Next up in this entry from our new special report series, we review why microgrids in hospitals may be a perfect fit — especially during COVID-19. It is hard to imagine an institution more critical to public health and safety than a hospital. Unfortunately, hospitals are also vulnerable to the wide range of threats — floods, hurricanes, … [Read more...]
Microgrids in Hospitals Minimize Threats of Electrical Outages
July 10, 2020 By Leave a Comment
We continue our new special report series on microgrids in healthcare. The next entry explores the benefits of microgrids in hospitals and how these systems can keep the lights on in these critical facilities. It is hard to imagine an institution more critical to public health and safety than a hospital. Unfortunately, hospitals are also … [Read more...]
Healthcare Microgrid Types Growing as Options for Critical Facilities to Avoid Outages
June 30, 2020 By Leave a Comment
What is the potential of the healthcare and hospital microgrid? In the second entry of our new special report series on microgrids in hospitals, we take a look at the different types and microgrid options available to these critical facilities. A microgrid is a simple concept. It is a small version of the electric power grid. From here, … [Read more...]
Microgrids: Achieving Reliable Power for Our Most Critical Facilities
December 16, 2019 By 1 Comment
Schneider Electric's Andy Haun explores how healthcare microgrids can improve energy resiliency for hospitals and other medical facilities. Hospitals are among the most critical facilities for ongoing public health and emergency response. As recent events have shown, power outages don’t discriminate, which puts hospitals and their patients … [Read more...]
Report Shows Mission-Critical Enterprises Increasingly Turn to Microgrids to Enhance Energy Reliability
September 24, 2019 By Leave a Comment
More and more, mission-critical enterprises are using microgrids with on-site power systems to ramp up energy reliability, efficiency and sustainability. Why? As technology advances, power outages are simply unacceptable at military bases, health-care facilities, data centers, distribution centers and more. A new report from PowerSecure, … [Read more...]
Walk Through the Last of the Microgrid Development Phases: Implementation
September 3, 2019 By 1 Comment
This guest post is adapted from a new white paper from the DOE's Rima Kasia Oueid that outlines the three microgrid development phases for public critical infrastructure microgrids. This entry explores Phase 3: Implementation. Implementing a microgrid requires significant time, effort and investment. There are many cost variables that must … [Read more...]
Dissecting the Planning Phase of Public Infrastructure Microgrid Development
August 22, 2019 By 1 Comment
This guest post is adapted from a new white paper on microgrid development by the DOE's Rima Kasia Oueid that outlines three development phases for public critical infrastructure microgrids. This entry explores Phase 2: planning. The planning phase involves significant preparation work for the project that begins with broader stakeholder … [Read more...]
The Foundation of a Smart City is Smart Energy Infrastructure
May 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Microgrids are increasing in popularity due to their ability to island from the main grid in case of an emergency power outage, providing energy reliability and resiliency for critical operations like the military and hospitals. And smart energy infrastructure is becoming the way of the future for operations that simply can't afford power … [Read more...]
