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

Islanding on and off the ocean

Microgrids are traditionally deployed where end users are not spoiled for choice. The remoteness and terrain of the Maldives make grid access impossible, and without any other choice, the deployment of hundreds of microgrids could be spot on. A leaf out of the island nation’s book could also support other less remote regions in preparing for the energy transition.

By

Marian Willuhn

12 Nov 2019

Image: Sungrow

When the going gets tough, microgrids are the offroad vehicle to bring electricity to those who inhabit some of the most remote places on earth. While the going does not look tough in the Maldives – comprising 1,190 individual islands over a geographical area the size of Scotland – the popular holiday destination faces severe …

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