Beyond Islanding: The Financial Impacts and Benefits of Dual Nested Microgrids

There’s an exciting trend going on right now in microgrids. We’re seeing increasing intelligence as the brain of the microgrid, the microgrid controller, is becoming more intelligent. We often talk about this in terms of its ability to communicate either to sell services to the grid or manage load within. In this video, the speakers will discuss another interesting trend, which is how microgrids can communicate with each other. This lend itself to the ability to have nested microgrids – two or more microgrids together, interacting and providing services with each other.

In this Microgrid Knowledge webinar, Bill Kipnis and Dean Gakos of Siemens, and Henry Mignardot of Santa Fe Community College explore the financial payoff and purpose of its dual nested microgrid design. Specifically, they’ll discuss:

• The features and benefits of a duel nested microgrid
• How using microgrid clusters to create virtual power plants opens the door for energy market participation
• Methods for integrating existing solar PV into a new microgrid in order to reduce future capital costs
• The role of a battery energy storage system for protection, islanding, and the “bumpless transition” to islanding mode
• Ways to partner with your local power utility

Attendees will also learn how a microgrid controller helps with many important aspects, such as weather and load forecasting, distributed energy asset optimization, and participation in energy markets. Join us live for this informative webinar and get the opportunity to ask questions of these speakers.

The video is hosted by Elisa Wood of Microgrid Knowledge and features a Q&A session that was captured during the live webinar.

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