From 2005 to 2013, mobile microgrid projects led to stationary microgrid demonstrations, and each one offered Eaton new insights and lessons learned about how to manage multiple generation sources-natural gas generators, solar, wind and energy storage-within seamless, islanded grids. So it’s little surprise that, in the early 2000s, Eaton engineers began exploring mobile power systems projects. Over the past 100 years, Eaton has been on the forefront of solving nearly every challenge of electrical power management. This means being able to function independently of the utility grid for extended periods of time in the face of natural disasters, man-made attacks or any form of power disruption. The result was new regulations, building codes and strategic, long-term planning focused on improving public and private energy resiliency. To draw a stark parallel, it was if as all the diverse factors swirling around microgrids suddenly converged and hit critical mass as well. * The damage was so profound and unexpected its ripple effects can still be felt today. Then, in 2012, Superstorm Sandy hit the northeastern United States leaving 7.9 million businesses and people across 15 states stranded for days, even weeks, without power. Municipalities, power companies and customers alike are looking for new energy management capabilities to offset costs though sophisticated demand response and peak shaving technologies-as well as the ability to tap into the greater availability of renewables and improved technologies to harness them. With this demand for more power come rising energy prices. The digital economy driven by vast data centers growing (and sprawling) urban centers the Internet of Things and interconnected machines-it all puts mounting demands on aging power grid, while the opportunity for cyber attack only increases. But in recent years, multiple factors have converged to make microgrids increasingly viable and urgently necessary.Įvery day, the world grows more technology-centric and more dependent upon electricity. Microgrids, in various forms, have been around for decades. Server racks, enclosures & airflow management.Safety, security & emergency communications.Process safety, automation, test and measurement.Medium-voltage power distribution & control systems.Low-voltage power distribution & control systems.Industrial controls, drives, automation and sensors.Backup power, UPS, surge & IT power distribution.
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