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#Microgrids: Why?


 
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#1 eds

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Posted 03 October 2017 - 01:43 PM

In 2003, a tree branch hit a power line,
. . . causing a short that overloaded the circuit.

Ideally, the grid operators could have rerouted power to localize the blackout,
. . . but because of a software glitch,
. . . the operators were unaware of the short,
. . . until it was too late; by then, more than
. . . 50 million people were left without power,
. . . some for up to a week.

Why Microgrids?
. . . 2 words: energy security:
. . . . . . Hospitals,
. . . . . . military bases,
. . . . . . police, and
. . . . . . fire stations,
. . . have backup power generators, in effect, their own microgrids,
. . . but residences and businesses were not so fortunate,

Instead of everyone relying on one central grid,
. . . if a series of community microgrids were established,
. . . massive regional blackouts could be prevented.

10-3-2017 Source:  #Microgrids: Why?

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