Many innovators are suggesting implementing new local energy networks called microgrids to improve this ability to pool and share locally generated electricity.

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Microgrids are the way to get started tacking this problem, he said.

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This strategy also lends itself to distributed energy generation on local microgrids which can be smartly connected to the existing nation grid.

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Microgrids are rising on the national radar these days in the wake of Superstorm Sandy and the frequent power outages brought on by our crazy weather.

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The current low cost of natural gas in North America translates into the ability for microgrids to provide lower cost energy services than the incumbent utility grid.

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These microgrids will work out the rules, procedures, and methods that will help a campus, but I think the residual of that will drive these things closer to home for individuals.

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EVs are attractive to DOD for a range of reasons, including reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, enhanced energy security, and the ability to retain power during a crisis by pairing EVs with microgrids, said Gorguinpour.

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C. startup trying to build microgrids in the U.S. A city with robust microgrids could break this 15 percent barrier by giving neighborhoods and utilities the flexibility to supply, store, and use local power in several ways.

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Microgrids are a growing topic of conversation.

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Microgrids do exist in the world today.

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