Microgrid

How Microgrids can Increase Resiliency for Data Centers

COVID-19 has forced many people to work from home, making resiliency of energy supplies for data centers more important than ever. Derek Tugwell, vice president of data centers at PowerSecure, discusses how microgrids can help.
Monopoly Game

What Do You Need to Know to Reduce Utility Charges with a Microgrid?

How does a microgrid developer go about finding the utility price information that will demonstrate that your microgrid project is or isn’t financially viable? Let’s say microgrid developer PowerSecure has been asked to price out the feasibility of a microgrid at a retail grocery store in Wisconsin. How does the developer go about finding the utility pricing information that will demonstrate that the project is or isn’t financially viable? The answer isn’t simple, said Brian Knight, structured finance director, PowerSecure.
Grocery Store

Triangle company helps grocery store shine regardless of the weather

By Bryan Mims, WRAL reporter https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/wake-forest-company-helps-save-town-s-last-grocery-store/19109037/ RICH SQUARE, N.C. — In the tiny town of Rich Square in Northampton County, there is one, small grocery store. It has been a lifeline and source of comfort during the coronavirus crisis. But last month, the Rich Square Market almost faced another crisis. That storm in April gave store...
Alabama Power Smart Neighborhood

Smart Neighborhood Wins Smart Grid Award

Alabama Power’s Smart Neighborhood integrates a microgrid into a community filled with high-performance homes containing energy-efficient systems and connected appliances. The innovative initiative, which includes solar panels, battery storage, and a natural gas-fired backup generator, connects 62 homes with a future-focused system. The project serves not only as a model for new residential communities, but...
MICROGRID360

Microgrid Maker

PowerSecure talks microgrids and its 98.7% reliability rate. By Chad Elmore There are consumers and industry professionals out there who believe microgrids may be an interesting solution for the future. However, microgrids have already become an increasingly popular solution to an overloaded and aging electrical grid. The source of the misperception could be found in...
Eric Dupont

Funding Microgrids: CAPEX versus OPEX

What is the difference between capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational expenditure (OPEX)? Eric Dupont: Capital expenditures are a one-time purchase, usually a significant outlay of cash associated with purchasing a physical asset, a piece of equipment. The decision making process for spending CAPEX centers around return on investment; how long will it take to get...
PowerSecure Microgrid

Microgrids as a Non-Spinning Substitute for Spinning Reserves

PowerSecure, a subsidiary of Southern Company, has developed 125 advanced microgrids and manages more than 1,700 microgrids and advanced distributed energy sites. Below Mark Martyak, chief sales officer of PowerSecure-Distributed Infrastructure, explains in an interview with Kevin Normandeau, publisher, Microgrid Knowledge, how microgrids can become a “non-spinning substitute for spinning reserves,” which is crucial as...
Eric Dupont

PowerSecure Explores the Microgrid 360 Approach

Eric Dupont of PowerSecure discusses an approach called Microgrid 360 which follows a series of high standards designed to optimize each microgrid for its intended application. Microgrids are unique, with customer-specific customization occurring on many levels. They must be sized and connected appropriately to handle a certain amount of base load under normal operations, as...