Featured in Supersized Solar – 05-2015

Lights-on logic

Microgrids: As extreme weather events become more regular in the U.S., solar-powered microgrids are emerging as a resilient backup power source for municipalities and organizations that are either underserved by the central grid or require a secure, steady supply of electricity. pv magazine finds many leading solar companies are now moving into this space.

By

Ian Clover

22 Apr 2015

The devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy – which rolled through the Caribbean and along the U.S. eastern seaboard in the fall of 2012 with the disruptive intensity of a drunken Tasmanian devil – was a lethal, costly and (unfortunately) no longer uncommon occurrence. Coming just a year after the seventh-costliest hurricane in U.S. history, Hurricane …

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