and Indigenous communities in remote and islanded regions.

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Show threadAI6YR BenAug 15, 2023
@GreenFire $14.7M... need magnitudes more.
Show threadKevin Leecaster

@ai6yr
It's a lot easier to criticize progress than to celebrate that with this FOA, DOE’s Office of Electricity's research partners will develop and demonstrate advanced microgrid-enabling technologies, including renewable generation and storage systems, multi-nodal small-scale high-voltage direct current, advanced demand-side management strategies, and microgrid control systems for sure.

I'm glad that steps are now being taken personally.

Aug 15, 2023 at 6:03pmWeb
Show threadAI6YR BenAug 15, 2023
@GreenFire I personally think we need to scale up microgrids greatly in this world of extreme weather, for resiliency reasons. Good to see for sure, just need more of it.
Show threadKevin LeecasterAug 15, 2023
@ai6yr
I agree. The hospital that was on a microgrid in Puerto Rico after Maria should have been enough evidence for everyone, but people are hard-headed or something.