When the Power Goes Out, Renewable Energy Trailer Goes to Work in Michigan

When the (baseload, coal and nuclear) power went out after storms in Muskegon, a mobile renewable energy unit came to the rescue.

Mobile Gen LLC, an energy company based in Houston, Texas, has been testing a new mobile power generation trailer at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab in Muskegon. The lab is an arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The NOAA facility lost its power after a Sunday storm, and the mobile unit kicked into action, giving off juice for a field station, classrooms and scientific equipment, reports The Muskegon Chronicle.

The story adds that the mobile unit, a 20-foot utility trailer with two wind turbines, five solar panels, battery storage and a propane hydrogen generator, is actually able to power the facilities indefinitely.

Reuters