Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets interviews two University of Utah students who invented a portable cook pot that doubles as a thermoelectric generator, primarily to charge cell phones. They raised $126,000 on Kickstarter and created a startup, Power Practical, which aims to sell the product in developing countries, as well as in existing (mostly camping) markets. Interviewed are Riley Swenson, marketing director and David Toledo, co-founder.
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Ameresco’s vice president of microgrid services, Will Agate, describes the process of getting started on your microgrid project — the very first step of which is to carefully consider and define the needs of your organization and its community.
An advanced microgrid offers both power supply and energy savings and derives value from each. And that’s just the start of the complex stream of economic benefits that can emanate from a microgrid; others include electric reliability, resiliency, energy security, emissions reductions and energy bill savings. This paper provides an overview of microgrid financing and how the microgrid controller can help your microgrid reach maximum return on investment.
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