Bob Fink, a resident of Village East Towers, a high rise in New York’s Lower East Side, says he can't wait for the creation of a community microgrid in his neighborhood that would stave off the "shop of horrors" associated with Superstorm Sandy. “Having gone through the shop of horrors that was Superstorm Sandy at Village East Towers, I can't … [Read more...]
NRDC’s Bruce Ho and Jackson Morris provide details on a plan to further reduce carbon emissions through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a nine-state cap and trade program.
A microgrid is a discrete energy system consisting of distributed energy sources (e.g. renewables, conventional, storage) and loads capable of operating in parallel with, or independently from, the main grid. The primary purpose is to ensure reliable, affordable energy security for commercial, industrial and federal government consumers. Benefits that extend to utilities and the community at large include lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and lower stress on the transmission and distribution system.
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