Model 3: Community-Scale Generation and Microgrids
Community generation and microgrids are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to utilities and distributed energy resources. These systems serve a collection of individual households, businesses or industrial facilities. From the perspective of the utility, they are simpler to manage than individual producers because they aggregate prosumers and reduce points of interconnection. For the customer, grouping individuals compounds purchasing power and provides leverage with generators and the utility.
In addition, combining solar and wind produces more consistent power because they are complementary—wind output is greatest at night and solar production is highest in the middle of ...
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