How to Use microgrid in a Sentence
microgrid
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In 2007, Berg landed a contract to install rooftop solar at a local school, with the idea to set up a microgrid.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2022
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The microgrid includes 26 megawatts of solar power and a 40 megawatt-hour battery.
—Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
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Even the smallest microgrid is still a time-consuming project that requires a lot of effort.
—Luis D’acosta, Forbes, 24 June 2022
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Harris toured one lab that featured a fast-charger system and a smart microgrid.
—Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2021
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The Army plans to install a microgrid on every Army installation by 2035, the report states.
—Ellie Kaufman, CNN, 8 Feb. 2022
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With the money, Nuru will increase its urban microgrids in Congo to four, from one, and be able to produce 13 times as much electricity.
—Max Bearak, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
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The key to any microgrid, and especially to the JFK microgrid, is to determine if the energy inputs are sufficient to meet the demands of the outputs.
—Daniel Markind, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
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In the event that a regional utility does a public safety power shutoff, the microgrid can keep humming along.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2023
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The Biden administration is rolling out $3.5 billion for new electric lines, microgrids and safety upgrades to the power grid — the largest investment ever in the U.S. grid.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
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SunHouse the benefit of a microgrid to protect against future blackouts.
—Camille Squires, Quartz, 27 July 2021
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In the tiny town of Maricao, with 5,000 people, locals recently began moving to build their own microgrid.
—Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2022
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The Army's Climate Strategy includes building a microgrid on every base by 2035.
—Natalie Brand, CBS News, 31 Aug. 2022
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So, the microgrid provided by Schneider safeguards them from the threat of power interruption.
—Bret Baier, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2023
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The idea: This is the first major U.S. airport to be completely powered by its own microgrid, fueled by natural gas and solar energy.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
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One of Armond Budish’s first ideas as a county executive was setting up a microgrid to attract business.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 9 June 2022
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The microgrid’s battery storage system will also provide electricity during the peak time of 4-9 p.m. when electric rates are highest.
—Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
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Solar is one of them, particularly if the panels are connected to a storage device and micro-inverters that serve as a de facto microgrid.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
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Among them: creating a microgrid for the island, which would be independent from the mainland power utility company.
—Stephanie Bouchard, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2020
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At the event, investors announced what amounted to around $23 billion that would go toward projects including solar microgrids, carbon markets, and reforestation.
—Max Bearak, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
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As energy storage and solar, hydro, and wind power become more accessible, microgrids will thrive, and so will the jobs related to those renewable systems.
—Elio Morillo, Popular Science, 7 June 2023
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Increasing solar power can help the country reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, says Islam – and these microgrids could even feed excess energy back into the national grid.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
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Schatz Energy Research Center, which helped develop the microgrid.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 25 Feb. 2021
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Businesses rely on dependable energy, and being able to tap into a giant generator, like the microgrid, would attract new businesses to the area, Budish said.
—Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2022
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If approved by regulators, the micro-utility model, also known as a microgrid, could undermine the growth of those larger utilities by depriving them access to new homes or forcing them to lower their rates to keep that business.
—Ivan Penn, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2022
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The idea is that eventually more of Revel’s chargers, including those in its public-charging hubs, could be swapped out for bidirectional ones, transforming its vehicles into a roving microgrid.
—Curbed, 19 Aug. 2022
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Researchers have tested this question, using machine learning as a tool for optimizing power restoration on microgrids after power outages.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2023
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For instance, if a skilled hacker were to successfully breach both the grid’s energy management system—which oversees energy distribution within entities like microgrids—and a charging station, the entire grid could be compromised.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Aug. 2023
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To provide resilience in a sustainable way, the four on-site microgrids use intelligent microgrid controls, allowing the battery energy storage system and solar array to provide the primary means of power during utility outages.
—Aamir Paul, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
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Energy Management Machine learning will impact how microgrids are controlled.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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The Casa Pueblo environmental group had equipped its Adjuntas headquarters with solar panels and storage batteries – a model of green self-sufficiency that inspired the organization to launch a pioneering community-run microgrid in the town.
—Anastasia Moloney, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2023
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