Green Mountain Power has begun building what is believed to be the US’ first solar microgrid in a brownfield landfill, part of project to revitalize Rutland City. The Vermont utility is installing 7,700 solar panels that can generate 2 MW, backed up by a 4-MW battery storage system. Called Stafford Hill Solar Farm, the $10 million microgrid … [Read more...]
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Green Mountain Power Builds Microgrid to Revitalize City
August 13, 2014 By Elisa Wood
Filed Under: Critical Services, Dynapower, Economics, Generation, Google News Feed, Infrastructure, Markets, Microgrids, North America, Policy, Regions, Renewables, Storage, Utility, Wholesale, x ~ Sub Features Tagged With: ancillary services, Chris Louras, Clean Energy Group, Dynapower, Dynapower Multiport inverters, economic development, Green Mountain Power, GroSolar, Imre Gyuk, ISO New England, Lew Milford, municipal revitalization, Office of Electricity; and the Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership, Peter Shumlin, Rutland, Sandia National Laboratories, Vermont, Vermont Public Service Board
