Featured in Time for microgrids to go macro? – 11-2019

Intelligent management for microgrids

The success and benefits of distributed microgrids depend to a large extent on smart controllers. The range of such systems on offer has become increasingly diverse. Our market overview takes a deep dive into what 24 manufacturers are offering.
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Modern microgrids integrate various conventional and renewable energy sources and intelligently balance generation with energy storage devices and consumption. Depending on the application, they use different energy management scenarios and respond largely on their own to unforeseen events. The result is that microgrids with intelligent control algorithms now increasingly supply communities, industrial sites and universities …

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