Microgrids – Overcoming Obstacles
|10. Micro-grids
Microgrids are moving beyond military applications. They now cater to a range of consumer segments – commercial & industrial, institutional, community and remote. They can use multiple sources of on-site power and may incorporate elements of demand side management, RE, as well as energy storage.
![Microgrid](http://greencleanguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Microgrid.jpg)
In developing countries, Microgrids hold promise of supplying electricity to communities and locations that are not yet linked to the conventional grid.
One of the largest initiatives in microgrid is a 42 MW microgrid at UC San Diego uses solar PV, fuel cells and natural gas generators. Together, these address 90% of power requirement at its 1,200 acre campus.
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Image credit: NTT Facilities, Tokyo, 2006
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