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Neighborhood/Building Power Issues-MicroGrid Networks to the Rescue

Bloomberg Businessweek |The Year Ahead|January 25, 2021 pp38-39 ”Location, Location, Location” “Cities with inadequate and unstable power systems are housing microgrids of battery cells for a range of applications. In New York City, almost any unused space will do” by Dimitra Kessenides




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“As a coastal city that’s seen several devasting weather events cripple its power grid, New York needs more reliable energy sources.” Enter MicroGrid Networks LLC with the potential to rescue by building “infrastructure for a more resilient grid” consisting of “eight projects in three boroughs” … “by the end of 2021.” The core unit will be “Stacks, comprising configurable battery cubes by Fluence…”(Fluenceenergy.com). According to Montgomery Banner ( CEO MicroGrid Networks) “’Large batteries will become as ubiquitous in our buildings and businesses and neighborhood as they currently are in our pockets.”




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