Microgrid Design and Procurement Services

Increases in power outage frequency and duration has accelerated interest in microgrids, systems that can provide resiliency and more sustainable energy than traditional backup power solutions. These microgrids can incorporate both legacy and new conventional power generation equipment with renewable energy systems such as solar photovoltaics along with battery storage. These microgrids can also manage loads and target resiliency upgrades to the most critical loads at any customer site.

As the reliability of utility distribution networks continues to decline in response to extreme weather events, a growing number of diverse customers are seeking microgrid solutions. Many of these customers — including military bases, data centers, government critical facilities — cannot tolerate service interruptions for even short periods of time. As utility costs continue to go up, the costs of the distributed energy resources (DER) that can be bundled into a microgrid, continue to go down. This is good news for consumers.

Nevertheless, the key to making a microgrid work optimally requires working with a partner that has experience in designing and procuring the necessary equipment to create a state-of-the-art microgrid. Energy managers concerned about energy prices previously did not have the ability to manage these costs. Today, technological advances in digital power management tools give these consumers a multitude of opportunities to design and procure microgrids that can lower costs, increase resiliency and reduce emissions contributing to regional air quality degradation as well as global climate change. In short, a win-win-win.