Birds of a Feather: Communities

Sept. 18, 2021
Birds of a Feather meetings are peer-to-peer gatherings for professionals who work within specific industries and registered for the Microgrid 2020 conference. This session is dedicated to discussing community microgrids.

Birds of a Feather meetings are peer-to-peer networking gatherings for professionals who work within specific industries and were registered for the Microgrid 2020 conference. This session is dedicated to discussing community microgrids. The conversation is moderated by Fidel Maltez, Commissioner of the Department of Public Works in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He discusses Chelsea’s path to a community microgrid deployment and fields questions for session participants.

Featured speakers include:

Fidel Maltez, Commissioner, Department of Public Works, Chelsea City Hall, Chelsea, Mass.

Manuel Esquivel, Senior Infrastructure and Energy Planner, Boston Planning & Development Agency

This video was recorded during Microgrid 2020 Global, a virtual gathering of microgrid leaders, advocates, and thinkers from seven continents. Held in November of 2020, the editors at Microgrid Knowledge gathered the industry at a pivotal event designed to set a goal for microgrid growth over the next decade. Although this was previously recorded, you’ll find many of the examples and insights are timeless in their strategic value.

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