Event Description
As energy codes and interest in electrification come together, the winning combination of renewable energy and energy storage work together to reduce pollution, improve affordability and, importantly, support resiliency in emergencies that may lead to power outages. We’ll review the background and drivers of distributed energy generation and storage and review different approaches to meet a project team’s goals.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the drivers for increasing distributed PV’s and battery storage for individual projects and neighborhoods
- Differentiate between terms including distributed energy storage, ‘microgrids’, islanding, grid-tied, demand response and behind-the-meter / in-front-of-the-meter
- Review key design features of batteries to inform system selection and sizing
- Understand factors impacting upfront and long-term system costs, including time of use and options for managing renewable energy and battery use.