Power Ahead to a Closer Look at Microgrids for Energy Intensive Companies
Industrial customers are increasingly looking beyond utilities and seeking locally sited microgrids to power production reliability, sustainability and efficiency. From refineries to bakeries to data centers and manufacturers, the energy intensity required by a quantum leap in information technology are impeded by a 20th century grid which is not entirely up to the task.
Microgrids can fix that.
The demand for commercial and industrial microgrids could grow sevenfold to more than $15 billion in market value by 2032, according to several forecasts. Factories, data centers, farms, mines and forges are committed to investing in their energy security, or risk being at the mercy of an uncertain grid future.
“Power Ahead—A Closer Look at Microgrids for Energy-Intensive Companies” will be a free webinar sponsored by industrial software provider Aspen Technology (AspenTech). The webinar, which is 10-11 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 28, will be presented in partnership with Microgrid Knowledge, the industry’s dedicated website for wide-ranging coverage of microgrid and distributed energy resource development.
To say the industrial sector is a lifeblood of American work hardly expresses the vital impact of the job-creating force that employs more than 160 million people throughout the country. It is the heart of the economy.
From agriculture to mining to metals to processing, manufacturing, energy extraction and refining, these businesses have defined U.S. output for more than a century. But that legacy must evolve to meet the energy challenges of the 21st century amidst a technological revolution propelled by digitalization and alternative energy resources.
Microgrids are proving to be a strategic enabler of business for the new century of innovation. Climate change, fear of costly outages and the desire for energy supply diversity are driving industry leaders toward microgrids.
Ron Beck, a longtime senior director and solutions expert at AspenTech, and strategic planning director TJ Surbella will guide a discussion on the value of industrial microgrids, as well as participate in a question-and-answer session with the attendees.
The AspenTech experts also will demonstrate the core functionalities of the company’s AspenTech Microgrid Management System™ (MMS). The demo will feature how the Aspen Tech MMS helps monitor, control and optimize on-site power assets to assure energy supply and cost reduction.
The industrial sector is on a journey of change in how it consumes and deploys energy. Microgrids are the engine driving that change. Join AspenTech’s Jan. 28 webinar on how to “Power Ahead—A Closer Look at Microgrids for Energy Intensive Companies.”
