In this edition of Industry Perspectives, Siemens’ Clark Wiedetz explores a variety of microgrid financing options that can help better manage risk and enhance microgrid value. Imagine you made the decision to move forward with a microgrid and now it is time for the dreaded question of how to pay for it. One simple preferred business … [Read more...]
In this edition of Industry Perspectives, Brian Baumann, business development manager for microgrids at Siemens Digital Grid, explores the vital elements integral to successful microgrid deployments. The microgrid market continues to evolve as new systems are developed and new challenges are addressed by distributed generation and advanced … [Read more...]
In this edition of Industry Perspectives, Siemens' Clark Wiedetz and other company experts explore the ins and outs of campus microgrids, as well as answers to some of the most-asked questions from universities and colleges on microgrid development and value. Together with Christopher Kopach from the Association of Physical Plant … [Read more...]
In this week’s Industry Perspectives, Clark Wiedetz, microgrid and renewable integration director for Siemens Energy Management, explores local, reliable energy solutions to natural disasters. The ability to island when the end-use client loses power is arguably the most common application for a microgrid. If microgrid controls could also … [Read more...]
In this week’s Industry Perspectives, Clark Wiedetz, microgrid director for Siemens Energy Management, explores how to determine if a microgrid is right for today's commercial and industrial players. C&I market trends The commercial and industrial (C&I) market is evolving into one of the most innovative microgrid segments yet, according … [Read more...]
In this week’s Industry Perspectives, Sally Jacquemin, Software Solutions Manager, Siemens Digital Grid, shares a 'tale of two power outages,' and explains how utilities can do more with less using an advanced distribution management system. Today’s distribution grid is characterized by evolving complexity. More and more resources are … [Read more...]
In this week’s Industry Perspectives, Michael Carlson, president of Siemens Digital Grid US, explains how distributed generation monitoring and control helps utilities transition to a prosumer economy. The U.S. energy industry is in the middle of a significant transition. The status quo is shifting towards a more decentralized and dynamic … [Read more...]
Advanced control will not only spur microgrid growth, but also other forms of distributed energy, as the industry looks beyond “quick hit” generation deployment and begins to design more comprehensive solutions. Siemens' Sally Jacquemin explains. Every five or 10 years, the power industry seems to latch onto the “hot topic” of the moment and … [Read more...]
S&C Electric’s Erik Svanholm discusses the potential of microgrids as non-wires alternatives, which use distributed energy resources and microgrids to defer or replace the installation of more traditional ‘wires and poles’ infrastructure.
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