Energy Surety For Mission Readiness

Increased energy security and decreased dependence on fossil fuels are two major objectives of the new Army Energy Strategy for Installations. Both goals suggest that the Army consider diversifying its current use of the local electric utility for primary power and engine-driven generators for emergency back-up power.They also call for including renewable energy systems such as wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass, and other advanced distributed generation (DG) technologies such as fuel cells and microturbines.

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…While the energy surety microgrid is interactive with the local utility grid and its generators share power delivery to the entire installation, it can isolate itself from the grid and provide power to mission critical facilities, on its own, should the grid fail for any reason.

…The military is interested in the surety microgrid concept because there is a growing awareness of the defense mission