Microgrids are popping up in the strangest places – such as a small upstate New York town and a commercial dairy.
Earlier this month, the Associated Press profiled the energy activities of Nassau, NY, which is which is near Albany. The town was buffeted by ice storms in 2008 and 2009. The genesis of the move to a microgrid was the fact that when the grid went down during one of the storms the small backup generator couldn’t open the garage doors to let the sand trucks get on the streets. A front loader had to be brought in to do the lifting.
