Recommandations
- Plan for long-term cost reductions in solar and renewable technologies vs. boilers or other building technologies
- Mitigate high cost of grid infrastructure renewal with distributed microgrid systems
- Evolve business models in alignment with new regulatory framework
- Incorporate microgrid solutions to other utility problems (e.g. renewal of aging infrastructure) to augment benefits and limit risk
- Empower utilities to share outcomes on cost-effective business models and create social benefits for their customers
- Explore cost reduction through vendor integration and turnkey solutions
- Segment microgrid applications based on customer types, technologies, value
- Define new roles for microgrid market participation
- Integrate technologies to reduce cost of diesel for remote communities (applicable to emerging global markets)
Project Stage
Energy System Component
Storage Technology